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Nobody will catch up with us The era of humanitarians and talented people is approaching in Ukraine. Children between the ages of 10 and 16 are already fed up with political soap operas. Industrialization and computerization have not managed to kill their creativity and foster only consumer interests. They have chosen another path. Sociologists call it a “sensation” the fact that Ukrainian schoolchildren appreciate freedom of speech above all; their major worry is environmental pollution; they consider peace the basis of man’s Serhii KAMYSHEV: “We must take a fresh look at China” Mr. Ambassador, let’s talk about Ukrainian-Chinese relations. Ukraine has had good contacts with China in many fields. What should our country do in order not to lose this and perhaps even secure a better place on the Chinese market? A new broom or an old rake? Karasiov: Do you remember a [Soviet] TV program called “16 and Over”? Likewise, the situation can now be described as “until the 30th and afterward.” What’s the most important point? It seems to me that everybody is already thinking about what will happen after Sept. 30, rather than before that date. As for the elections, the situation is perfectly clear. The campaign will, of course, gain momentum in September, it will become more dynamic, dramatic; there will be more scandals. The campaign machines A confident step into the European fall Recently, both representatives of Ukraine in Europe’s major club tournament, the Champions League, successfully overcame the qualification hurdle and will now play in the main tournament whose group stage will continue from September to December. The League’s level is so high that I want to forget the qualification round games — the sooner the better — by plunging into the atmosphere of first-class soccer. Will our teams play on a high level or lag behind, like last year? Contemplation of this question This week in history Sept. 4 1928: The Radnarkom of the Ukrainian SSR adopts a new Ukrainian orthography (“Skrypnyk’s”) that will remain in effect until 1933.	Serhii KAMYSHEV: “We must take a fresh look at China” A new broom or an old rake? A confident step into the European fall This week in history

DAY AFTER DAY

A lullaby for moms Minister of Labor and Social Policy Mykhailo Papiiev recently publicized an interesting fact. Up to 90 percent of the benefits conferred on the electorate by governments and MPs date to election campaigns. In other words, such ideas may often have been socially unwarranted, and accordingly, denied financial implementation. Smoloskyp Bookstore finally opens in Kyiv The man behind the creation of a strictly Ukrainian bookstore is Osyp Zinkevych, director of Smoloskyp Publishers. “Because he supports young people, he recruited them for this project,” says bookstore manager Olha Pohynaiko. “In fact, we had a long road to travel to open the bookstore: it took two years before we received all the required authorizations.” The Egyptian key Today’s guest of the column “Ukraine in the World” is Yevhen Mykytenko, Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Ukraine to the Arab Republic of Egypt. This Ukrainian diplomat has been working there since September 2006. Previously, he headed Ukrainian diplomatic missions to Saudi Arabia in 1990-2000 (simultaneously posted to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan), the Syrian Arab Republic (2000-01), and the United Arab Emirates, simultaneously occupying diplomatic posts in Qatar and Bahrain (2004-06). Brussels favors a broad coalition The Ukrainian participants in the public hearings “Ukraine on the Eve of Parliamentary Elections” must have been affected by that summer evening in Brussels, or maybe they were in a good mood and did not want to spoil it by squabbles, which are traditional among Ukrainian politicians. After the hearings Marek Siwiec, Vice-President of the European Parliament, did not stint on compliments for the Ukrainian side, declaring that the political forces “are learning to listen.” Another face of AIDS While the total number of people infected with HIV/AIDS in Ukraine is about 1.5 percent of the population, you should multiply this figure by approximately 15 to determine the real incidence of this infection among risk groups. The abuse of injectable drugs and promiscuity (indiscriminate unprotected sex) even among children aged 10-12 are the main pillars of this statistical picture. Special children’s homes A couple of weeks ago the Kyiv City Council resolved to establish two centers for HIV-infected children and youth by the end of 2007. One will be on the Right Bank, on Poryk Street, and the other one on the Left Bank, near the Darnytsia subway station. Two years ago the Cabinet of Ministers passed a resolution on the need to establish such centers throughout Ukraine. Is neo-conservatism dead? Neo-conservatism has served as a badge of unity for those in the Bush administration advocating an aggressive foreign policy, massive military spending, disdain for international law and institutions, an assault on the welfare state, and a return to “traditional values.” So, with the Bush era winding down in a tailspin of plummeting popularity and high-level resignations, has the neo-conservative movement, too, run its course? Eight percent less first graders this year Last Saturday millions of children went to school for the first time in their life. “Repairs have been completed in practically all grade schools,” says Education and Science Minister Stanislav Nikolaienko, “although there are some problems in Luhansk and Zaporizhia oblasts; we’ll try to solve them in the nearest future.” It is also a fact that central heating systems are still be repaired in 25% of Ukrainian schools. “We hope that these repairs will be done by Oct. 25,” assures Nikolaienko, adding	Smoloskyp Bookstore finally opens in Kyiv The Egyptian key Brussels favors a broad coalition Another face of AIDS Special children’s homes Is neo-conservatism dead? Eight percent less first graders this year

