A Fair Election… But Are the “Rules of the Game” Fair?

The forthcoming election could be a small step forward, if opposition forces cooperate with the same goals this time around

Minorities: The Precious Voices of Baltic Multiculturalism

Lithuania was and continues to be unimaginable without its historically formed minorities and its precious voices.

Caution as the Best Recipe For Hard Reforms?

Being small offers both negative and positive opportunities in international politics.

Land Intrigues

If passed, the Law “On the Land Market” could destroy the land market in the bud

A Quarter to an End

When nostalgic fans lament for “good old” soviet music, which often really did sound better than what is played today, they tend to forget one thing: each good soviet song was accompanied by at least a thousand dull ones

Safety Check

The results of stress tests run at Ukraine’s nuclear power stations are comforting but fail to explain why the facilities' equipment malfunctions so often

The Mystique of Kurbas

Kurbas wrote with an open heart and faith in his rightness about the possibility of creating a new world on stage.

Ukraine Is On the Way to Isolation

A government must always be under control to be democratic

Primitive and Dull! Hit Song?

Ukrainian music with socially sensitive lyrics is never played on radio and TV. Program managers simply do not want to take risks and opt for “background style” music with primitive lyrics instead.

The Ukrainian Perspective on Politics

We badly need a Hohol of our time who would point out what has been lost by Eastern European politics