№73, (2011)
15.12.2011 - 00:00
“He is called Ukrainian Klimt”
The Fourth Grand Antiquities Salon has been launched in Mystetsky Arsenal. Armament, icons, and paintings are traditional items of the exhibit of rare works of art. However, in opinion of those who...
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Save the bird’s life!
A nature protection action “Make a feeder – save a bird’s life” is being held in Lviv at the initiative of the Department of Environmental Protection. A contest is announced...
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Transnistrian intrigue
Presidential elections in Transtristria made a sudden turn. Still on Sunday the results of exit polls showed the victory of the current leader of the unrecognized Transnistrian Moldovan Republic (...
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Don’t count on the state
After the Chornobyl disaster fighters it is mothers’ turn now: they might not receive the child benefits. In this case the gender equality would be useful: according to the information of the...
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It is important in art not to turn into a crafts man
Personality of Mykhailo Lishchyner without exaggeration defined artistic look of Lviv in the 1960s through the 1980s. Some works of the artist remind the brush work of the famous Pablo Picasso,...
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This day in history
1918: The Council of Ministers of the Ukrainian (Hetman) State steps down in favor of the Directorate. 1918: The Directorate passes a bill banning sale, mortgage, and lease of land. 1932: The CC of...
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In search of guarantees
The Nord Stream gas pipeline was launched as recently as on November 8, but it completely stopped pumping gas to Europe for a while on December 6. According to the official version, “it was a brief...
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A double-edged pipe
A lot of Ukrainians have an impression that the Ukrainian authorities are literally and figuratively “entrenching” themselves inside our country and abroad. How can they pull through...
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Mark WILLIAMS: First of all you should sing with your heart
Ukrainian audience had an opportunity to hear the program of the famous choir (with a five-century history) – the Music of Advent and Christmas. Its visit to Ukraine was organized by the DF...
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Serhii VLASENKO: A chess club won’t admit soccer players who spit on the floor, use four-letter words, and break chess pieces
After a 12-hour court hearing held in a prison cell (tagged as a trial by a close-stool) nothing would seem to further amaze the Ukrainian public, not even the fact that Yulia Tymoshenko was...
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The East European “roundtable” factory
The experience of “roundtables” as a means for the power and the opposition to compromise will be tried in Russia. The Russian public figures took this initiative on the Constitution...
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Watchword conspiracy?
Court hearings are for Kuchma and his retinue a major whitewashing endeavor. The Pechersk [District] Court is actually hearing the complaint filed by the ex-president’s defense counsels...
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About happiness and suffering
The Kyiv choreographer Viktor Lytvynov is staging the Caprices ballet performance to the music of Niccolo Paganini’s 24 Caprices, which were subtly orchestrated by the famous Ukrainian...
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A sigh of relief?
Donetsk – Chornobyl disaster fighters’ tent in Donetsk was taken apart on Sunday night. While this was happening, five of the strikers were still inside the tent. The hunger strike, which started...
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Political prisoners of a country that has not been decommunized
From November 12 on, there are real (that is, ideologically-motivated) political prisoners in Ukraine. The Zhovtnevy District Court of Zaporizhia that had started proceedings in the Stalin monument...
