№75, (2011)
22.12.2011 - 00:00
Kuchma maintains positional advantage, for the time being
Prosecutor General Viktor Pshonka of Ukraine proved to be as good as his word (after making his promise on the Inter Channel Friday night, live). On Monday, the PGO appealed against the Pechersk...
22.12.2011 - 00:00
The president doesn’t envy a journalist. Can anyone envy the president?
Strange as it may seem, stability is setting in in Ukraine. The final post-EU-Ukraine-summit press conference with President Yanukovych had no unexpected questions asked or other unpleasant surprises...
22.12.2011 - 00:00
This day in history
1917: Soviet rule is established in Kharkiv.
1920: The Eighth All-Russia Congress of Soviets is called to order; it adopts the GOELRO Russian RSFSR Electrification Plan.
1941: An underground...
22.12.2011 - 00:00
On Article 49
The EU-Ukraine summit has left many questions unanswered. Although the guests from Europe were markedly courteous and did their best to show just how happy they were to be present there, not a single...
22.12.2011 - 00:00
Nadia NIKIFOROVA: He gives me a sentimental education
Kyivites got to see The Epistle series of paintings. It is a message of sorts from Taras Shevchenko that the artist has managed to discern in the poet’s works and offered to the future generations....
22.12.2011 - 00:00
On the way from the conservatory to the philharmonic society
Sculpture of the composer has been made of bronze, while the pedestal and paving are granite. The monument is two and a half meters tall and stands on Shevchenko Avenue. The pro-ject has been...
22.12.2011 - 00:00
The controversial Steve Jobs
Journalist Walter Isaacson and modern technology guru Steve Jobs actually co-authored this weighty volume with a simple and informative title Biography of the Founder of Apple. Laconic black and...
22.12.2011 - 00:00
Kremlin shows its hand
President Yanukovych’s recent working visit to Moscow to attend a jubilee CIS summit also included a private meeting with the Russian President, Dmitry Medvedev. There were Ukrainian...
22.12.2011 - 00:00
“Academic mobility in Ukraine’s education system is rising”
Yulia SEREDA holds a Ph.D. in sociology and works as a researcher for the department of monitoring research of social and economic transformations at the Institute of Economics and Prognostication,...
22.12.2011 - 00:00
Putin 2.0: no changes to be expected
The Russian authorities have not only come around after the shock in Bolotnaya Square but also have assumed the propagandist offensive, the more that they have now the official candidate for presi...
22.12.2011 - 00:00
Venice Commission lambastes “language bill”
The Ukrainian parliament registered the bill “On Principles of the State Language Policy” at the end of last August. The law was drawn up by the Party of Regions MPs Serhii Kivalov and Vadym...
22.12.2011 - 00:00
The Ukraine-wide Christmas exhibit opens at the Artist’s House
This is the largest project by the Kyiv department of the National Artists Association of Ukraine. Throughout its five-year-long history it has developed into a tradition. The masterminds explained...
22.12.2011 - 00:00
The Russian society is rapidly changing
We are intently watching the changes happening in the Russian society. What influences their dynamics and how might it tell on Ukraine?The teachers of the Moscow school No. 1567 called upon their...
22.12.2011 - 00:00
Taras CHORNOVIL: Tymoshenko is tried for being a rival. And for her sharp tongue, too
As deputy head of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Foreign Affairs, Taras Chornovil is entitled to a little, but very cozy office with an unusual round window, like a ship’s.“This building has only...
22.12.2011 - 00:00
Ukrainian cities against tyrants
Ivano-Frankivsk lampposts are studded with big stickers reading “I also exterminated Ukrainians. Build me a monument too.” The dictators Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin are shown standing side by side...