№68, (2012)
08.11.2012 - 00:00
My Path – collection of poems by Andrii Malyshko now in France
University Press “Pulsary” with the assistance of the Ukrainian Small Academy of Sciences has recently published a unique book. The book called My Path is the French translation of the...
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Kimono. Three centuries of Japanese fashion
The exhibition features unique kimonos from the 19th, 20th, and 21st century (more than 150 items from private collections), grouped by subject, purpose of use, as well as engravings, scrolls with...
08.11.2012 - 00:00
Obama’s second chance
Presidential elections in the US, which kept in pressure not only America, but also the rest of the world, ended, as was expected, with the victory of the current head of the White House Democrat...
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“Another level of training”
Svoboda Party’s result became the main sensation of this election. Everyone is talking about it, some with delight, others – with caution. It turned out that the nationalists managed to...
08.11.2012 - 00:00
November Uprising of 1918 was reenacted in Lviv
Members of Memory war graves society and military reenactors from Kyiv and Lviv staged the dramatized reenactment of the battle of Lviv. “We are showing a combined reenactment of the events...
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China attempts to hold back tiger
What was once known as Celestial Empire is expecting an important event: the 18th Congress of the Chinese Communist Party is to open on November 8 at Beijing’s House of People’s...
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The pink sakura invites you to dream
Celebrating the 20th anniversary of establishing diplomatic relations between Ukraine and Japan, the embassy of the Land of the Rising Sun is continuing to teach the Ukrainians secrets of the...
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This day in history
1867: Alexis Verstovsky’s Askold’s Grave launches Kyiv Opera’s first season (this company is now the National Opera of Ukraine). 1909: The constituent meeting of the Kyiv Aeronautics Society is held...
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Getting back to Soviet standard?
Few appear to have paid attention to the Verkhovna Rada passing a bill on amendments to the Law of Ukraine “On Freedom of Conscience and Religious Organizations,” allowing those in...
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Oleksii PODOLSKY: “I have an impression that everything connected with the Kuchma family is a taboo”
On November 6 the next hearing of the Pechersk Court in the trial of Oleksii Pukach, accused of murdering Heorhii Gongadze, took place. Oleksii PODOLSKY, an aggrieved party in this case, had to leave...
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What stops Ukraine from running agricultural reserve?
If Ukraine really wants to become a global player in the sphere of agriculture and food production, it should open free market of agricultural land. This is the point of view expressed by John Tefft...
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From a visa-free regime to a free trade area, from Freedom to Likud
Yacov LIVNE, director of the Israeli Foreign Ministry’s Eurasia 1 Department, in charge of Ukraine and Russia, visited Ukraine the other day. In spite of a tight schedule of meetings...
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Emphasis on reform
The 14th session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva is in progress now: 197 member states of the United Nations are reporting on human rights observance. The Ukrainian delegation headed by Nazar...
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Ukraine will have no problem with virtual wallets
WebMoney has been waiting for four years for the National Bank of Ukraine to resume the procedure of electronic payments endorsement, said Marharyta Ormotsadze, chief of the company’s PR department,...
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An open museum in the open society
These days Rinat Akhmetov’s Foundation for Development of Ukraine awarded the winners of the Dynamic Museum Project with grants. The first prize and 10 million hryvnias went to the Lviv...