№13, (2004)

“But I’m not in the army!” — was the first reaction of Olha Chepkyna, a Valky, Kharkiv oblast, secondary school eighth- grader, to the news of her victory. “Still I am eager to join it,” she added....

Come April Fool’s Day, at least two-thirds of all Ukrainians rack their brains for pulling their friends’ leg, so as to have fun and not to incur their wrath. And it is true that April Fool’s Day is...

A team of Russian mountain climbers flew to Nepal recently to climb Mt. Everest, but Ukrainians have already been there. The peak has been twice summited by Serhiy Bershov of Kharkiv, who is well...

Mariupol played host to the Crystal Crown International Dance Festival, organized by the Public Corporation Markokhim and the Ukrainian Dance Council (UDC). The event took place at the Sadko Sports...

Aristotle wrote that one enjoys knowing a little about things superior more than knowing everything about trifles. This time my story is about Innocent Gisel (Innokenty Gizel), scholar, enlightener...

A contest for the best composition commemorating Ivan Karabyts was held at the Gliere College of Music in Kyiv, as part of the Shevchenko March Festival in Kyiv. For over thirty years of creative...

Ivan Ohiyenko (1882-1972) is referred to in practically all reference sources as a noted Ukrainian scholar, teacher, ethnographer, cultural and religious figure, an individual possessing encyclopedic...

Ukraine’s first national newspaper Rada (Council) is a valuable source to study the history of our national renaissance, especially in the field of education. Its pages tell in great detail about...

In 1999 Kyiv announced the beginning of a project to upgrade Ukraine’s MIG-29 jet fighter fleet. At the time, several alternative projects were studied, but all of them one way or another led to...

At its session last week the Crimean parliament upheld the proposal of Atlantic Caspian Resources pls. (Great Britain) to create a Donuzlav sea transport and industrial complex, essentially a seaport...

Similar problems were discussed in late March at the international conference, Prospects of Development of the Domestic Industrial Goods Market in Ukraine, hosted by the Kyiv Shevchenko University....

The International Monetary Fund has approved its annual Standby Program for Ukraine (until March 28, 2005) for $650 million. These funds will be provided only if necessary. After the Extended...

This year Ukraine took part for the first time in MIPIM, the largest international real state exhibition held in Cannes. This event annually attracts the world’s leading representatives of the...

On the first day of spring the president of Ukraine signed the edict On Introducing the System of Individual VAT Current Accounts, whereby the cabinet was to map out and implement by July 1, 2004,...

Several years ago a Western businessman shared his impressions after visiting one of the post-Soviet republics: “Where I come from, a boss of a major company normally speaks two or three foreign...