№11, (2006)
04.04.2006 - 00:00
First came the idea
The age of energy-saving technologies is beginning in Ukraine. At least that is the opinion of the organizers of “Idea Fair,” the first national competition for the best energy-saving projects, which...
04.04.2006 - 00:00
Soccer without dirt
Given the temporary absence of sports shows, the live broadcast of the champion league’s quarterfinals was a very entertaining event. The fact that there were no Ukrainian teams made it possible to...
04.04.2006 - 00:00
Crimea leads in rigging, nearly all local voters claim
A number of voters in the Crimea who observed cases of election rigging are demanding that the results be declared invalid. Topping the list of shoddy voting organizers is the Symferopil Territorial...
04.04.2006 - 00:00
The storyteller of Feodosia
Yevhen Bilousov is the recipient of nearly two dozen awards, including the prestigious Hans Christian Andersen Award for children’s literature, conferred by the International Board on Books for Young...
04.04.2006 - 00:00
This week in history
April 4, 1936. The Experimental Ophthalmology Research Institute was founded in Odesa. 1996. The Supreme Council of the Crimea passed the law On the Autonomous Republic of the Crimea. April 5, 1992....
04.04.2006 - 00:00
“A puppet must play a puppet”
This company is the only one of its kind in Ukraine. The Puppet Theater was founded in 1989 thanks to the imagination, ardent desire, and impassioned efforts of stage director, artist, and actor...
04.04.2006 - 00:00
Giovanni BENSI, “One should not make enemies out of rivals”
The Italian parliamentary system is considered one of the most unstable in the world. Over the past 50 years parliamentary elections have taken place in Italy almost every other year. Why has Italy...
04.04.2006 - 00:00
New Testament in Ukrainian
The Volyn Eparchy of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church has just unveiled a new Ukrainian edition of the New Testament. Among the many Orthodox churches in the world only one is dedicated to the Lord’s...
04.04.2006 - 00:00
Singer of the Ukrainian land
Eighty years ago, in December 1926, Mykola Eduardovych Saks was dying in exile in the German town of Zoppot. On Jan. 1, 1927, the Berlin-based Russian newspaper Rul [Steering Wheel] published his...
04.04.2006 - 00:00
Is the Orange Revolution viable?
A lot has been said and written about the parliamentary elections. There is no denying the Party of Regions’ victory. It is based on loyalty to the principles formulated in 2004 by the presidential...
04.04.2006 - 00:00
“Created by professionals”
Cesky Krumlov, a medieval city in the Czech Republic, recently hosted the annual conference of the International Map Trade Association (Europe) Conference and Trade Show 2006. Companies from more...
04.04.2006 - 00:00
Exit polls rehabilitated-posthumously?
Last Friday the sociologists who conducted exit polls on March 26 summed up their survey. In fact, the only pleasant outcome is that they were not mistaken and no one, except for certain outspoken...
04.04.2006 - 00:00
How well do we know the Ukrainian Diaspora?
The first international scholarly conference entitled “The Diaspora as a Factor of Ukraine’s Confirmation in the International Community” helped citizens of Ukraine discover the Ukrainian Diaspora,...
04.04.2006 - 00:00
Reviving one language while protecting the other
As was to be expected, the start of the recent election race in Ukraine was accompanied by intensified calls to protect the Russian language. It was obvious that several political forces again...
04.04.2006 - 00:00
Adult passions in “children’s parliament”
A citizen is formed in school. This maxim was confirmed by a recent session of the “Kyiv Children’s Parliament,” where youngsters from many regions of Ukraine addressed by no means childish problems...












