№8, (2009)

Valentyn Nalyvaichenko has held a press conference as the head of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) rather than its acting head. On March 10, 2009, President Viktor Yushchenko introduced him as...

Probably there is no other so controversial figure in history of both Poland and Ukraine as Prince Jeremi Wisniowiecki. He was a descendant of Dmytro Vyshnevetsky (Baida), a Cossack leader and...

Volodymyr Ivasiuk, a Ukrai­ni­an legendary composer and poet, wo­uld have marked his 60th birthday on March 4. He was one of the founders of Ukrainian pop music, author of 107 songs, 53 instrumental...

Dear Editors,I would like to add my voice to all those supporting the Donetsk students’ initiative. The Donbas is my native land. I was born in the town of Makiivka and graduated from school there in...

On March 10 the first deputy head of the Security Service of Ukraine Valerii Khoroshkovsky was searched by customs officers in Boryspil Airport. “On my arrival to the airport they carried out a...

Many Russian mass media re­port that some statements made by Anastasia Prykhodko, a Ukrainian singer who will represent Russia at the Eurovision-2009, during her participation in the project Fabrika...

National State protectionism is a disease as old as the European Union itself, if not much older. Ironically, the latter was originally established in opposition to protectionist practices and ideas...

The all-Ukraine Book for Children charity project has come to Kyiv oblast. It was launched by the Hrani-T Publishing House, Ukraine 3000 Foundation, Children’s Pals Society, and Christian Youth...

The prestigious Russian theater festival “Golden Mask” has recently been opened. The Kyiv Modern Ballet Theater, a young yet well-known Kyiv group, was entrusted with the honorable mission of opening...

The economic crisis that has gripped the world makes governments simultaneously reduce ex­penses and taxes so that the citizens’ welfare would not deteriorate. The need for additional so­urces of...

March 17. 1972: the Council of Ministers of the Ukrainian SSR resolves to establish the State Museum of Book Printing in Kyiv. 1995: The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine repeals the Constitution of the...

The worldwide financial crisis has affected a lot of countries in the world, including the Republic of Latvia. “Latvia may go bankrupt this summer,” “Europe has doomed Latvia to economic collapse” —...

Last Wednesday can go down in Ukrainian history as a turning point on the way out of the crisis. If we draw an analogy with World War II, it somewhat resembles the Battle of Moscow, when the invader...

If you want to know more about Taras Shevchenko and his company, it is worth visiting the Shev­chen­ko Literary and Memorial Hou­­se Museum in Kyiv. This place is historic and memorable for more than...

Russian officials have begun to talk very much about adherence to European values, although the Kremlin has been recognizing nothing but the so-called sovereign democracy in the last while. Mea­n­whi...