Where there is no law, but every man does what is right in his own eyes, there is the least of real liberty
Henry M. Robert

№8, (2006)

21.03.2006 - 00:00

Transdnistria reopened

The Transdnistrian authorities have lifted all restrictions on entry into their territory, Ukraine’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Borys Tarasiuk announced last Friday. “This is a proven fact: dozens...
21.03.2006 - 00:00

Exhibit at the trade center

Kyiv’s Kolo Art Gallery offers the public an opportunity to get acquainted with some unusual Ukrainian artists. Once a month residents of Kyiv will be able to explore works by a certain artist at the...
21.03.2006 - 00:00

Robinson and Manilov

I have always hated this famous saying by Rudyard Kipling. It exudes an inbred, colonialist idiosyncrasy. These words resound with a crack of a whip against leather jackboots. The East’s fatal...
21.03.2006 - 00:00

On moralizing and fighting for morality

On the eve of the parliamentary elections in Ukraine, Ostroh Academy National University sought to unite politics and morality during an international scholarly conference entitled “Morality and...
21.03.2006 - 00:00

“The roads to that country are overgrown with thorns”

The Mykola Hryshko National Botanical Garden of Ukraine’s National Academy of Sciences commemorated the recent 160th anniversary of Shevchenko’s birth with a special exhibit entitled “Plants in the...
21.03.2006 - 00:00

On the road to Europe

International analysts, who have been studying the specifics of economic growth in the former Soviet republics, the countries of southeastern Europe, and the new EU members after the collapse of the...
21.03.2006 - 00:00

Marek SIWIEC: Beware of a numerical majority in parliament

Most of the international delegations monitoring the election campaign in Ukraine have few complaints. All this inspires hope that the world community will positively assess the Ukrainian elections....
21.03.2006 - 00:00

Five days of Ukrainian avant-garde music of the 1960s at the National Music Academy

Yevhen Hromov’s studio and the Student Academic Society recently staged the “1960s Kyiv Avant-Garde” project (school of Borys Liatoshynsky) at the National Music Academy of Ukraine. The recital,...
21.03.2006 - 00:00

After Sobor

Continued from the previous issue In his next novel Cyclone, Oles Honchar returns to the story of his student battalion and the fate of the film director Bohdan Kolosovsky (see his novel...
21.03.2006 - 00:00

Spring, freedom, fashion

Today is the closing day of Ukrainian Fashion Week. This year it combines two spectacular fashion events: Fashion Seasons and the international festival Kyiv Podium. True to a time-honored tradition...
21.03.2006 - 00:00

This week in history

March 21, 1927. The first issue of Literaturna hazeta [Literary Newspaper, Literaturna Ukrayina since 1962) was published. 1982. US President Ronald Reagan signed a proclamation on celebrating the...
21.03.2006 - 00:00

They may be small banks, but they’re ours

Lately, several distinguished experts have issued warnings that the Ukrainian economy may suffer serious losses if control over the banking sector is taken over by foreign capital. They are concerned...
21.03.2006 - 00:00

A season of seasons: Kyiv to host the 16th International Festival

From March 21 to 28 the program of the Musical Premieres of the Season festival will feature 27 symphony, chamber, and choral music concerts. According to the organizers, this year’s event promises...
21.03.2006 - 00:00

“I want to make a tattoo from a photograph”

“Work, problems, being busy from morning until night — all this prevents a person from seeing beauty, looking at the world philosophically, a world that has so many nuances and shades. Outwardly,...
21.03.2006 - 00:00

Another provocation

On March 16 an electronic media outlet carried a provocative letter allegedly written by former Criminal Intelligence Department chief Oleksiy Pukach, now a fugitive sought by the Interior Ministry....

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