№71, (2015)

Today, we mark the 24th anniversary of the Ukrainian independence referendum, held on December 1, 1991. Then, 90 percent of the 32 million citizens of Ukraine who took part in the vote voted for...

The rare museum curiosities, which had been restored in Kyiv, belong to a period of the 17th-19th centuries. They are written in Latin, Polish, and Turkish. All of them relate to the life of secular...

There are plans to establish a museum-bunker of the famous artist in Rivne region. According to Mykola Fedoryshyn, author of the idea, no similar locations have been built in western Ukraine yet. The...

BRUSSELS – During a briefing on Monday, before the meeting of the foreign ministers of NATO member countries, the agenda of the next two days was discussed at length and depth. At 3 p.m. local...

The COP21 summit in Paris has brought together heads of state and government from 147 countries, marking a rare occasion for political elites to pay so much attention to environment. President Petro...

China and Ukraine are thousands of kilometers apart, but these countries may launch numerous joint projects soon. Almost all imported corn and sunflower oil in the People’s Republic is...

Formulas like “sorry,” “excuse me,” “my apologies” are very good and all, but there are occasions when no amount of polite talk can alter the impression of the...

“In Ostroh today. As a member of the Academy Supervisory Board, every year I meet with students to present new books and projects,” wrote Larysa Ivshyna on her Facebook page. Besides the...

This museum complex is launching the “Mystetsky Arsenal. Backstage View. History. Present Day. Future” series of unusual guided tours that will last until December 6. Visitors will be...

The book includes 60 literary portraits of the composers with whom the author has had personal or virtual contacts, through continents or centuries. Praise to the Employers! (Laurus Publishing House...

A giant dome of glass and titanium looms in the fog. It is enveloped by a lake, steam rising from the water. Nearby is a red staircase leading down. These stairs are the entrance to the domed...

The exhibition is called “The Chest in the Ukrainian Family’s Everyday Life.” According to its curator Liudmyla Bilous, the museum’s holdings include 23 chests made from the...

Ethno-rock foundation TaRuta presented its composition “The Wild Steppe” (“Black-and-Red Banner”), written specially for Ukrainian volunteer troops. The band dedicates the...

On November 25, the Russian Federation’s State Duma endorsed the idea to return to Christians the Cathedral of Saint Sophia of Constantinople, which has been the Muslim mosque of Hagia Sophia...

To Stockholm I took the Return to Tsarhorod book, recently published in Den’s Library series. Reading it here was particularly instructive, because Sweden is a good example of the continuity of...