Where there is no law, but every man does what is right in his own eyes, there is the least of real liberty
Henry M. Robert

№1, (2005)

18.01.2005 - 00:00

Ukrainian Canadian Mykhailo Halandiuk Donates Five Million to Charity

This story has impressed many people, and not just those who live in Ukraine. Fate decreed that Mykhailo Halandiuk, an ethnic Ukrainian born in 1904 in the Lviv region, would settle after the war in...
18.01.2005 - 00:00

Political Markup: A Possibility

No matter how much politicians may talk about this country’s real independence, their rhetoric always pursues a certain goal. In the ongoing heated discussions about independence, especially those...
18.01.2005 - 00:00

An Art Revolution In Full Swing

The Contemporary Art Center at Kyiv Mohyla Academy National University recently featured a young artists’ exhibition entitled Revolutionary Experimental Space. During the protest rallies on...
18.01.2005 - 00:00

How Should the Withdrawal Of Our Troops from Iraq Proceed?

It was relatively easy to foresee a decision to withdraw the Ukrainian peacekeeping force from Iraq (especially against the backdrop of attempts to win more electoral votes). Yet it is still...
18.01.2005 - 00:00

Sound Conservatism

Every year up to 18,000 villages vanish from the map of Ukraine. They become depopulated as a result of harsh living conditions. The exacerbation of socioeconomic problems in the countryside is...
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This week in history

January 18. 1919. The (Soviet) Provisional Workers and Peasants Government of Ukraine approved a decree On Separating the Church and State. 1944. The first serious military encounter took place...
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The Family Tree of A Great Traveler

Nikolai Miklukho-Maklai (Miklouho-Maclay) (1846-1888) needs no introduction. A world-famous anthropologist, ethnographer, physician, botanist, zoologist, and world traveler, he was widely acclaimed...
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Spielberg to Make a Film in Ukraine

The Oscar-winning US movie director Steven Spielberg is going to make a documentary about Ukraine, which will be co-produced with People’s Deputy Viktor Pinchuk, a well-known Ukrainian businessman...
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Austrian Native Wolfram Wendelin Dreams of Transporting Tourists to Europe On the “Carpathian Streetcar”

Practically everyone who meets the Austrian Wolfram Wendelin immediately begins searching for his Ukrainian roots. How else can you explain his passionate love for Ukraine? He has a superb command of...
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Where We Are Not

As a rule, new people come to power with new goals, including new foreign policy goals. “Viktor Yushchenko’s overriding goal is to ensure Ukraine’s full membership in the European Union,” Oleh...
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A Place in the Hierarchy

During the presidential campaign in Kyiv, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, Archbishop of Constantinople, addressed two friendly messages to the Ukrainian people, expressing his support and...
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Householders

My phone rang one ordinary November evening. Judging by the ringing, it was a long-distance call. I picked up the receiver and heard a male voice speaking German, then heavily accented English. The...
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The Unvanquished Don’t Need Swords

The events of the Orange Revolution this past November and December have not yet been consigned to history or the dim and distant past. They are our present-day burning reality, which has given rise...
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A Diplomatic Revolution

The EU has begun serious discussions about market-economy status, a free trade zone, and a simplified visa regime with Ukraine. “The Orange Revolution has placed Ukraine on the political map. In the...
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THE DEFECTION OF ANATOLY KUZNETSOV

Let me begin with a quote: “Based on my own experience and others’, and looking back on the many thoughts, explorations, worries, and calculations, this is my word to you: Woe betide him who...

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