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

№6, (2009)

24.02.2009 - 00:00

Ukrainian Gleb Garanich wins international “photo Oscar”

The website Politics and Culture of Ukraine (PiK Ukrainy) reports that the Kyiv photographer Gleb Garanich has become the winner of the most authoritative contest in the sphere of photojournalism,...
24.02.2009 - 00:00

This week in history

Feb. 24 1919: Ukraine and Poland sign a truce. 1990: The Ukrainian Public Cultural Society, its membership comprised of members of Poland’s Ukrainian community, holds a convention in Warsaw and...
24.02.2009 - 00:00

Ternopil risks sinking in its own garbage

Ternopil—Young residents of Ternonpil do not even remember that their city used to have the status of Ukraine’s cleanest city. I’m not going to describe how public utility services are operating or...
24.02.2009 - 00:00

Access to history

Under President Viktor Yushchenko’s recent edict on the declassification and study of archival do­cuments related to the Ukrainian liberation movement, political repressions, and the Holo­domor in...
24.02.2009 - 00:00

Love conquers all

On Feb. 10–18, 2009, the best photos of The Day’s 10th International Photo Contest were temporarily on display in the Picture Gallery of the Kyiv Polytechnical Institute (KPI). The newspaper and its...
24.02.2009 - 00:00

Somalian captivity forces unlikely read

The released Faina sailors have returned home and are now in the company of their relatives. Most of the crew members are residents of Odesa. One of the seamen, assistant captain Oleksandr PRYSUKHA...
24.02.2009 - 00:00

Goal that missed the target

When the players of Kyiv’s Dynamo beat Portugal’s Porto in a visiting game of the Champions League, few people stressed that the Ukrainian team fired a single shot into the net of the hosts of the...
24.02.2009 - 00:00

Olena Bondarenko among top 30 women tennis players

According to the recently published WTA’s ranking of professional women tennis players, Serena Williams from the US continues to top the list. Ukrinform (Ukrainian National News Agency) reports that...
24.02.2009 - 00:00

For shame!

Feb. 15, 2009, marked the 20th anniversary of the withdrawal of Soviet forces from Afghanistan. On February 12 a gala concert in honor of Afghan veterans who had to fight in that senseless war took...
24.02.2009 - 00:00

Art returns to Ukraine

On February 12 the Ukrainian Canadian Halyna Horun-Levyt­sky pre­sented this icon to Ukraine at the Consulate General in To­ron­to. Preci­ous and interesting canvases by Va­syl and Mykola Kry­chevsky...
24.02.2009 - 00:00

International Mother Language Day marked on February21

“I will first stand by the edge of an abyssAnd will suddenly understand,deep in my sadness,That there’s nothing in the worldLike a song in the Ukrainian language.” Leonid KISELIOV (1946–1968...
24.02.2009 - 00:00

Poetic photography

The German school of photography has enjoyed world renown since the 1920s, since the time of legendary art society Bauhaus that united dozens of brilliant photographers. An exhibit of Bauhaus photos...
24.02.2009 - 00:00

They way it should be done

The last week I had a pleasure to hear from Volodymyr Lytvyn that he reads this column. I feel then especially obliged to mention his visit to the European Parliament last week in Brussels. Rada’s...
24.02.2009 - 00:00

Freedom was his behest

Dr. James Mace, a noted US journalist, scholar, and public figure, would have celebrated his 56th birthday on February 18. All those who knew, loved, and respected him mourned the irreparable loss on...
24.02.2009 - 00:00

Deadly gambling

“I began to play when I was still a kid. Then I dropped it because I got married and had children. When they grew up, I got to it again. My wife abandoned me, my parents died, and I remained alone....

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