Where there is no law, but every man does what is right in his own eyes, there is the least of real liberty
Henry M. Robert

№62, (2015)

29.10.2015 - 10:59

What transformations does Kyiv need?

Information technology simplifies many things. Certificates and medical prescriptions might be set up to be issued online. Computers can manage traffic and procurement for the city. This would save...
29.10.2015 - 10:56

Shelter wrong side out

In the summer the artists took part in a Kaniv art residency organized by the Kniazha Hora (“Princely Hill”) complex. The project “Shelter” (“Ukryttia”), the final...
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29.10.2015 - 10:26

Three surprises of Polish elections

As it was expected, the parliamentary election in Poland has been won by the conservative party Law and Justice (PiS), which received 39 percent of votes. According to exit polls this political force...
29.10.2015 - 10:23

Finnish journalist’s book on Vorkuta prison camp uprising

At a recent Publishers’ Forum in Lviv a Ukrainian version of Jukka Rislakki’s book Vorkuta! GULAG Uprising, won an acknowledgement award of the Publishers’ Guild. The author is a...
29.10.2015 - 10:11

It takes a war to learn tango

Hours (or maybe minutes) ago these troops were out there on a mission, shot, heard enemy’s guns. And now, still wearing the same uniforms and tired, but smiling countenances, they are dancing...
29.10.2015 - 10:09

Katja PETROWSKAJA: “There are no somebody else’s victims”

The name of Katja Petrowskaja rang loudly in Europe in 2013. The author first won the prestigious Ingeborg Bachmann Prize and then she was awarded the Italian Strega Prize for her literary debut...
29.10.2015 - 10:05

Autumn Memories about love and war

I am not afraid to repeat that the rumors saying that the cinema, Ukrainian one in particular, is dead are very much exaggerated. While someone complains that the money allotted for cinema production...
28.10.2015 - 18:42

Shokin’s “sufferings”

“Contemporary history of Ukraine is written in Prosecutor General’s Office,” this phrase best describes the events that have been unfolding in our country for the past decade. The...
28.10.2015 - 18:38

Fencers are preparing for the Olympic Games

The Ukrainian fencing team held an open training session on October 27, as it prepared for qualifiers for the Olympic Games to be held in Rio de Janeiro in 2016. The session’s guest of honor...
28.10.2015 - 18:37

“Warm with Den”

Look out of the window, and you see the fall dominate the city, with its rains, yellow leaves on the pavements, and grey clouds overhead. What you want the most in this season is to get warm. Isn...
28.10.2015 - 18:36

A chair for Oleh Sentsov

A film director’s chair, on which it is written “Freedom,” and a plaque with the history of Oleh Sentsov’s abduction (a Russian court jailed him for 20 years on August 25 this...
28.10.2015 - 18:34

Canadians operate on Ukrainian soldiers for a third time

This week 22 Canadian surgeons are going to operate, together with their Ukrainian colleagues, on 40 patients. They will perform surgery to correct deformities of the face, hands, arms, the skull,...
28.10.2015 - 18:33

Kleptocracy is the Achilles heel of Vladimir Putin

It seems that recent Russian actions, in particular its military intervention in the Syrian conflict, have once again caught the West by surprise, even though this was preceded by the illegal...
28.10.2015 - 18:29

Street-style diplomacy

As usual, Russian President Vladimir Putin took part in the meeting of the Valdai International Debating Club. It was created in 2004 by the news agency RIA Novosti, when it was entrusted with...