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

№53, (2011)

06.10.2011 - 00:00

Putin’s new political project

The Russian regime will not part with the idea of being at least to a degree in charge of the former Soviet republics. The attempts to create a Eurasian Economic Union are yet another proof to the...
06.10.2011 - 00:00

Rejecting foundations or error in third digit?

As we have known since our schooldays, there are the so-called cosmological constants in physics. The best known of them is the speed of light. The theories of both general and special relativity (...
06.10.2011 - 00:00

Ukraine without full-length films

Permanent presence of a major international festival makes the fall in Kyiv truly cinematic. Ten days of Molodist festival at the late October will be really the central cinema event of the year...
06.10.2011 - 00:00

Letters to Ukraine – 8

Why are we obsessed with lead singers? In soccer, strikers capture more column inches than defenders. We heap fame upon actors and comedians whose writers receive scant recognition. We’re...
06.10.2011 - 00:00

The average salary in Zaporizhia is decreasing

It is well-known that the statistics know not only how to show the inflation growth of 0.01 percent when the price of cabbage falls by 20 kopeks and the price of meat grows by 10 hryvnias. Sometimes...
06.10.2011 - 00:00

Syndrome of “social infantilism”

Since the last summer Kyiv has been the object of an advertising attack by MMM, one of the 20th century’s most notorious financial pyramids. The three letters appeal to Kyivites’ greed...
06.10.2011 - 00:00

Ukrainian macho ready for action

This young, talented and handsome man from Dnipropetrovsk impetuously stormed into Ukrainian show business. Someone remembered the rich-voiced Tkachenko as a finalist of Chance-4 TV show, someone...
06.10.2011 - 00:00

This day in history

1648: Cossack-peasant troops led by Bohdan Khmelnytsky besiege Kyiv. 1884: Fourteen Narodnaya Volya activists are under trial in St. Petersburg. 1918: Hetman Pavlo Skoropadsky of Ukraine opens Kyiv...
06.10.2011 - 00:00

Best journalism award

Do you want to win the Grand Prix worth 10,000 zlotys (2,400 euros) or either of €1,200-euro prizes, along with a trip to Poland? If you do, take part in a contest for the best report from...
06.10.2011 - 00:00

Does Patriarch Kirill behave as if Ukraine does not have Sabodan?

CHERNIVTSI – Bukovyna started preparing for the visit of the Russian patriarch a month before its visit with the energy worthy of a better cause. The traffic was paralyzed in one of the main...
06.10.2011 - 00:00

From competition of individuals to cooperation of personalities

Over 30 original black-and-white photos of three-meter length are on display in the main hall of the National Culture-Artistic and Museum Complex “Mystetsky Arsenal.” The author of the...
06.10.2011 - 00:00

Ukrainians are stashing away 70 billion dollars

Ukrainians are keeping almost 70 billion dollars outside the banking system, Olena Shcherbakova, Director of the National Bank of Ukraine’s Monetary Policy Department, says. In other words, the...
06.10.2011 - 00:00

Strike against “extortionate policies”

Hundreds of the Association of Farmers and Private Landowners of Ukraine and the Ukrainian Agrarian Union members came to the walls of the parliament building to express their protest against the...
06.10.2011 - 00:00

Krzysztof ZANUSSI: Who shuns fear, shuns the truth

This renowned Polish film director often comes to our country. This time Krzysztof Zanussi came to Kyiv in order to speak before the representatives of the Ukrainian TV industry at the conference...

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