Vira Makovii

History has scattered religious shrines all over the world, but pilgrims continue visiting them, as before, in a show of tribute to their faith. In Uman, 20,000 Hasidic Jews from all places recently gathered to see in the new 5770 year. They have been coming here in the past 20 years to pray to...

“I began to play when I was still a kid. Then I dropped it because I got married and had children. When they grew up, I got to it again. My wife abandoned me, my parents died, and I remained alone. Playing a slot machine is my only comfort: when the reel is spinning, I forget about everything else...

The magic of Warsaw begins at Nowy Swiat Street. Walking away from this historic thoroughfare, visitors are amazed by the sensation of watching a black-and-white film in the district of Praga and by the harmony, beauty, and silence of Lazienki Park. The many small and winding streets give one the...

Opened on the initiative of two foundations, Suspilnist and Europe XXI, Euro-Atlantic University is supported by the Journalism Institute at Taras Shevchenko National University in Kyiv, the diplomatic missions of Slovakia and the US in Ukraine, and Oleh Rybachuk, an advisor to the president of...

The Bozhychi folk band introduced its first animated music video for the song “Herasym asked me” at Kyiv’s Kinopanorama Cinema. Filming lasted for nearly a year, and the video will be premiered on national television soon. “Herasym” has become the face of the band’s third album released under the...

In the endless spaces of “white silence” winter reigns for nine months out of twelve, dark days are followed by white nights, and wild deer make friends with people. Vorkuta blossoms in June, when the splendor of painted houses is most evident, dandelions fill every valley, and young paperboys...