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

№27, (2011)

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Posters for freedom

On the initiative of the Polish Institute in Kyiv the National Ukrainian Art Academy opened an exhibit of Polish posters called “The Polish School of Poster Art and Its Followers.” The...
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Mikhail Bulgakov and his house

During his lifetime Mikhail Bulgakov was only known as a playwright, and nobody foresaw that decades later his “problem novel” would be part of school curricula. Today his name has won...
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Ukrainian MPs revise auction rules

On May 17, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine passed a very important government purchase bill, canceling the existing red tape involving any such deal between the government and an individual business,...
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Fewer babies in Ukraine

Unfavorable demographic forecasts for Ukraine from European researchers are nothing new. Europe’s leading demographic institutions say our country’s population will fall to 30 million by 2050, and...
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An Odesa-born colorist

The Merited Artist of Ukraine Vasyl Chehodar (1918-89) studied at the Perm Art College, and then at the Kyiv Art Institute. However, the artist’s birthplace, in the Odesa region, seems to...
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Mankrutism, post-Soviet world vs investments in the future

In the 1990s The Economist, an influential British periodical, called Toomas Hendrik Ilves “Europe’s most successful minister of foreign affairs.” The Swedish-born Estonian-...
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Going at large with God

Ukraine has over 110,000 people serving out sentences, and 40,000 more are in investigation wards. How can one ease the fate of these people and help them find their place in society after their...
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Blogging post-Soviet style

The advent of the Internet was hailed by many as a messianic tool that would, sooner or later, bring an end to tyranny around the world. This view has been often linked to Francis Fukuyama’s...
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Realism parade

Fine Art Ukraine has existed for three years. In this period of time its tasks haven’t changed. The forum overviews all genres of domestic visual art: painting, drawing, sculpture and...
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Chornobyl to undergo “green” experiment

The State Agency for Exclusion Zone Management and the Ukrainian-Belgian joint venture PhytoFuels Investments are going to carry out an experiment to use the Chornobyl exclusion zone to grow...
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A cultural discovery for Europe

May 3 through 12 Ukrainian artists acquainted four Swiss towns with little-known ancient, medieval, and more recent examples of Ukrainian culture. They also held five concerts: in Nottwil, Hochdorf...
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Young inventors present

Maria Muliarchuk, a high school student, designed and submitted a project of a shallow-depth micro powerhouse to the Small Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (SASU), Interfax reported, referring to the...
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Let’s follow the best

Shekera’s shows are always sold out and ballet dancers compete for the honor of playing in them. As is tradition, the festival opened on March 30, the master’s birthday (Shekera staged...
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Letters to Ukraine – 4

Can you direct me to your Culture, please? Imagine tourists lost in the suburbs, asking you that. Would you steer their gaze towards the brutal lines of high-rise flats? To those grimly functional...
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Youth ethnic film festival to take place in Chernivtsi

Active artistic youth from Chernivtsi has established a youth ethnic film festival to mark the 70th anniversary of Ukrainian cult artist Ivan Mykolaichuk’s birth. “The main objective of...

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