№69, (2011)
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Prince William and the golden youth
On November 28 the whole world was delighted at Prince William’s heroic deed. Second in line to ascend the British throne, the prince rescued two Russian sailors from a cargo ship Swanland...
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“The memory of manmade famines unites all Ukrainians”
“MORE THAN 77 PERCENT OF THE PEOPLE CONSIDER THE HOLODOMOR AN ACT OF GENOCIDE”
Volodymyr VIATROVYCH, historian:
“We are cherishing and handing down to the generations to come...
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Kuchma’s case. 11 years later
On November 29 MP of the second and third convocation Oleksandr Yeliashkevych, leader of the socialist party Oleksandr Moroz and public activist Oleksii Podolsky held a press conference where they...
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The forgotten 20th-century
BERLIN – It has been 20 years since the dissolution of the Soviet Union, which for many historians marked the real end of the “short 20th century” – a century that,...
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The majoritarian system is back
The members of the political council of the party Our Ukraine were the first to declare their readiness to try the majoritarian system. The other day Valentyn Nalyvaichenko said that “...
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Prokofiev’s Kyiv Season
This cycle continues the jubilee “Kyiv Seasons.” Reviving the form of traditional musical evenings, the “Seasons” organizers with their actions want to draw the audience...
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As the Cheremosh River has shoaled, swans of Mykolaichuk fame are in danger of death
The Day had already reported that up to 200 mute swans had been wintering every year in Chortoryia, Ivan Mykolaichuk’s home village in Chernivtsi region, starting shortly after the actor...
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Property ownership right to be nullified?
Starting from December 1, Technical Inventarization Bureaus (TIB) in all oblasts of Ukraine, and from December 15 also in Kyiv, will not be accepting documents for ownership rights registration....
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Incontinent memory diagnosed
Calls for a return to single-member electoral districts were immediately followed by many experts predicting return of long-forgotten politicians to Verkhovna Rada. This voting system will be...
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Art of optimism
Modern vision, organization of the canvas plane, using stylistic constraints of the genre to move to another level of perception of individual color and unexpected color combinations – these...
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Threat of simplification
This year the media’s response to the Holodomor anniversary was markedly feebler than in the past several years, as though this topic can forfeit or gain urgency from year to year. This is...
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This day in history
1932: Radnarkom of the Ukrainian SSR adopts a decree banning sales of potatoes in the raions that “maliciously fail to carry out their task of monitoring collective-farm potato stocks,” listing 12...
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An order for impunity
On November 18 MP Yurii Karmazin made a sensational declaration in the Verkhovna Rada: he called upon the leaders of the state to take measures for the full-scale investigation of the crime against...
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“We all should be flying through our destiny over the vanity of life”
Nazarii Yaremchuk is a popular variety singer. Not only did he have a unique voice, but he was able to penetrate into the song’s soul. That is the reason why millions of admirers loved him. I...
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Marianna SABLINA: Music should be good, interesting, and simply genuine
The National Philharmonic Society of Ukraine hosts a concert dedicated to the 40th anniversary of the Shchedryk Children’s Choir, which has no analogues in Ukraine, and maybe in the...