№40, (2010)
12.08.2010 - 00:00
Highbrow lackeys
The institutionalized liberal opposition is the apologist of the Putin regime. This opinion, expressed at the Khodorkovsky readings, has somewhat shocked political figures and intellectuals who...
12.08.2010 - 00:00
Marta MESZAROS: Happiness is being strong enough to fight for yourself. And be cruel at times
Beyond doubt, Marta Meszaros is the most renowned of all Hungarian female film directors. She is a living legend of world cinema. Her work in cinematography stretches over 50 years. She started as...
12.08.2010 - 00:00
Old tricks by new officials
The reader will remember that this past winter citizens of Kyiv received bills from municipal services which included payment for cleaning the yards from snow and ice. Meanwhile, the yards of high-...
12.08.2010 - 00:00
Argentina’s Warning to Would-Be Euro Deserters
BUENOS AIRES – The tensions between the eurozone’s north and south, and the complex and politically costly transfers of money required to dampen the euro crisis, have led many people to think the...
12.08.2010 - 00:00
From the underground
The underground scene is one of the most impressive pages in 20th century art. This trend is also called alternative, dissident art, or the art of resistance to totalitarianism. The art market...
12.08.2010 - 00:00
Fedor Trepov’s “patron” projects
The head of the department of the Museum of Kyiv’s History, writer Vitalii Kovalynsky belongs to the kind of historians who have a conviction: not only political ideologies should be the...
12.08.2010 - 00:00
This day in history
1919: United UNR armies launch an offensive on the Soviet-Ukrainian front. 1944: Great Britain starts supplying gasoline to the French allies through PLUTO [acronym for the Pipeline under the Ocean]...
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Poland’s optimism and concern
On August 6 in Poland the new President Bronislaw Komorowski assumed office; in the extraordinary elections on July 4 he defeated the leader of the opposition party Law and Justice...
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Bread may become more expensive
The price of Ukrainian bread recently increased by nine percent. It’s the reaction of the domestic bread baking industry to the increase in the price of grain crops, says the head of the...
12.08.2010 - 00:00
Starting the school year with empty bookshelves
The Ministry of Education and Science proved to be unprepared for the start of the new academic year. Due to the transition back to the 11-year system, the ministry fell behind with the printing of...
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EVENT
European companies to pay for increased safety of Ukrainian nuclear power plants? The Kyiv-based state-run company NAEK Enerhoatom hopes that the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (...
12.08.2010 - 00:00
Returning appropriated Crimean land
It was high time to hold a conference on the strategic development of the Crimea, making the one which recently took place in Simferopol under the guidance of the president quite timely, perhaps...
12.08.2010 - 00:00
Supporting juniors
On Saturday, August 14, Singapore will host the world’s first Youth Olympic Games. They will last till August 26. While this is just the first attempt to hold such a youth-oriented version of...
12.08.2010 - 00:00
Ministry of Education closes down a subdivision which supported mother tongue education
The Ministry of Education and Science has closed down a subdivision responsible for the education in one’s native language, reports Radio Liberty. The former leaders of the ministry, dismissed by the...
12.08.2010 - 00:00
Leonid Kravchuk: The program of Yanukovych is great, but he has no team to realize it
One can already foresee that the fall political season in Ukraine will be not less hot than the current summer. A lot of work has accumulated for representatives of the highest levels of the...











