№8, (2010)
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What kind of Ukraine do we love?
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...
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EVENT
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...
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This day in history
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...
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EVENT
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...
11.02.2010 - 00:00
This day in history
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...
11.02.2010 - 00:00
After second round
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...
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Birth date secret
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...
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Incumbent president fires ambassadors. Why?
Shortly before the runoff, Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko unexpectedly fired six ambassadors: Inna Ohnivets (Slovakia), Borys Bazylevsky (Ireland), Ihor Lossovsky (Malaysia), Ihor Lohinov (...
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Funeral and love
Poky mama ne pryishla (Before Mom Comes) is the Ukrainian title of a joint project of the Youth Theater, French Embassy, and French Cultural Center in Ukraine. It is based on Remi de Vos’s popular...
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Facing realities instead of raising social standards
The preliminary count of votes in the presidential election runoff shows a clear, if unimpressive, lead of Viktor Yanukovych. Shortly before this, exit-polls showed a similar result. What are the...
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“The image of desired tomorrow” by Medvedev
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...
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Halyna Mazepa: My fondest Ukrainian memories are of Katerynoslav
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...
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Curing “Ukraine Fatigue”
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”...
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Down to work, comrade!
It is common knowledge that soccer and politics are things which everybody claims to be a dab hand at. Accordingly, the appointment of the national soccer team’s coach is always in the spotlight and...
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Who is the stronghold of our country?
People who are the stronghold of the country live close to us. They are doing their job in a responsible way, without demanding any posts, money, or national recognition. They even hardly understand...