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

№23, (2009)

08.09.2009 - 00:00

A dangerous service to extremists

Continued from TITLE PAGE The text of the Polish Sejm’s July 15, 2009, resolution on the assessment of the tragic 1943 events in Volhynia, which groundlessly alleges that “the Organization of...
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Two Sknyliv boys seven years later

Seven years have passed since the Sknyliv tragedy, which is considered the world’s worst airshow disaster in terms of the number of casualties. Let us recall Sknyliv’s awful “harvest”: on July 27,...
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Cossack settlement

Cossack history buffs can see Mamaieva Sloboda, an 18th-century settlement, in the very heart of Kyiv (seven kilometers away from the capital’s main street Khreshchatyk). This museum has unique...
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This week in history

Sept. 8 1619: Two Ukrainian intermedes by Jakub Gawatowicz are staged for the first time in Kamianka-Strumylova. 1944: The First and the Fourth Ukrainian Front launch the Eastern Carpathian...
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Lviv’s lions to leave the city

On Sept. 2, 2009, the courtyard of the Lviv City Hall turned into a workshop. For 10 days this improvised open-air studio will be a venue for painting the sculptures of Lviv’s symbolic guard before...
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Driven by the will to live

The activities of Liubomyra Boichyshyn, who heads the Liubomyra Women Information and Rehabilitation Center, have spread to 16 Ukrainian cities. In 2005 she was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize....
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Giya Kancheli: Patriotism cannot be a profession

In the former USSR the name of the famous Georgian composer was strongly associated with cinematography and, less so, with theater. His music was not performed in concert halls. Thanks to his...
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Everyone, get on your bicycles and ride!

It is no surprise to anyone in France, Austria, or Poland to see as many bicycles as cars on the roads. One can also see there bike lanes and bike parking lots along the sidewalks in every town. In...
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Regime accused

On August 23, 2009, Europe for the first time honored the memory of victims of Nazism and Stalinism. After the OSCE resolution was issued, the parliaments of the Baltic States one by one adopted...
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Breakthrough achieved by compromise

What happened last week may well have left a noticeable trace in the history of gas relations between Ukraine and Russia, although even now, as of Sept. 3, 2009, no changes have been made in the...
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Kyiv drama theaters open new season

Vissarion Belinsky once wrote in his article about the theater: “Do you love the theater? With all of your heart… with all the devotion born of sparkling youth…” For many years these lines have lived...
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What kind of life do we think we have?

GfK Ukraine has studied to what extent Ukrainians feel happy and pleased with life in comparison with Europeans and Russians by conducting a survey named Roper Reports®Worldwide Country Overview:...
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Dandelion flower and Swiss hope

In a recent letter to the prime minister, the president of Ukraine expressed concern over the lack of contacts with Ukrainian organizations abroad and urged the Cabinet of Ministers to step up...
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Putin’s line that cannot be crossed

Vladimir Putin’s visit to Poland to take part in the commemoration events dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the beginning of the World War II was anticipated with special interest. Information...
08.09.2009 - 00:00

Mazepa: Architect of European Ukraine?

“Few perhaps know /That for him there is naught sacred… /That he scorns freedom, /That he knows no homeland,” wrote Pushkin about Mazepa in his poem Poltava. In 1691 a group of anonymous nuns...

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