№29, (2011)
26.05.2011 - 00:00
Kyiv-Moscow gas talks
On May 18 Russian President Dmitry Medvedev declared that there is no biased attitude toward Ukraine [in terms of gas supplies], but simply a price to be paid. This gives one food for thought. Does...
26.05.2011 - 00:00
“Street masquerade”: a deja vu for Saakashvili
May 24, 2011. Georgia’s Pre-sident Mikheil Saakashvili is playing chess with Tbilisi’s mayor Gigi Ugulava at the opening of the capital’s Sand Park. Incidentally, in his speech...
26.05.2011 - 00:00
Innovative ways to make money
The artificial heart, video calls, virtual fitting rooms, shirts made of plastic bottles, wallpaper that changes color depending on the mood of the person in the room… Until recently one...
26.05.2011 - 00:00
Students demand quality education
Yesterday students went out into the streets of Kyiv, Donetsk, Rivne, Lviv, Dnipropetrovsk, Luhansk, Lutsk and other regional centers to hold protest actions. The young people are dissatisfied with...
26.05.2011 - 00:00
An empire of light at PinchukArtCentre
Last week three exhibitions opened simultaneously at the PinchukArtCentre in Kyiv: “Your Emotional Future,” the first personal exhibition by the Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson...
26.05.2011 - 00:00
Pawel ZALEWSKI: Ukraine’s membership will reinforce the EU
Last Friday, Pawel ZALEWSKI, Vice-Chairman of the Committee on Economic Integration, Legal Approximation and Convergence with EU Policies in the framework of the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly;...
26.05.2011 - 00:00
Small business still runs the risk of tax minimization despite promises of “simplification”
The government has finished drawing up the law on a simplified tax system (No.8521) and asked the parliament to pass it as soon as possible. “Changes to the Tax Code reflect a maximal...
26.05.2011 - 00:00
EVENT
Dnister power plant to export electricity
The second unit of the nation’s biggest ongoing electric industry project, the Dnister pumped storage power plant, which is being built on...
26.05.2011 - 00:00
Belarus on the verge of default
MINSK — Belarusian authorities have devaluated the Belarusian ruble by 55 percent. Some sources point to a panic in the capital city, with people frantically buying all kinds of goods....
26.05.2011 - 00:00
Child cycling race to take place in Ukraine
Ukraine will host a unique event: “Dyvohonka,” a children’s cycling race. It will be held from May 21 to June 4. It is aimed to develop and encourage children to cycle and to...
26.05.2011 - 00:00
“Intolerance is the basis of political capital in Ukraine”
ZHYTOMYR — Political experts have recently started speaking about a “radicalization of social sentiment.” It appears in sociological surveys and Internet comments; when it comes to dealing with the...
26.05.2011 - 00:00
Two diplomats
There are no two people, no matter how close they are by nature, who would behave totally in the same way under the same circumstances. This also applies to well-known historical personalities. It...
26.05.2011 - 00:00
VV’s twenty-fifth anniversary
In all probability our newspaper has not missed any of the significant events in VV’s or Oleh Skrypka’s life: the band’s 20th anniversary, the festivals Kraina Mrii and Rock-Sich...
26.05.2011 - 00:00
Kyiv has the best musicians!
The Third International Festival for Children and Youth Art Premium is being held in Kyiv May 17 through 30. It consists of two parts: the instrumental contest (which finished on May 23), and the...
26.05.2011 - 00:00
How is our young art faring?
Last week the Kyiv-based Modern Art Institute hosted the opening of a competition exhibit as part of the MUKHi project, which displays works by young Ukrainian artists. The project is primarily...















