№8, (2009)
17.03.2009 - 00:00
France’s New Approach to NATO
PARIS — What will be the consequences of France’s return to NATO’s integrated military structure?The Allies are quietly satisfied, but nobody expects major changes in France military contribution: in...
17.03.2009 - 00:00
Passions vs. rationality in politics
On March 10 the first deputy head of the Security Service of Ukraine Valerii Khoroshkovsky was searched by customs officers in Boryspil Airport. “On my arrival to the airport they carried out a...
17.03.2009 - 00:00
Shevchenko anniversary
A Ukrainian TV channel played footage from Rivne on Shevchenko’s birthday. Billboards with his portrait and the inscription “Spring comes with the genius!” are all over the city. A great...
17.03.2009 - 00:00
World raises tobacco excise taxes
The economic crisis that has gripped the world makes governments simultaneously reduce expenses and taxes so that the citizens’ welfare would not deteriorate. The need for additional sources of...
17.03.2009 - 00:00
The Kremlin’s double standards: exporting Europeanness
Russian officials have begun to talk very much about adherence to European values, although the Kremlin has been recognizing nothing but the so-called sovereign democracy in the last while. Meanwhi...
17.03.2009 - 00:00
Ukraine’s political system likely to change
Verkhovna Rada Speaker Volodymyr Lytvyn has urged the president, the prime minister, and political party leaders to open a dialogue on reforming the system of public administration. In his view, one...
17.03.2009 - 00:00
Why Stus?
Dear Editors,I would like to add my voice to all those supporting the Donetsk students’ initiative. The Donbas is my native land. I was born in the town of Makiivka and graduated from school there in...
17.03.2009 - 00:00
Must reads
“Read books that have become an event!” is an unchangeable motto of the Nationwide Book of the Year Rating. Over 20,000 Ukrainian books have been reviewed in its framework within the 10 years of its...
17.03.2009 - 00:00
Ukrainian ballet theater performs in Moscow
The prestigious Russian theater festival “Golden Mask” has recently been opened. The Kyiv Modern Ballet Theater, a young yet well-known Kyiv group, was entrusted with the honorable mission of opening...
17.03.2009 - 00:00
SBU: new-old broom sweeps clean
Valentyn Nalyvaichenko has held a press conference as the head of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) rather than its acting head. On March 10, 2009, President Viktor Yushchenko introduced him as...
17.03.2009 - 00:00
Ukraine can trade in… landscapes
As recently as ten years ago almost nobody dealt with green tourism in Ukraine, but now 37 estates in seven regions are inviting guests to spend their vacations in the countryside. The Union for...
17.03.2009 - 00:00
Our Ivasiuk
Volodymyr Ivasiuk, a Ukrainian legendary composer and poet, would have marked his 60th birthday on March 4. He was one of the founders of Ukrainian pop music, author of 107 songs, 53 instrumental...
17.03.2009 - 00:00
First “international” game
For the first time two Ukrainian teams played against each other in an official international tournament. This became possible owing to the fact that three Ukrainian soccer clubs simultaneously...
17.03.2009 - 00:00
Warming children’s hearts
The all-Ukraine Book for Children charity project has come to Kyiv oblast. It was launched by the Hrani-T Publishing House, Ukraine 3000 Foundation, Children’s Pals Society, and Christian Youth...
17.03.2009 - 00:00
Truce again?
Last Wednesday can go down in Ukrainian history as a turning point on the way out of the crisis. If we draw an analogy with World War II, it somewhat resembles the Battle of Moscow, when the invader...















