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

№12, (2007)

17.04.2007 - 00:00

Horowitz is returning

For the first time ever Kyiv will host the International Competition for Young Pianists in Memory of Vladimir Horowitz. The name of our legendary compatriot, who graduated from the Kyiv Higher Music...
17.04.2007 - 00:00

Second try

The state is seeking a way out of the complicated demographic situation by the trial-and-error method. Ukraine has gotten closer to introducing the second (accumulating) level of the pension system,...
17.04.2007 - 00:00

Katerynoslav physician Ivan Leshko-Popel: a lifetime of devotion

Life would be chillingly cold,Life would be tiresomely wise, Like a boring tale without end, But for the warm and kind hearts Of other people next to us. (K. M. Fofanov) Memories about people who are...
17.04.2007 - 00:00

Roman Balaian turns 66

On his birthday, April 15, director Roman Balaian began shooting a new film tentatively called The Chosen One , a wonderful boon to himself and the many film buffs who respect his work. He is not one...
17.04.2007 - 00:00

Kyiv set to become fantasy capital of Europe from April 18-22, 2007

Kyiv will host the Portal International Science Fiction Assembly simultaneously with the Second Spring International Book Fair. The congress received international status last year, when...
17.04.2007 - 00:00

Plast celebrates its 95th anniversary

On April 14-15, the Day of the Plast Oath, part of the celebrations of the 95th anniversary of the founding in Lviv of Plast, Ukraine’s oldest scout organization, was widely celebrated. On April 12,...
17.04.2007 - 00:00

What does a rural household live off?

Ukraine is known throughout the world as a state that is striving for European standards. At first glance, this is the right direction, and something has even been done to this end. But why is the...
17.04.2007 - 00:00

Stalin’s gift to the Soviet electorate

Dramatis personae: the heroes, and victims of 1937. Left to right: Nikita Khrushchev, Andrei Zhdanov, Lazar Kaganovich, Kliment Voroshilov, Joseph Stalin, Viacheslav Molotov, Nikolai Kalinin, and...
17.04.2007 - 00:00

Viktor YUSHCHENKO: “The elections will definitely take place”

In the past few days President Viktor Yushchenko must have been brimming with things to say. Opening his quarterly press conference, he delivered a 40-minute speech with this opening line: “I would...
17.04.2007 - 00:00

Duel on the heights

The Ukrainian team of 14 climbers has completed part of the scheduled hard climb. The purpose of the expedition is to scale two inaccessible Himalayan peaks: Himal Chuli (7,893 meters) along the...
17.04.2007 - 00:00

US lists Ukraine as another missile defense shield assistant

The Bush administration has once again cited Ukraine on a list of 15 countries cooperating with the U.S. in regard to its national missile defense system. “Today, 15 countries (including nine in NATO...
17.04.2007 - 00:00

Getting to know Ukraine’s sports heroes

Last Thursday the heroes of the 2006 sports year were honored at Kyiv’s International Center for Culture and Arts. The victors were named in a secret vote held at the Ukrainian Sports Academy whose...
17.04.2007 - 00:00

Combating human trafficking

Last Thursday the International Labour Organization project, “Counteracting Human Trafficking with the Aid of Labor Market Instruments,” was officially launched after Ukraine’s labor and social...
17.04.2007 - 00:00

Amangeldy ZHUMABAEV: “Presidential rule is good because it requires obeying the law”

What did President Nursultan Nazarbaev of Kazakhstan mean when he said that Ukraine’s elected president can no longer guarantee stability of the state? What is Astana’s attitude to the current face-...
17.04.2007 - 00:00

No cliches

Valentyna Sanina’s paintings and frescoes conceal another dimension — the romantic and subtle dreamworld of a painter, who has created her own impregnable ivory tower filled with charming ice...

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