Olesia Palamariuk

Finding talented children and helping them to discover their true selves was the guiding idea behind the second nationwide auction of artworks by physically challenged children and young people, which was held under the auspices of Ukraine’s Ministry of Family and Youth and the State Center of...

“This art, which is rooted in an ancient tradition, is interesting not only for the country where it originated. Since ancient times the Japanese have found an inexhaustible source of inspiration in Ikebana. Likewise, people from other cultures may find something appealing there.” This was the...

All those visiting Kyiv for pleasure or business usually look for landmarks they know from books (like Khreshchatyk or Andriyivsky uzviz) or city symbols (its cathedrals or Dnipro slopes). They bring back home some souvenirs and the famed Kyiv cakes. Those visiting Kyiv these days add to this...

She studied Morse code, learned to fire a machine gun, and dreamed of being a ship captain. Still in school, she was the only girl who represented Moscow’s Young Pioneers in the delegation that signed a cooperation agreement with the Baltic Fleet on the eve of a Komsomol (Young Communist League)...

This year Athens, the historical homeland of the Olympics whither they are to return, will attract not only athletes but also tourists. Olena Hetmantseva, general director of MISB Travel Ukraine, exclusive agent of Ukraine’s Olympic Committee on all aspects of organizing Ukrainians’ trips to the...

Kyiv’s General Post Office has hosted a presentation of the postage stamp package Hetman Bohdan Khmelnytsky’s Insignia and Personal Memorabilia designed by artist Vasyl Vasylenko. The six stamps depict Bohdan Khmelnytsky’s belongings that fate has scattered across the museums of Poland, Sweden,...

Oleksandr HUBENKO, editor-in-chief, Practical Psychology and Social Work magazine: “The question of whether we should allow our citizens to purchase and bear the arms is complicated and requires primarily social and cultural analyses. For instance, Switzerland doesn’t face this problem at all....

Art therapy was the ultimate goal of the Sun Wave International Drama Festival that ended last Saturday in Kyiv. It was held under the auspices of the Ukraine for Children National Fund as part of the EU Council program, which has declared 2003 the Year of the Disabled in European Countries. The...

If you pass by an increasing number of young and not so young mothers in the street, if you notice more cars racing past with just married signs, also if you notice fresh flowers laid at the foot of the statute to Taras Shevchenko [traditionally visited by newly married couples to pay homage and...

Speaking about the art of decorating mundane daily routine with flowers, St. Petersburg floral designer Vladimir Bermyakov said in his interview with the Stil [Style] magazine, “Flower culture starts when you grow flowers not to make profit of them but to admire them.” Traditionally this is...