№32, (2011)
07.06.2011 - 00:00
For a new, innovative and ambitious European Neighbourhood policy review
When Catherine Ashton and I embarked on a review of the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) last year, our intention was to put relations with our nearest neighbours at the forefront of EU foreign...
07.06.2011 - 00:00
Yemeni opposition urges creation of a transitional council
Yemeni residents celebrated the departure of Ali Abdullah Saleh to Saudi Arabia. They hope that he will never return. The duties of the head of state are being performed by Vice President Abd al-...
07.06.2011 - 00:00
Big changes for Ukrainian Railroads
Railwaymen hope that the law on reforming railroad transportation will have been passed by the end of this year, and the reforms themselves will be implemented starting January 2012, said...
07.06.2011 - 00:00
“The surname Mohyla was like a verdict in 1932”
The Ukrainian graphic artist and op-ed journalist Hennadii POLIOVY was born on June 3, 1927, in Odesa to Petro Mohyla, an artiste of the Veriovka Ukrainian State People’s Chorus (and...
07.06.2011 - 00:00
Kings of Ukrainian rock-and-roll
DakhaBrakha, Braty Karamazovy, Mertvy Piven, Dymna Sumish, Perkalaba, Mad Heads XL, Komu Vnyz, TiK, Plach Eremiyi, Pikkardiiska Tertsia, Mandry, TNMK, Lyapis Trubetskoy, Haidamaky, Boombox, VV, and...
07.06.2011 - 00:00
The people, power, and deputies wearing cassocks…
Our society too often makes the mistake of honoring people only after they pass away. So, let’s not miss the opportunity to listen to His Beatitude Liubomyr (Huzar). As a moral authority he...
07.06.2011 - 00:00
More victories await
Last year all Ukraine learned about Yulia Osmak. The girl took the first place in her age category at the World Chess Championships in Greece (she was 12 at the time). She has recently been...
07.06.2011 - 00:00
Shcherbak’s “icebreaking” political thriller published
Dnipropetrovsk — “All that I write is about my own self. All things good and bad, lofty and dirty… Whoever begins to write about others, without understanding themselves, is...
07.06.2011 - 00:00
An ingenuous planet
The Vernadsky Library hosted the photo exhibit of the Second International Women Photo Competition “Children’s Planet.” This is the only competition whose participants are...
07.06.2011 - 00:00
Chernivtsi University nominated for UNESCO World Heritage List
Chernivtsi — No visitor to Chernivtsi can ignore the former residence of the Bukovynian metropolitans, which currently houses the main buildings of the Chernivtsi National University. This...
07.06.2011 - 00:00
“Pieces of heaven”
The famous French writer Jules Renard once said: “On earth there is no heaven, but there are pieces of it.” This also concerns pristine nature — the embodiment of earthly beauty, a prototype of God’s...
07.06.2011 - 00:00
Roadside Picnic
The Kyiv Municipal Academic Opera and Ballet Theater for Children and Youth recently hosted Roadside Picnic, an exhibit of paintings by young Ukrainian artists. The name comes from the cult novel...
07.06.2011 - 00:00
Can the Ukrainian population reach 52 million again?
Over the 20 years of independence none of the prime mi-nisters or presidents managed to accomplish the single most important feat for the nation: to stop (and reverse) Ukraine’s demographic...
07.06.2011 - 00:00
Pysankas in Venice
The 54th Biennale hosted a record number of 89 country-participants. The first to see the works of the contemporary masters were the honored guests, art critics and mass media representatives. The...
07.06.2011 - 00:00
President Obama in Warsaw: The importance of political gestures
The visit of a US president always gives rise to a lot of comments. Observers analyze the gestures, the conversations and their length, and quickly draw political conclusions. In this sense Barack...
















