№7, (2009)
03.03.2009 - 00:00
Floristic designs: remedy for boredom and depression
The House of Nature is hosting the exhibit of the flat-bed florist Kateryna Kostenko and her pupils. Every Saturday master classes are held here, and the artists tell about the history of this art,...
03.03.2009 - 00:00
Ukrainians favor protests
In their current crusade against central, local, judicial, and legislative authorities, Ukrainians are more and more often resorting to rallies, pickets, and petitions. Kyiv and its administrative...
03.03.2009 - 00:00
Folk kolomyikas in jazz style
Despite the current economic hardships, there are people who continue to create things that can invigorate many people with healthy energy. For example, pianist Oleksandr Saratsky combines the...
03.03.2009 - 00:00
This week in history
March 3 1866: A Russian public library is founded in Kyiv (today: the National Parliamentary Library of Ukraine). 1919: The Russian Socialist Federal Republic signs the Peace Treaty of Brest, which...
03.03.2009 - 00:00
Europe in Reverse
BERLIN – The legendary American investor Warren Buffet once said, “It’s when the tide goes out that you find out who has been swimming naked.” That particular piece of wisdom referred to the...
03.03.2009 - 00:00
Paradise for profiteers
Although national currencies are being devalued throughout the world, with its political instability Ukraine has become a veritable Mecca for currency speculators. The upsurge of the dollar-to-...
03.03.2009 - 00:00
Potential intellectual bestseller published
The Krynytsia Publishers has published a book by the noted Ukrainian scholar and public figure Ivan Dziuba, entitled Spohady i rozdumy na finishnii priamii (Reminiscences and Thoughts on Home Stretch...
03.03.2009 - 00:00
Bohdan, a mysterious brother of Stepan Bandera
On January 1 we marked the 100th anniversary of Stepan Bandera’s birth. We have detailed knowledge about his contribution he made to the struggle for Ukraine’s independence as a leader of the...
03.03.2009 - 00:00
Together again?
On Feb. 27, 2009, President Viktor Yushchenko urged politicians to announce a moratorium on political rows and forget about the presidential elections until July 1. But the president’s appeal came...
03.03.2009 - 00:00
Sacral paraphrase
The subheading of this article is, in fact, the name of an exhibit now held at the Ukrainian National Museum of Literature. It is a joint project of the museum and the Embassy of the United Mexican...
03.03.2009 - 00:00
Soccer as anti-crisis measure
Polish Minister for Sports Miroslaw Drzewiecki recently said on TVN24 that Poland and the UEFA are preparing to carry out what is known as Plan B under which Poland will host most of the games...
03.03.2009 - 00:00
A privilege earned, not bestowed
Civic self-government, a set of certain inalienable socioeconomic rights on which neither the local nor the top national authorities were not allowed to encroach, carefully streamlined (at least from...
03.03.2009 - 00:00
Ukrainian breakthrough
All the three clubs that represent this country—Metalist Kharkiv, Shakhtar Donetsk, and Dynamo Kyiv—have qualified for the UEFA Cup round of 16 and will continue fighting for the trophy. Moreover, in...
03.03.2009 - 00:00
Algirdas KUMZA: Pragmatism without morality may cause grave harm
Like many countries of the world, Lithuania is feeling the effect of a global crisis. Yet this Baltic country is not turning to international institutions for credits. Is Lithuania afraid of public...
03.03.2009 - 00:00
Huta Pieniacka: Nazi trace in 1944 Polish tragedy
We should give the Polish public its due for remembering the tragic events in their history, even in time of economic crisis. This urges us, Ukrainians, despite the whirl of yet another election...
















