№60, (2014)
07.10.2014 - 11:43
White-collar workers at war
“I would never have thought that Kyiv is near Luhansk,” Viktor Khomenko smiled, following three months spent fighting in anti-terrorist operation (ATO) area. He was mobilized in May and...
07.10.2014 - 11:28
Find and help
This is a preliminary calculation, done by manager of the “No to Orphanhood” program Daria Kasianova. The data are only projections so far, because direct registration of children is now...
07.10.2014 - 11:27
“The most valuable items are letters to the front”
The exhibit is called “Antiterrorist operation: spring-summer 2014” and is operating at Kovel Museum of History. It displays things that were gathered in the battle fields, because the...
07.10.2014 - 11:25
“History does not like jokes”
On Tuesday, Luhansk-based journalist Valentyn Torba will present three films for Ukrainian documentary connoisseurs: Lahidna svativska speka (Mild Heat in Svatove), a poetic short film about his...
07.10.2014 - 11:23
Flowers for Anna
October 7 marks eight years since the murder of Anna Politkovskaya (Mazepa), a Russian journalist of Ukrainian origin. The Moscow office of the international human rights organization Amnesty...
07.10.2014 - 11:22
The serf syndrome
We are experiencing stark aggression on the part of our northern neighbor. But even in these cruel times, our public (particularly intellectuals) is displaying keen eyesight and sober judgment and...
07.10.2014 - 11:20
For townspeople’s and tourists’ benefit
It was installed in the city’s famous Batia Arcade. The arcade itself was restored for the City Day, with benches and vases set up there and a wall decorated with a patriotic drawing which...
07.10.2014 - 11:19
Music of an invincible nation
The musicians will present to the public their new joint creative project, called “Our Partisans. Homin’ Songs,” at the Ukraina Palace, to celebrate the Day of Ukrainian Cossack...
07.10.2014 - 11:17
Kopacz promises to back Ukraine
Last week the Polish Sejm approved the new government headed by Ewa Kopacz. Let us remind that changes in the Polish government happened due to former Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s appointment...
07.10.2014 - 11:15
The Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to three scientists at once
The Nobel laureates of this year for physiology or medicine were named in Stockholm on October 6. They are Anglo-American scientist John O’Keefe and a couple from Norway, May-Britt and Edvard...
07.10.2014 - 11:12
Russia’s Asian turn: declarations and reality
After Western countries had approved the fourth level of sanctions, Moscow began to speak openly about having to turn east in response. It was recalled that Russia is not only a European, but also an...
06.10.2014 - 18:20
Playing games with society against the background of war
The law on lustration will be presented to the Venice Commission by none other than Serhii Kivalov. Several journalists broke the news last week. “I do not know if Kivalov will present this law...
06.10.2014 - 18:18
$36 billion for national budget – from outer space
Ukraine is looking for strategic investors in its aerospace programs. The RNBO (National Security and Defense Council) has issued a resolution ordering all domestic military-industrial complex...
06.10.2014 - 18:15
That sweet word: lustration
What Ancient Greek warriors used to do to keep up their morale, Roman shepherds to keep their flocks of sheep from illnesses, and priests to cleanse their flock from sins, is again in demand....
06.10.2014 - 18:13
Difficult era for clandestine agencies
On October 1 the National Academy of Security Service of Ukraine (NASSU) hosted the roundtable “The Role and Place of Special Services in the History of Ukrainian State” in Kyiv. A field...