№7, (2017)
02.02.2017 - 11:54
In France new presidential candidate
“Tonight the Left holds its head up high again,” said Benoit Hamon in summing up his victory in the primary, which made the former spokesman of the Socialist Party, its chief...
02.02.2017 - 11:51
The fall of European meritocracy
Sir Winston Churchill’s book My Early Life (1874-1904) [known in North America as “A Roving Commission (1930)”] reads that, in the spring of 1896, a 22-year-old officer of the 4th...
02.02.2017 - 11:50
A Ukrainian IT team topped the world ranking of “white hat” hackers
In 2016, the Ukrainian IT team dcua team took the first place in the CTFtime ranking of specialists able to determine the degree of a system’s security against attacks and to improve it, the...
02.02.2017 - 11:44
Forever the best
Ukrainians gathered in Kyiv’s Independence Square on February 1 to bid final farewell to soldiers who died near Avdiivka; the fallen had served with the 72nd Separate Mechanized Brigade,...
02.02.2017 - 11:36
Europe’s destiny being decided in… Donbas
Many decisions are taken in the West on the basis of how they understand Ukraine. That is, much depends on how well our country is able to convey information and knowledge about itself to our Western...
02.02.2017 - 11:34
Synergy of effort
As earlier reported, Ireland launched philosophy ABC classes for high school students. The Irish Times quotes President Michael D. Higgins as saying last year, at a function at Aras an...
02.02.2017 - 11:30
“Neither Ukraine nor Europe has other monuments like this”
Founded in 988 by Prince Volodymyr the Great of Kyiv, Volodymyr-Volynskyi is one of Ukraine’s most ancient towns, which had its own castles that have not survived up to now. But still in a good...
02.02.2017 - 11:19
“History shapes qualities”
The Den Library is a supplement to the Ukrainian passport. This idea our editor-in-chief expressed in the very first years of the library’s existence has been confirmed and become particularly...
02.02.2017 - 11:13
The philosophy of Paris
Ernest Hemingway once wrote an autobiographical book, A Moveable Feast, which describes the period in the 1920s, when the young writer lived in Paris. This fascinating book is full of a sparkling...
02.02.2017 - 11:04
By law, for justice’s sake or for art’s sake?
Our state seems to have made the first noteworthy attempt to represent itself at the Venice Biennale. By the rules, every country appoints a commissioner, usually a culture ministry official in...
02.02.2017 - 11:00
“White Album 2”
At present this is Ukraine’s only museum preserving works of numerous representatives of various artistic schools and trends from all corners of Ukraine and encompassing the period from the...
02.02.2017 - 10:57
Jordan’s star to sing… Shevchenko
An operatic star of Jordanian descent, who has sung at the best opera houses in Vienna, London, Paris, Rome, and on other best stages of Europe, is now going to debut in Ukraine. Her enchanting voice...
02.02.2017 - 10:56
Without titles
Serhii Biba, the region’s noted representative of abstract art, is holding a retrospective exhibit to mark his own anniversary. The artist displays his selected works at Uzhhorod’s Yosyp...