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

№8, (2010)

11.02.2010 - 00:00

Reserving verdant landscapes

About two years ago, the president of Ukraine signed two edicts to set up two national parks. What made one wary was the issuance of subsequent edicts on the establishment of 11 more national parks,...
11.02.2010 - 00:00

The National Circus of Ukraine

This season Kyiv Circus will host troupes from Russia, Kazakhstan, and faraway Kenya, each with an exotic, inventive, at times hazardous repertoire. THE LOVE OF FLIGHT Try to picture someone in...
11.02.2010 - 00:00

After second round

A Chinese maxim says that even the longest road will come to an end some day. In our case, this kind of road can be compared with a difficult and exhausting election campaign. Very many followers...
11.02.2010 - 00:00

“The image of desired tomorrow” by Medvedev

Many people in the world have heard about the statements of Russian Federation President Dmitry Medvedev on the necessity to modernize the country. One can recall his call to modernization in the...
11.02.2010 - 00:00

Pavel LUNGIN: Everyone says correct words now, while doing the exact opposite

A son of renowned parents, Semen and Liliana Lungin, Pavel could not find his calling for over 30 years, like a character from a well-known fairytale. He carefully listened to and absorbed...
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A bright prince from Dark Ages

As is known, 2009 was the Year of Ivan Mazepa in the newspaper Den/The Day. We and the National Institute of the History of Ukraine had made this decision long before the president issued a decree...
11.02.2010 - 00:00

This day in history

1918: The Council of People’s Commissars of Soviet Russia (Sovnarkom) adopt a decree setting up the Workers and Peasants’ Front. 1919: Simon Petliura becomes president of the Directory of the...
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Facing realities instead of raising social standards

The preliminary count of votes in the presidential election runoff shows a clear, if unimpressive, lead of Viktor Yanukovych. Shortly before this, exit-polls showed a similar result. What are the...
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Who is the stronghold of our country?

People who are the stronghold of the country live close to us. They are doing their job in a responsible way, without demanding any posts, money, or national recognition. They even hardly understand...
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Another attack

Continued from previous issue In 1934 the Ukrainian capital was transferred from Kharkiv to the national center, Kyiv. At the same time they combated Petliurite Ukrainization in every way,...
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EVENT

Worldwide Ukrainian Garden to be planted in LvivThe City of the Lion has established a tradition of holding international forums “Diaspora as a Factor of Consolidation of the State of Ukraine in the...
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Funeral and love

Poky mama ne pryishla (Before Mom Comes) is the Ukrainian title of a joint project of the Youth Theater, French Embassy, and French Cultural Center in Ukraine. It is based on Remi de Vos’s popular...
11.02.2010 - 00:00

Down to work, comrade!

It is common knowledge that soccer and politics are things which everybody claims to be a dab hand at. Accordingly, the appointment of the national soccer team’s coach is always in the spotlight and...
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Oxana Pachlovska gives lecture at Kyiv Children’s Academy of Arts

On Feb. 1, the Kyiv Children’s Academy of Arts held a meeting with the writer and culture expert Oxana Pachlovska, initiated by the academy’s rector, Mykhailo Chemberzhi. “Ukraine–Europe: Can the Two...
11.02.2010 - 00:00

This day in history

1918: The Council of People’s Commissars of Soviet Russia (Sovnarkom) adopt a decree setting up the Workers and Peasants’ Front. 1919: Simon Petliura becomes president of the Directory of the...

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