№32, (2004)
23.11.2004 - 00:00
A Christmas Dream Come True
It is only November, but the theater follows its own calendar. A Christmas tree on the stage, fake snowflakes whirling around... This fall will go down in the history of Ukrainian National Opera with...
23.11.2004 - 00:00
Wind at Our Backs
This is a first in the history of the national soccer team: never before had our players won an away-cup match with a three-point advantage. Even in their match against tiny Andorra they contented...
23.11.2004 - 00:00
A Jazzy Autumn
On November 15, Kyiv’s Palace of Art “Ukrainian Home” hosted Olha Bohomolets’s charity concert “Jazz Romance.” The singer decided to sing some favorite romances in the jazz style together with a jazz...
23.11.2004 - 00:00
A Student Has the Right to...
November 17 marked International Students Day. In Ukraine it was celebrated for the fifth year in a row by 2.5 million Ukrainians currently enrolled in higher educational establishments. There are...
23.11.2004 - 00:00
The Anne Frank Museum in Lviv
The exhibition from the Anne Frank Museum (Holland) features 67 panels with printed photo images on them. Eight of them were prepared by the Kyiv-based Ukrainian Center for Holocaust Studies and...
23.11.2004 - 00:00
A Minority Perspective of the Dividends Policy
The enterprise to which I once entrusted my property privatization certificate recently paid me twenty-two hryvnias, my four years of dividends. When I broke this news to some of my acquaintances,...
23.11.2004 - 00:00
Post-election Syndrome
Ukraine is on the verge of a major political crisis after the presidential runoff. November 22, CEC, after processing 98.23% of the ballots, announced that government-nominated candidate Viktor...
23.11.2004 - 00:00
A Cultural Policy with No Piano
An opportunity to present new editions and establish business contacts, the Book World Fair also featured numerous roundtables that were convened to identify cultural problems and discuss ways of...
23.11.2004 - 00:00
The Trumpeter on the Tower
Chernivtsi has started a new tradition: every noonday a trumpeter on the tower of Chernivtsi City Hall plays the melody of the world famous song “Marichka,” which has become Bukovyna’s unofficial...
23.11.2004 - 00:00
Diplomacy and History Textbooks
The main issue on the agenda during Parliamentary Speaker Volodymyr Lytvyn’s recent visit to the United States concerned the presidential elections in Ukraine. In an interview after his meeting with...
23.11.2004 - 00:00
Nationalization of History
On November 12 the book Wars and Peace was ceremoniously launched as part of the sixth international “Book World” fair in Kyiv. This is in fact when the Kyiv public was acquainted with the third...
23.11.2004 - 00:00
In Schnitke’s Key
Musical Thursdays have become a fine tradition. Once a month Russia’s ambassador Viktor Chernomyrdin invites the political, academic, artistic, and business elite, as well as his counterparts...
23.11.2004 - 00:00
Ruslana on Tour in Europe
Just in the last week alone, the winner of Eurovision flew twice to Belgium and twice to Russia, with just enough time left for a performance in Germany. “These days sleeping on a plane is more...
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This week in history
November 23. 1708. The Orthodox Church pronounced an anathema against Ukraine’s Hetman Ivan Mazepa for his alleged betreyal of Tsar Peter I. 1990. A meeting of parliamentary delegations from Ukraine...
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A Meeting Place for Beautiful Things
Even the simplest dinner service from the days of grandma’s youth can acquire a new brilliance. But if it’s decorated the wrong way, it may fail to create coziness in your home. Experts advise...
















