№10, (2006)
28.03.2006 - 00:00
Unhealthy schools
Only 25 percent of children are born healthy in Ukraine. A recent study by the Academy of Pedagogical Sciences of Ukraine suggests that only 10 percent of teenagers leave school absolutely healthy....
28.03.2006 - 00:00
Wounds that time cannot heal
The following story recounted by an 85-year-old woman reflects the history of an entire generation. Let us call her Vira (“Faith”). It is not her real name, but it reflects the essence of many people...
28.03.2006 - 00:00
Beyond Revolutionary Disillusion
All revolutions, in the end, turn from euphoria to disillusion. In a revolutionary atmosphere of solidarity and self-sacrifice, people tend to think that when their victory is complete, paradise on...
28.03.2006 - 00:00
Fashion from the “Voientorg” era
March 21 marked the conclusion of the first Ukrainian Fashion Week that united two well known events, Fashion Seasons and the Kyiv Catwalk Festival. There’s no doubt about it: this combination was a...
28.03.2006 - 00:00
Instituting control over the special services
March 25 marked 14 years since the Law on the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) came into force. Only a few minor amendments have been made to it since then. I left the SBU in 1994 and since then...
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Corporate confusion
The expert community concluded long ago that the state cannot be an effective owner. But Natalia Kuznetsova, a member of the Academy of Legal Sciences of Ukraine believes that the point is not...
28.03.2006 - 00:00
Robinson and Manilov
Continued from the previous issueThe president of Ukraine is no Harry Potter, who can wave his magic wand to make corruption disappear. Corruption is merely the result of hopeless poverty and mean,...
28.03.2006 - 00:00
The bloody commission
For the third time in the past two years Ukraine has banned the screening of a movie. The film is entitled Hostel. The history behind this otherwise quite ordinary thriller is extraordinary. Made on...
28.03.2006 - 00:00
A masterpiece out of fish bones
On the occasion of the All-Ukrainian Day of Culture and Amateur Art, the National Parliamentary Library of Ukraine opened the exhibition “The Florist’s Art — the Triumph of Nature.”
The...
28.03.2006 - 00:00
Yablonska’s final works: clusters of solar energy
The National Art Museum of Ukraine (6 Hrushevsky St.) recently saw the opening of an exhibit by the outstanding Ukrainian artist Tetiana Yablonska (1917-2005). Among those present at the launch were...
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Thoughtful night
Politicians, journalists, and experts have unanimously found the parliamentary election campaign that has just ended to be the most uneventful and slow-paced of all campaigns in recent Ukrainian...
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Ethnic minorities may end up without periodicals
The president of Ukraine recently instructed the cabinet to formulate an ethnic policy concept. This issue is of national importance for our country, which has more than 100 ethnic groups. Against...
28.03.2006 - 00:00
An important discussion about values
Odesa’s Maxim Gorky State Research Library hosted the presentation of three books from The Day’s Library Series: Wars and Peace, Day and Eternity of James Mace, and Klara Gudzyk’s Apocrypha. Since...
28.03.2006 - 00:00
A distracted look
A fervent Euro-centrist sometimes finds life rather difficult. On the one hand, integrating into the Old World is undoubtedly a good thing to do, but on the other, this movement produces some very...
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Friends are chosen
The United States should change its relations with Russia. This conclusion comes from experts at the US Council on Foreign Relations, an independent, national organization, nonpartisan research...
















