№13, (2006)

Economists are trying to predict the first steps of the new Verkhovna Rada, the economic bills that will be considered top priorities, whether there will be any cardinal changes to tax laws, and...

The Mercedes S-500 recently purchased by Naftohaz Ukrainy has been offered for public sale, Interfax-Ukraine quotes the company’s PR department as saying. This move comes days after President...

The National Art Museum of Ukraine is hosting an exhibit by the noted Franco-Ukrainian abstract painter and expressionist Ivan Kavun (1925-2001). Works by this celebrated artist first found their way...

Tell someone in the Ukrainian capital that you have an appointment with President Viktor Yushchenko, and you will quickly be showered with advice, suggestions and requests. “Please, tell him to ask...

Years ending in the number 6 are significant not only for Ivan Franko but another native of Halychyna — Ilarion Svientsitsky. He was born in the ancient princely town of Buzhsk (now Busk) on April 7...

Money is becoming more expensive all over the world. Therefore, assets will be sold despite the political situation. Evidence of this is foreign investors’ interest in acquiring Ukrainian banks. What...

Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers has adopted a resolution establishing the procedure of budget allocations for Ukraine’s participation in the tender submitted to host the 2012 European Soccer Cup...

Kyrgyzstan recently marked the first anniversary of its Tulip Revolution. Although many Kyrgyz es are voicing their disappointment over the slow pace of transformation in the country, the...

Historians, much like lawyers, observe the eternally valid fundamental principle, which every truly objective researcher must place at the core of his studies of our unfathomed, contradictory, and...

“The situation is critical. A boiler has burst. A carload of nails is rotting under elevator. The underpants workshop is stranded without cement.” Volodymyr Dibrova’s words can be used to review the...

A concern marking Natan Rakhlin’s 100 th anniversary recently took place at the National Philharmonic Society of Ukraine. The great maestro was artistic and temperamental. He was a musician who could...

Anne Applebaum, a well-known public figure, political journalist, member of the editorial board of The Washington Post, and the wife of Poland’s Defense Minister Radek Sikorski, is in Ukraine for...

Natalia HODUNKO of Ukraine (on photo) won third place in the all-around events of the international rhythmic gymnastics competition taking place in the Greek city of Kalamata. Ukrainian athletes won...

The third international festival “Salt Symphony” will take place on May 27-28. Audiences will have to go into a mine 288 meters down to hear the musicians of the Donetsk and Luhansk symphony...

During the first international conference “Hotel 2006” held in Kyiv several weeks ago Ukraine was described as the most promising European country in terms of the hotel business. However, this has...