Where there is no law, but every man does what is right in his own eyes, there is the least of real liberty
Henry M. Robert

№48, (2012)

30.08.2012 - 00:00

This day in history

1903: A monument to Ivan Kotliarevsky, Ukrainian writer, author of Aeneid, the first poem in the “Little Russian” [i.e., Ukrainian] vernacular, is unveiled in Poltava. 1920: The Ukrainian Military...
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“Living without envy”

Some critics argue that with her exotic, fairy-tale-like, lyrical appearance and huge, dark eyes she should have been born earlier, in the era of silent movies. Her record includes more than 40...
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Olympic style Independence Day in Lviv

Lviv citizens will remember this year’s Independence Day first of all for the chance to meet athletes who worthily represented Ukraine at the Olympic Games in London. At the invitation...
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A Bible with Dali’s illustrations and jewels to be published in Ukraine

A Bible with lithographs by the legendary Salvador Dali (original title Biblia Sacra) is in Ukraine for the first time. The entire print run of this edition (a mere 500 copies) bears replicas of...
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Valerii KHOROSHKOVSKY: Reducing the number of inspectors is a question of political will

Another International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission has arrived in Ukraine. The Fund experts will reportedly stay in Kyiv until September 5 and discuss with the government such issues as the main...
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Independence Day

It is logical that national holidays are the time when Ukrainians would show their attitude towards their home country most clearly. After riding on the metro and visiting downtown Kyiv on August 24...
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Deja vu

Let me correct some mistakes in the previous column: the cross that FEMEN sawed down is not a memorial one in honor of the victims of repressions – it is worship cross in honor of the Orange...
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She is a maestro

It will be recalled that last year the head of the Union of Composers of Lithuania, a talented composer and charming woman, Zita Bruzaite came to Ukraine for the first time. We got acquainted...
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“The world is over-armed and peace is under-funded”

Last month, competing interests prevented agreement on a much-needed treaty that would have reduced the appalling human cost of the poorly regulated international arms trade. Meanwhile, nuclear...
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Trying to win steel competition

Ukraine is gradually losing ground in world steel ratings. “Since February 2009 until June 2012 Ukraine’s share in world [steel] output had dropped from 2.68 to 2.24 percent; in...
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Battles in Damascus

The situation in Syria has recently aggravated. The liberation army and the government forces are battling near Damascus. The government air forces are keeping the western suburbs under fire. The...
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Getting sucked down in the Customs Union

The one-day-long visit of the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) to Ukraine culminated in a signing of a memorandum on cooperation. On August 27 Ukraine’s Minister of Economic Development and...
30.08.2012 - 00:00

Volodymyr KUCHYNSKY: “The main thing is that your experiment should not be an end in itself”

Why do spectators go to the theater today? Some do so to peek into someone else’s story on stage to distract themselves from their daily routine. Others want to see a fairy tale and a miracle...
30.08.2012 - 00:00

To bomb or not to bomb Iran?

In spite of the continuing negotiations on the Iranian nuclear program, the situation in the Near and Middle East remains tense. A heated debate is going on about the possibility of air strikes on...

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