№7, (2005)

AT THE OPENING CEREMONY The new exhibit at the Ukrainian Home has a dual objective: to bring modern Ukrainian sculpture to the attention of the general public and artistic circles; and to establish a...

The confidence that the public placed in the new leadership during the presidential elections has not been shaken yet and has even received a boost. This is the result of a nationwide sociological...

“Ukraine has once again reaffirmed its ultimate objective of Euro-Atlantic integration. We wish to see Ukraine integrated into both the European Union and the North Atlantic alliance,” President...

To explain the meaning of “fatal brand” (reference to the Borotbists), I offer two quotations. No. 1: “Borotbists — a Ukrainian petty bourgeois nationalist party that expressed the class interests of...

March 1. 1944. Mass works began to reconstruct Khreshchatyk Street in Kyiv. 1996. Regular bus communication was began between Kyiv and London. March 2. 1919. The Ukrainian People’s Republic and...

The artist Yevheniya Hapchynska says she is a happy person. Working in her own art studio one day, she created what she admits to having wanted to do for the longest time and what she believes is...

One of the government’s immediate goals is not so much to confiscate illegally acquired property as to send a message to business circles that this will not be a mass-scale process. Last Tuesday...

The problems of people living with HIV/AIDS are usually discussed twice a year: on December 1, World AIDS Day, and on May 20, the International AIDS Candlelight Memorial. Otherwise it is very...

Sixty-three years ago, on February 21, the Gestapo shot Olena TELIHA, a noted Ukrainian poet and civic activist, together with other members of the Ukrainian underground, in Babyn Yar [Babiy Yar]...

Although Ukraine was represented by three teams in the UEFA Cup events before that fateful Thursday, traditionally the biggest hopes were placed in Kyiv Dynamo. After tying the game in Kyiv (0:0),...

Musical art is a rather complex phenomenon that can be arbitrarily divided into several stages: composing, performing, disseminating and promoting, and perceiving a piece of music. What is causing...

The scandal surrounding the Kyiv Dynamo Club is damaging Ukrainian soccer’s international image. Any trouble in this sensitive line of business, regardless of domestic political factors, objectively...

The first term of George W. Bush’s presidency was marked by unilateralism and military power. The United States was the world’s only superpower, so others had to follow. The result was a dramatic...

(Conclusion. For Pt. 1, refer to the previous issue) At this time, the status of Cossack Ukraine was a crucial point in the relations between Muscovy and the Crimea. Tsar Aleksei Mikhailovich’s...

The latest edition of the tape scandal (a.k.a. Kuchmagate) poses a threat to the new government. Socialist Party (SPU) leader Oleksandr Moroz is planning to demand that the current Prosecutor-General...