№66, (2012)
01.11.2012 - 00:00
Not an option
If Ukraine wants to get a discount for the Russian gas by creating a gas consortium to manage its gas transportation system, it has to remove obstacles on this way. This is what the Russian...
01.11.2012 - 00:00
“Ukrainian Motifs” by Anatolii Kryvolap
The exhibit displays Anatolii Kryvolap’s canvases from the series “Gurzuf,” “The Crimea,” and “The Carpathians,” created in the period from 2007-12....
01.11.2012 - 00:00
Sofia Gubaidulina came to Ukraine
An event, which deserved a greater attention of the mass media than actually received, took place last week. An outstanding contemporary composer Sofia Gubaidulina arrived in Ukraine.
Gubaidulina...
01.11.2012 - 00:00
“Non-farmstead” ideas from a farmstead
Recently, the Cabinet of Ministers adopted decree No. 953 which foresees the involvement of 150 million dollars of investments into the implementation of the project “Village of the Future....
01.11.2012 - 00:00
Ukrainian fashion designer for Armstrong
Oleksandr Davydovych is a graphic illustration of the proverb “where there is a will, there is a way.” His ambition helped him to start his own company and run it successfully at the...
01.11.2012 - 00:00
What will happen in 2015?
Borys Kolesnikov on the parallels between American and Ukrainian oligarchs
Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine Borys Kolesnikov is known for his tendency to raise issues...
01.11.2012 - 00:00
A chance to peep into an artist’s studio
Mykola Hrokh is a Merited Artist of Ukraine. He is a graduate of the Kyiv School of Applied Arts, artistic textile department, and the Kyiv State Art Institute. In 1965 he started to take part in...
01.11.2012 - 00:00
On non-accidental coincidence,
It happens in history that events that seem to be divided both by the time, and essential attributes all over sudden (when you change the angle) reveal a clear cause-effect relationship. Here is a...
01.11.2012 - 00:00
Elections and a “gift” from the 1990s
Though the sketch we suggested had been created back in 1996 by the caricaturist of genius Anatolii Kazansky, who, unfortunately, passed away, it reflects the current state of things very clearly,...
01.11.2012 - 00:00
This day in history
1939: The Supreme Soviet of the USSR adopts a decree making Western Ukraine part of the Soviet Union, “reuniting” it with the Ukrainian SSR.
1941: A task force is attached to the...
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Letters to Ukraine – 21
Can discrimination be desirable? Discrimination as prejudice: no. Discrimination in that other sense, meaning that we possess excellent judgement and good taste: yes. I wonder, has the word ‘...
01.11.2012 - 00:00
“Armor-Piercing Political Writing” in Kirovohrad
The librarians of Kirovohrad recently conducted a curious experiment during the Festival of Books for Youth. It was named “The scales of fate: books or Internet?” Festival visitors and...
01.11.2012 - 00:00
Righteous among the Nations have been awarded in Lviv
The awarding ceremony took place at the Lviv History Museum with the participation of Israel’s Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Ukraine Reuven Din El’. The title of the Righteous among...
01.11.2012 - 00:00
Textiles with the smell of coffee
The exhibition is called “Lviv-ARTextiles.” At some point Lviv became the heart of professional artistic textiles development. The city of Lviv with its ability to radiate intellectual...
01.11.2012 - 00:00
Old Town of Lutsk and modern property developments
It has been known for a long time that Old Town Historical and Cultural Reserve of Lutsk’s office building is deteriorating. Cracks on the walls and the way it is sinking because it was built on the...