№15, (2006)
23.05.2006 - 00:00
A long way toward understanding
EVENTS IN PAVLOKOMA After many years of cold, spring has finally entered this graveyard in the Zakerzonnia area, which has experienced many tragedies, disputes, and negotiations. Until the last...
23.05.2006 - 00:00
Farewell to investors
The Indian owners of the Mittal Steel Germany Gmbh (Duisburg, Germany), who practically “created” Ukraine’s 2005 budget, are now facing the sad prospect of being thrown out of Kryvorizhstal if this...
23.05.2006 - 00:00
Europe calling
To date Haidamaky is probably the only Ukrainian group to go on a professionally organized tour of several European countries to promote their album “Ukraine Calling” issued on the German label East...
23.05.2006 - 00:00
Volodymyr VASYLENKO: “Only Ukraine’s membership in NATO will normalize Ukrainian-Russian relations”
“The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic is announcing its future intention to become a permanently neutral state that will take no part in military blocs and will adhere to the three non-nuclear...
23.05.2006 - 00:00
Overcoming stereotypes
A number of events are scheduled in Ukraine to mark the 80 th anniversary of the death of Symon Petliura, the distinguished Ukrainian statesman and public figure (see photo). Culture and Tourism...
23.05.2006 - 00:00
War for peace
The words “European sensation” are written on the front cover of this book’s Russian translation. They are accurate: if the British are surprised, so is the rest of Europe. Readers in ‘Great Book-...
23.05.2006 - 00:00
Photographing people
The Dim Mykoly Gallery at Kyiv’s Palace of Children and Youth has just opened “Deutsche Vita,” a collection of works (from 1947 to the present) by the German photographer Stefan Moses. The 55...
23.05.2006 - 00:00
Parting words
This week John E. Herbst, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the US, is leaving Ukraine. He is heading for Washington to take over as Coordinator of the State Department’s Office for...
23.05.2006 - 00:00
Man and metal
In an hour and a half the central square of Ivano-Frankivsk turned into one big smithy. This city in western Ukraine attracted first-class blacksmiths from 17 countries and 17 oblasts of Ukraine to...
23.05.2006 - 00:00
Before the storm
According to data produced by the State Committee of Statistics, the consumer price index dropped by 0.4 percent, including prices for food — 0.4 percent, and services and tariffs — 0.8 percent....
23.05.2006 - 00:00
How can the parliamentary coalition dilute “the concentrated solution” of risks?
Although it is still not clear which of the colors — white (BYuT) or blue (Party of Regions) — will join the coalition palette, the cabinet has already begun to shrink. After the prime minister,...
23.05.2006 - 00:00
Getting back to our roots
Halas (“clamor” in Ukrainian) is the name of a festival of ethnic culture that took place recently in Ostroh, on the premises of the estate once owned by the princes of Ostroh. It was organized very...
23.05.2006 - 00:00
Europe grasped in one day
If Ukraine will not come to the European Union, the latter will go to Ukraine. This paraphrase of a well-known saying perhaps best describes the Europe Day observed by Kyiv during the last weekend,...
23.05.2006 - 00:00
How to marry a Ukrainian
There are hundreds, perhaps thousands, of offices in Ukraine that help Ukrainians find an answer to the question, “How can one marry a foreigner?” Their agents can not only find a rich — or not so...
23.05.2006 - 00:00
All of Ukraine on one street
Last Friday the Museum of Folk Architecture and Everyday Life of Ukraine in the village of Pyrohove saw the opening of the 4 th All-Ukrainian Exhibition and Fair “The Ukrainian Countryside Invites...

















