№1, (2003)

The most influential politician of 2002 was and remains Leonid Kuchma, believes Anatoly Hrytsenko, president of the Razumkov Center for Economic and Political Research. To quote him, the incumbent...

Ikebana is an ancient Japanese art, literally meaning, “living flower.” The aggressive Japanese Samurai, being inspired with the idea of harmony five hundred years ago, figured out that the power is...

Since time immemorial, philosophers and physicists have considered time one of the most difficult notions to comprehend. Modern scientists are no exception. Perhaps this is not all about objective...

Tough and unfair as history may be towards figures of a certain epoch, it will put everyone, sooner or later, into his/her proper place. Ihor, who succeeded Oleh on the Kyiv throne, never became an...

The “enlightened” public has always been taking a cautious attitude towards horoscopes. The church has also been trying to keep them at bay; but “nothing comes out of nothing:” we drew — at least...

The holiday season lull in our economy, which usually lasts a little over two weeks, was this time forcedly disrupted by the president. During his vacation, he inked Ukraine’s Budget Bill for 2003...

Olena BARBAROVA, Director General of the Ukrainian Association of Investment Business: “Next year Ukraine will demonstrate dynamics rather natural for a developing country. This can’t be labeled...

My first experience of wearing skates was not all that rewarding. Naturally, I had misgivings that things were not as simple as they seemed. I suspected it would take time to master the loops and...

Last year’s economic results proved an unexpected exception to the general rule, as the consumer price index decreased, and, instead of expected inflation, Vadym Pishcheyko, deputy chief of the...

Serhiy TELESHUN, Doctor of Political Sciences; President, Commonwealth Foundation: “Proceeding from the Ukrainian proverb ‘You don’t change horses when you cross the river,’ the year...

The Year of Ukraine in Russia has come to an end; the Year of Russia in Ukraine has just started. As regards the Year of Ukraine in Russia, Moscow referred to it as “an unprecedented in world...

The notion of Ukraine’s European choice appeared hand in hand with the declaration of independence on the wave of tumultuous political changes issuing from the downfall of the totalitarian regime....

Although Ukraine managed to avoid total international isolation, trust in it has been undermined. Though not Belarus, Ukraine is not what it used to be even a year ago. This roughly describes Ukraine...

The Social Democratic Party of Ukraine (United) is concerned with the Kyiv City State Administration’s stand on the fate of St. Sophia Cathedral and other historical monuments of Ukraine’s capital. “...

School vacations came to an end on Monday. The end to winter freewheeling begins a new period of school routine. It depends, above all, on the teacher’s personality whether this period will be...