Anna Madei

In 2006 Ukraine’s customs agents stopped some 200 attempts to smuggle out articles of immense historical and cultural value. They confiscated more than 1,800 precious works of art, 53 percent of which were military decorations and medals, and 7 percent, religious items. The rest of the contraband...

A roundtable discussion on the problem of homeless children recently took place in Kyiv’s Ukraine House. Organized by the Oleksandr Feldman International Charitable Foundation, the roundtable “Does Being Homeless mean No Rights?” was accompanied by an exhibit of shocking photographs, called “...

The presentation of the Wollemi pine (Wollemia nobilis), a gift from the Australian branch of the World Wildlife Fund and one of the most ancient plants on earth, was recently held at the Ukrainian National Hryshko Botanical Garden. What would you do if you bumped into a live dinosaur in the...

For the first time, on the night of July 7 Kyiv celebrated the feast of Ivan Kupalo on Trukhaniv Island. Once a pagan fertility rite associated with The Day of the summer solstice, this yearly celebration now coincides with the Christian feast marking the birth of St. John the Baptist. Hundreds of...