№1, (2006)

Last Sunday some 3,000 residents of Lviv took part in the public meeting “Let’s Protect Ukraine” (read: the president and his government) organized by the Our Ukraine bloc. Before appearing in front...

We have decided to apply a non-traditional approach to sum up the past political season, including the end of the parliamentary session. As all politicians tend to explain their actions and steps by...

There is no doubt that Yuriy BOIKO, ex-chairman of Naftohaz Ukrainy, is one of the most successful and influential managers in Ukraine. At one time he was the architect of Operation “ Reverse” on the...

Last Friday Ukraine officially observed a holiday that should (or should have?) become a sacred symbol of the unity of our political nation from Donetsk to Uzhhorod, from Chernihiv to Symferopol....

The government crisis is dragging out dangerously: last Friday parliament adjourned for a winter recess without meeting the president halfway. The 9th session, the last one of the 4th-convocation...

January 24 1944. The Corsun-Shevchenko offensive operation of the First and Second Ukrainian Fronts began. 1996. A Memorandum On Cooperation between Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine and Sejm of Lithuania...

The World Bank has published preliminary estimates of the economic impact of the Ukrainian- Russian agreement on increased gas prices. Whereas previously bank experts predicted Ukraine’s GDP growth...

The widespread opinion that financial-industrial groups (FIGs) no longer wield influence in Ukraine must be significantly revised. After all, just like in the past, big business continues to define...

On Jan. 19 Ukraine’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs urged Russia not to contravene the provisions of the agreement on the status and conditions pertaining to the stationing of the Russian Black Sea...

“Hey, guys, who are you for?” ask drivers of cars entering the Crimea by the Odesa highway. “We’re for friendship between Ukraine and Russia,” reply the picketers. “Then count us in; give us one of...

Myroslav Skoryk’s opera Moses will premiere at the National Opera of Ukraine on January 27. It is staged by the young director Anatoliy Solovianenko and the distinguished musician and conductor Ivan...

On Jan. 19 CEC Chairman Yaroslav Davydovych presented the 80-centimeter-long election ballot at the Verkhovna Rada. Five such “embroidered towels without the embroidery,” as the CEC chairman put it,...

Moscow expects Kyiv to provide “official and clear-cut explanations” of the situation with the hydrographic and navigational facilities in the Crimea, Russia’s foreign minister Sergei Lavrov said...

Ukrainian steel producers have issued an unusually strong-worded statement to the president in connection with the gas deal with Russia. “We are being brainwashed into thinking that 95 dollars is...

The cold weather is forcing people to take care of themselves, as well as animals, especially exotic ones. While you can dress a dog in overalls and a hat, it is far more difficult to deal with an...