№33, (2010)
15.06.2010 - 00:00
Taras STETSKIV: A Russian scenario won’t work in Ukraine
Although President Yanukovych’s power vertical is being consolidated, “work aimed at organizing the Ukrainian community should be done calmly,” says the Opposition’s Taras Stetskiv, adding that this...
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What is to be done?
I can remember my heart filling with joy in the 1990s, when the notorious Article 9 of Soviet Ukraine’s Constitution was repealed – the article that declared that Soviet people should live their...
15.06.2010 - 00:00
Kyrgyzstan on the verge of collapse
Building an independent state, developing democracy, ensuring the freedom of expression are tasks easier said than done. Recent events show that those in power in Kyrgyzstan aren’t measuring up....
15.06.2010 - 00:00
Luko DASHVAR: “Why do you think that modern Ukrainian literature lacks something?”
The author Iryna Chernova, aka Luko Dashvar, has firmly established herself in the modern Ukrainian literature sales’ rankings. Her dislike for publicity has become proverbial in literary and...
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Ukraine’s future as seen by children
LVIV — The competition was launched in September 2009. It was organized and held by the International Institute of Education, Culture and Contacts with Diaspora at Lviv Polytechnic Institute. The...
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EVENT
Georgia thanks Ukraine for non-recognition of breakaway republicsGeorgia is grateful to the Ukrainian leadership for making statements about Georgia’s territorial integrity, Georgian Foreign Minister...
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Visiting Andy Warhol’s ancestral home
Ukrainians hardly know anything about Andy Warhol (1928-87), and probably do not value him highly. Of course, information about this personality can be found in Ukrainian-language sources (including...
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The capital’s parks are under threat
While European countries struggle for an ecological balance and protect their existing greenery, Ukraine, in particular its capital, goes the opposite way. Kyiv’s parks and public gardens are under...
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Europe’s Determination to Decline
SAO PAULO – In a heroic case of finding a silver lining in the bleakest of all situations, the European Union climate commissioner has concluded that the global economic crisis and recession actually...
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Banks after crisis
This year the Association of Ukrainian Banks (AUB) will turn 20. It is a significant event, not only for country’s banking system and economy, but for independent Ukraine’s history as well. It is...
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This day in history
1775: On orders from Catherine II, Russian troops destroy Zaporozhian (Pidpilna) Sich. 1834: St. Volodymyr University (currently: Taras Shevchenko National University) opens in Kyiv. 1918: The first...
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Cossack Fun in Pyrohiv
Cossack Fun participants showed the revived art of ancient warriors, arousing incredible admiration among the visitors. The festival’s program included master classes of combat hopak specialists, the...
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Chernivtsi’s historic center in danger
CHERNIVTSI — After the disastrous flood in 2008, Chernivtsi oblast found itself in big trouble again as a large landslide occurred in Chornohuzy, a village in Vyzhnytsia raion. Dozens of homes...
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The face of modern Ukrainian school
A quarter of a century has passed since the USSR initiated the perestroika reforms. An epoch of big changes which touched all spheres of life began. It didn’t omit the school system either. As a...
15.06.2010 - 00:00
Flower named after Lina Kostenko
A flower exhibit in Ternopil displayed a new iris species developed by Ihor Khorosh, a local breeder who named it after the noted Ukrainian poet, Lina Kostenko, in commemoration of her jubilee,...













