№31, (2008)
14.10.2008 - 00:00
Bukovynian “ship” under the sail of tolerance
The city of Chernivtsi deserves to have a special anniversary celebration because of its history, which is full of suffering, its tolerance, untouched original character, refined Europeanness, and...
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People’s wallets will be regulating their driving behavior
On Sept. 24 the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted a law introducing changes aimed at ensuring better safety on the roads. Starting this month, fines for traffic infractions will be 10 times...
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Play by the rules to win!
Vitali Klitschko defeated the Nigerian Samuel Peter. This bout was broadcast live and watched by all of Ukraine’s boxing fans on the night of Oct. 11-12. Vitali Klitschko showed all Ukrainians how...
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How can voters use the dissolution of parliament to their advantage?
Dissolution (or is it dissoluteness?) has arrived in Ukraine once more. Viktor Yushchenko has now taken the lead in this latest political race by dissolving parliament for the second time during his...
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Playing by the old rules
The drawn-out political perturbations in the Ukrainian parliament reached their logical end when President Viktor Yushchenko exercised his constitutional right and issued Edict No. 911/2008 “On the...
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The “Ice Age” of construction
Until recently, the Ukrainian real estate market was among the most profitable and promising ones in Europe. The demand was boosted by a catastrophic lack of commercial properties and low-cost...
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Euro dreams need legislation
Most Ukrainians have opted for Ukraine’s membership in the European Union. This has been proved by numerous surveys. However, in the aftermath of the events in the Caucasus, when Russian troops...
14.10.2008 - 00:00
Ukrainian historians heading to Moscow
During a recent live broadcast on Era FM radio, when I was talking about Ukrainian history textbooks, an angry-sounding Russian-speaking woman went at me when I said that we need to engage in a...
14.10.2008 - 00:00
Ukraine-Canada: two views on elections
On Sept. 8, 2008, Prime Minister Stephen Harper of Canada dissolved parliament and called an early federal election. Twenty-two students from various Ukrainian universities, who were selected to take...
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Why do we give bribes?
According to the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KMIS), 50 percent of Ukrainians believe that law enforcement agencies, educational establishments, medical institutions, and the...
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A Ukrainian general in the French army
MATURATIONThe winter of 1713 was full of problems for a small detachment of the Zaporozhian Cossacks who, with Ivan Mazepa at the head, entered into an alliance with Swedish King Charles XII, were...
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Priceless artifacts return to Ukraine
In a poem dedicated to her sister Izydora in 1895, Lesia Ukrainka writes: “Now farewell, who knows for how long...” Today this manuscript is on display at the Museum of Outstanding Figures of...
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This week in history
Oct. 14 Ukrainian Cossacks Day 1919: The Directorate and the army swear allegiance to the Ukrainian National Republic (UNR) in Kamianets-Podilsky. 2001: A monument to Symon Petliura, the head of the...
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Hillary Clinton’s Living History
ICTV Director General Oleksandr Bohutsky conceived the idea of publishing a Ukrainian version of Hillary Rodham Clinton’s book Living History, which was recently published by Osnovy, the publishing...
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Philosopher and warrior
Yulian Vassyian (1894-1953) is one of the most original thinkers in the history of Ukrainian culture. In some respects, he was not a typical Ukrainian. Immersed in his inner world, he demonstrated...















