№8, (2010)

On Feb. 1, the Kyiv Children’s Academy of Arts held a meeting with the writer and culture expert Oxana Pachlovska, initiated by the academy’s rector, Mykhailo Chemberzhi. “Ukraine–Europe: Can the Two...

1918: The Council of People’s Commissars of Soviet Russia (Sovnarkom) adopt a decree setting up the Workers and Peasants’ Front. 1919: Simon Petliura becomes president of the Directory of the...

Shortly before the runoff, Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko unexpectedly fired six ambassadors: Inna Ohnivets (Slovakia), Borys Bazylevsky (Ireland), Ihor Lossovsky (Malaysia), Ihor Lohinov (...

If Viktor Yanukovych, the winner of the presidential race in Ukraine, acts quickly to address his country’s pressing problems, he could move it out of the doldrums and cure the “Ukraine fatigue”...

In Soviet times, this Ukrainian American helped reform Kyiv music life and produced music performances and recordings made by modern Ukrainian composers abroad. Baley is a successful personality...

Worldwide Ukrainian Garden to be planted in LvivThe City of the Lion has established a tradition of holding international forums “Diaspora as a Factor of Consolidation of the State of Ukraine in the...

DNIPROPETROVSK — While visiting Canada several years ago, I saw Halyna Mazepa’s paintings displayed in a number of Ukrai-nian-Canadian homes in Toronto and Ottawa. Her style is captivating, you...

The famous St. Sophia Cathedral occupies an exceptional place in Ukrainian history, spirituality, and culture. It is the highest symbol of Ancient Rus’s cultural and educational achievements, as...

Continued from previous issue The following is a collection of readers’ comments carried by Rossiyskaia gazeta on Jan. 29, 2010, entitled “What kind of Ukraine do we love?” For a Russian-government...

About two years ago, the president of Ukraine signed two edicts to set up two national parks. What made one wary was the issuance of subsequent edicts on the establishment of 11 more national parks,...

This season Kyiv Circus will host troupes from Russia, Kazakhstan, and faraway Kenya, each with an exotic, inventive, at times hazardous repertoire. THE LOVE OF FLIGHT Try to picture someone in...

A Chinese maxim says that even the longest road will come to an end some day. In our case, this kind of road can be compared with a difficult and exhausting election campaign. Very many followers...

Many people in the world have heard about the statements of Russian Federation President Dmitry Medvedev on the necessity to modernize the country. One can recall his call to modernization in the...

A son of renowned parents, Semen and Liliana Lungin, Pavel could not find his calling for over 30 years, like a character from a well-known fairytale. He carefully listened to and absorbed...

As is known, 2009 was the Year of Ivan Mazepa in the newspaper Den/The Day. We and the National Institute of the History of Ukraine had made this decision long before the president issued a decree...