CLOSEUP/SOCIETY

In the merciless light of memory “For nothing is secret that shall not be made manifest.” This is what Hitlers, Stalins, Pinochets, Pol Pots and their ilk forget when they destroy innocent people — from thousands and hundreds of thousands to dozens of millions. Ukraine needs to know the terrible documented truth about the millions of our compatriots who were mowed down by Stalin’s scythe of death. This is no exaggeration because the Holodomor period (as well as the entire stretch of the 1920s and 1930s) is a pivotal era of Soviet Revival of Kyrylo Kozhumiaka’s village The Northern Expedition’s main task was to reconstruct the special features of the daily life and culture of the ancient Rusychi, which would make it possible to reconstruct an entire ancient Rus’ settlement complete with homes and outbuildings. Archaeologists rely on hard facts, not assumptions; they check the value of every find by experimenting with it. For example, a tool is restored or a similar one is made; then it is put to use to test its effectiveness. If it is a home, a similar one is built	Revival of Kyrylo Kozhumiaka’s village

ECONOMY/SOCIETY

New songs for coal miners This year Miner’s Day coincided with the celebrations of the 16th anniversary of Ukraine’s independence. Naturally, both holidays could not avoid a touch of politics in the current early election campaign. Visiting Chervonohrad, in Lviv oblast, on the occasion of Miner’s Day, Ukraine’s President Viktor Yushchenko promoted his social initiatives, stressing that social policies in Ukraine should be radically revised. Stealing — atom by atom On Aug. 13 President Yushchenko of Ukraine signed a decree suspending the cabinet’s decision to establish the state-run Ukratomprom concern until the Constitutional Court rules on its legitimacy. But it is not only the creation and functioning of this facility that looks extremely dubious from the legal point of view. On Aug. 15 Anatolii Holovko, Minister for Industrial Policies, said that a power-generating machine building association must be set up on the basis of Turboatom, part of Ukratomprom. Revision of classics, Polish-style Many Polish bookstores are selling discounted works by Witold Gombrowicz, Gustaw Herling- Grudzinski, and Franz Kafka. They are being displayed in a special place in stores, alongside a sign saying “Giertych Index Books.” This is how Polish booksellers are expressing their protests against the decision by Poland’s Minister of Education Roman Giertych to establish a new “canon” of Polish and world literature for the school curriculum. The draft decree on this question has been placed on the Web site Our heavy debts Experience shows that debts are a bad omen. If you want to spoil a friendship with someone, lend them some money. And, of course, we don’t like to pay our debts because we borrow someone else’s money but pay back our own.	Stealing — atom by atom Revision of classics, Polish-style Our heavy debts

