Who will win? The level of unpredictability of the decisions of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences this year – one of the highest in recent times. Let’s try to figure out why. First, let’s recall the contenders.…
“Don’t get too worried about it,” said Vovchyk. “It won’t change the world. We’ll do the work and go home.” Vovchyk is over forty years old. He is fifteen years older than me. He’s been working abroad since 1992. He…
There has never been a cult of money in Ukrainian culture. There was described a misfortune from poverty, there were property claims of Kaydashi family, but there was nothing like “money as a virtue”. Did your parents teach you to…
Of course, it is a great reason to laugh at the candidate – generally, in our current circumstances laughing at the candidates saves from madness. But it is a sort of an indicator – NO ONE READS THE ELECTORAL PROGRAMS.…
We started remembering and counting. We considered the closest friends and relatives. We had 30 people. Only three of them exercise their profession which they obtained at university. Two have jobs, related to education. For example, the doctor works in the…
Margery came to see her friend in Ukraine – the coach of rhythmic gymnastics. They had been long texting and talking by phone, had met three-four times. At the school threshold, Margery fell and broke her leg. Somehow she slipped,…
In the near future, in Ukraine, the daytime air temperature in most areas will exceed zero degrees. It is expected +1 +5 degrees. Fresh air will be in the east and northeast of Ukraine, even in the afternoon from 1…
First of all, I and my Ukrainian girlfriends, having gotten accustomed to severe Slavic men back home, had no idea that men could be so friendly. Friendly, yet their friendliness did not mean interest, as we soon discovered. My friend,…
The film Kruty 1918 directed by Oleksii Shapariev was released last week. It will surely bring about a new wave of interest in the Battle of Kruty. I am not going to judge the artistic characteristics of this film since…
Among the major rivals, Poroshenko (I suppose, not consciously but accidentally) looks like an example of calm (boringly-calm) black-and-white standard. While the gipsy camp of his rivals is a tacky fair of neurasthenic freaks. Look attentively at these people. Yulia.…