№27, (2008)
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Ukrainian books for Russian readers
Now that the 21st Moscow International Book Fair has just ended, experts’ predictions that this year’s book fair would be the biggest ever have panned out. Ticket sales (60 rubles, or 12 Ukrainian...
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Philosophy of light
Olena Yablonska was 90 years old when her exhibit “Podykh svitla” (A Breath of Light) was launched. In her paintings we find what we constantly lack in our daily lives: an orchard, a tree outside...
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Leonid KRAVCHUK: “The people understand everything”
Leonid Kravchuk is known as “the sly fox of Ukrainian politics” for his political flair and intuition. He always correctly grasps the significance of every moment. Ukraine’s first president is in...
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Gas trumps
Gas has always been a hot subject in Ukraine. In recent years the energetic bargaining for the blue fuel has traditionally commenced in the fall, and it seldom ends before the advent of the first...
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The Myth of “Eurabia”
LONDON – There is a powerful narrative today about how many young European Muslims are susceptible to terrorism, how Islam leads to radicalization, and how Muslims, because of their creed, choose to...
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“Absolute success”
It looks as though it will be some time before Kyiv learns to take advantage of opportunities arising from regional or international events, or the favor in which President Nicolas Sarkozy of...
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How to preserve the bond between mothers and newborns
“I would like to meet a pregnant girl without housing, employment, or support, but with problems.” This kind of ad will soon appear at bus stops and on public transport throughout Kyiv oblast,...
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Six out of six
Even 20 years ago few of us could imagine Ukraine, Belarus, and Kazakhstan competing in one group for a trip to the World Cup. Decades ago we could only fantasize what it would be like if soccer...
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The Petrykivka route to a fairy tale
Anyone can hold a brush, but few can wield it so masterfully as to create paintings that even the president of Ukraine is eager to buy. The Kyiv artist Olena Lonska is one of the chosen few. Since...
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New book by the late James Mace
At the ceremony to launch the book James Mace: Your Dead Chose Me, held during the 15th Lviv Forum of Publishers, the American scholar’s widow, Natalia Dziubenko-Mace, said her husband was eager to...
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Krzysztof Zanussi, corporal and poet
The world-famous film director Krzysztof Zanussi is completing the joint Ukrainian-Polish movie Serce na dloni (A Heart in Your Hand), starring the distinguished Ukrainian actor Bohdan Stupka. The co...
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Who will end up owning the castles of Lviv?
An Austrian consortium is developing a project aimed at the reconstruction and further use of the castles in Lviv oblast. At the moment Austrian experts are researching two castles that are located...
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Open-air gallery of contemporary art
On a recent weekend an extraordinary event took place in Vyshhorod, a city in Kyiv oblast. This was an open-air sculpture exhibit dedicated to the 1,020th anniversary of the christening of Rus’-...
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This week in history
Sept. 16 1651: The Ukrainian Cossacks launch an uprising in Bila Tserkva to demonstrate their dissatisfaction with the terms of the treaty signed with the Polish Kingdom. 1914: The first Ukrainian...
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Ramming attack and loop
The main character in this article is the renowned pilot and aircraft designer Petro Nesterov, who was destined to live a very short life, but long enough for his name to go down in world aviation...