CULTURE

Three world views Kharkiv’s artist Valentyna Safina brought a number of landscapes from her travels, although this geography is rather conventional and is felt in the true sense of the word only in titles (e.g., At Vynohradna. Ai-Vasyl, Darvyna after Rain, At Repin’s Estate). Mostly it does not matter where Valentyna Safina gets her inspiration which she determines as After Rain, Spring. A Roman Catholic Cathedral, Mallows or Umbrellas. The Kharkiv artist’s landscapes are very frank, in other words subjective. There Dialogs with masters Halyna Konkova conceived the idea for a series of books about distinguished Ukrainians after publishing her two-volume work consisting of Thirst for Music: Parallels and a Time for Recollections and A Theater with Free Admission [in Ukrainian]. This was her first attempt to present conversations with musicians and actors, and their frank views on art and life. A third volume, entitled A Conductor by Calling, a dialog with the National Opera’s chief conductor Volodymyr Kozhukhar, has been prepared A real theater Whenever I visit the glorious Cossack town of Lokhvytsia in Poltava oblast, I always look closely at its old buildings and the scenic spots that I remember from childhood. Yet with every passing year I see fewer familiar faces among the passersby. The older generation is dying along with its epoch, leaving behind sad memories of the old homes and names jealously preserved by grateful posterity. Ruslan PYRIH: “This book is the quintessence of what we know about the Holodomor” As The Day has already reported, Kyiv-Mohyla Academy Publishers have just published a fundamental study entitled Holodomor 1932-1933 r.r. v Ukraini. Dokumenty i materially [The Holodomor of 1932-1933 in Ukraine: Documents and Materials]. This compilation contains several hundred documents that provide evidence of the Stalin’s totalitarian regime’s terrible crime against the Ukrainian people and humanity in general. The book has sparked great public and scholarly interest, attracting all kinds of Children’s theater in Kharkiv for people who want to discover themselves Timur is an unconventional Kharkiv-based theater where children play adult roles - not only on stage but also in real life. In spite of their young age, these actors can teach important lessons to children who have a hard life. Timur is special because most of its actors are orphans, homeless children, kids from problem families, and those in poor health. They perform in Peter Pan and the stage versions of Astrid Lindgren’s fairytales. The person who is helping disadvantage children discover themselves	Dialogs with masters A real theater Ruslan PYRIH: “This book is the quintessence of what we know about the Holodomor” Children’s theater in Kharkiv for people who want to discover themselves

TIME OUT

Vasyl Vovkun’s “parallel visions” Vasyl Vovkun, the chief stage director of festivities commemorating Independence Day in Kyiv, says it is especially important to use creative means to form our country’s national visage and international image. “I’m a machine and you’re a machine” “You and I are a happy family, because I’m a machine and you’re a machine.” Only a person who really loves cars could write these words. Berdiansk recently hosted a gathering of passionate lovers of drag racing, those who know about the beauty of a car and who need so little to be happy — a wheel, a gear pedal, brakes, and gasoline. Berdiansk Deputy Mayor Petro Honcharuk says that because of the car show, you couldn’t find any vacancies in holiday camps and hotels, so this former soccer player was Dreamland in Lviv Kraina mrii u Lvovi, Dreamland in Lviv, is the name of a folk music fair that took place on Sunday, Aug. 26, at Lviv’s museum of folk architecture and daily life, Shevchenko Grove. Among the musicians and groups who entertained visitors -wearing embroidered Ukrainian shirts and blouses was a must — were Oleh Skrypka and Le Grand Orchestra, Ocheretiany kit, Burdon, Choboty z buhaia, Korali, Fanfare Orchestra, and Rodovid, to mention a few. Among the guest performers were folk groups from Lithuania 93-year-old wins Grand Prix at Lutsk film festiva Lutsk, the center of Volyn oblast, recently hosted the third professional and amateur film festival My City, My Love. This time, unlike the previous two festivals, among the contestants were filmmakers from Lutsk and Volyn as well as other oblasts of Ukraine and from Poland, who submitted a total of 69 productions. For the first time the festival included a blitz tournament whose participants had to make a film about the ancient town of Luchesk, which marked its City Day on Aug. 18-19 — and they	“I’m a machine and you’re a machine” Dreamland in Lviv 93-year-old wins Grand Prix at Lutsk film festiva

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Nobody will catch up with us

Serhii KAMYSHEV: “We must take a fresh look at China”

A new broom or an old rake?

A confident step into the European fall

This week in history

A lullaby for moms

Smoloskyp Bookstore finally opens in Kyiv

The Egyptian key

Brussels favors a broad coalition

Another face of AIDS

Special children’s homes

Is neo-conservatism dead?

Eight percent less first graders this year

In the merciless light of memory

Revival of Kyrylo Kozhumiaka’s village

New songs for coal miners

Stealing — atom by atom

Revision of classics, Polish-style

Our heavy debts

Three world views

Dialogs with masters

A real theater

Ruslan PYRIH: “This book is the quintessence of what we know about the Holodomor”

Children’s theater in Kharkiv for people who want to discover themselves

Vasyl Vovkun’s “parallel visions”

“I’m a machine and you’re a machine”

Dreamland in Lviv

93-year-old wins Grand Prix at Lutsk film festiva

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