№7, (2016)
04.02.2016 - 11:58
“The showcase” cracked...
Early on February 2, one of the so-called technocrats in the Yatseniuk government, Minister of Economic Development and Trade Aivaras Abromavicius told reporters that he had tendered his resignation...
04.02.2016 - 11:54
“A Volyn brand”
Such decision was approved at the session of the Academic Council of the higher educational establishment. Larysa Ivshyna has been a member of the Monitoring Council of the university for more than...
04.02.2016 - 10:49
A merchant’s dessert
The mansion of merchant Semen Mohylevtsev, who lived in the capital in the second half of the 19th and early 20th century, is now renowned for its hospitability. No wonder, for today it is the...
03.02.2016 - 18:31
The phenomenon of “Krymnashism”
I want to tell you an instructive story. In 1990 I left Russia for the US as part of a research exchange program. Fate decreed that I met an American, my future wife, in Washington, where I worked at...
03.02.2016 - 18:26
Play like Messi!
The five-year Murtaza Ahmadi kicks ball inside the headquarters of the Football Federation of Afghanistan in Kabul. The boy wears a shirt like that of the Spanish club Barcelona’s star player...
03.02.2016 - 18:24
“The unequivocal assurances of Merkel”
Another round of talks between Petro Poroshenko, President of Ukraine, and Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany, was finished February 1. Before the talks, many commentators suggested that the...
03.02.2016 - 18:09
Radicals Sanders and Trump trailing behind
The billionaire Donald Trump, who was expected to win the Iowa Republican caucus at the beginning of the US presidential election campaign, has quite unexpectedly suffered a defeat. He hoped to win...
03.02.2016 - 18:03
What to do with Russian political emigrants?
Freedom of speech, proximity to Europe, escape from political persecutions. These are only a few items in the mile-long list of reasons why Russian oppositionists pull up stakes and move to Ukraine....
03.02.2016 - 17:58
ORTHODOX COUNCIL. What is Ukraine’s interest?
It is planned to call the Orthodox Council in June 2016 in Crete. The last such council was last called a thousand years ago. This fact shows the uniqueness of the mentioned event. Indeed, Orthodoxy...
03.02.2016 - 17:54
Rehabilitation as a game
Distance is no obstacle to good deeds. “As President of the League of Ukrainian Canadian Women I am honored to head the ‘Guardian Angels Ukraine’ humanitarian project,” wrote...
03.02.2016 - 17:44
A special world of French music
A concert at the National Philharmonic Society allowed the audience to relish the exuberant timbres of symphonic scores by such classics as Claude Debussy, Jacques Ibert, Francis Poulenc, and Maurice...
03.02.2016 - 17:42
The routes of cultural diversity
The Kherson branch of Ukraine’s Sociological Association and the Totem Center of Youth Initiatives have established a new Internet resource, “A Path through Cultures” (http:// www....
03.02.2016 - 17:40
Who will be held responsible for an abandoned doggie?
A fine of up to 10,000 euros, a probationary sentence or a year in jail await any resident of Italy found guilty of throwing their pet out into the street. People often abandon their pets in Ukraine...
03.02.2016 - 17:39
Write letters, please
The young Kyiv artist named her exhibition the “Personal Correspondence.” In her works, the painter explores the epistolary culture, almost extinct today, and the phenomenon of the...
03.02.2016 - 17:37
“Hotel California” performed in Kyiv on kobzas and banduras
Recently, a video has gained much popularity in the social media, on which the National Academic Orchestra of Folk Instruments performs a popular song “Hotel California” on banduras and...