№15, (2002)

Last summer I met Oleksandr Dzembas, an archaeologist and leader of the movement to clear the Nevytske Castle of what seemed age- old six feet weeds and shrubs, scaring away seven-feet long hissing...

America’s imposition of tariffs on imported steel has been greeted by a howl of protest around the world. But harsh words have not been followed by a strong counter-attack. Now is the time to...

The government will soon submit to Verkhovna Rada for consideration its draft action plan, Prime Minister Anatoly Kinakh told representatives of foreign information agencies. “We would prefer the...

This week the Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine will refer to court the case on illegal privatization of the scandalous Bila Tserkva-based Rosava tire plant, Deputy Prosecutor General Oleksiy...

Borys TARASIUK, director, Institute of Euro-Atlantic Cooperation: 1. There will be a consensus in society about Ukraine’s membership in NATO. On the other hand, a public opinion poll...

History shows that the notion buffer state is a temporary and rather unstable one. As a rule, such a country, positioned between two political formations (entities), sooner or later sides with or is...

Thanks to the technique of applying biohumus when planting saplings the ecologists intend to restore 50.9 hectares of Stankevych pine forest in the Crimea which burned last year during a 10-day fire...

It seems likely that, following a radical building boom on Khreshchatyk and Independence Square, construction in Kyiv is assuming grandiose proportions, giving rise to a peculiar tradition of...

President Leonid Kuchma has instructed the Ministry of Justice to speed up the execution of court orders to seize funds in the accounts of the United Energy Systems of Ukraine (UESU) Corporation. The...

Paris streets were an incredible sight on September 8, 1999, with all citizens riding bicycles, roller skates, battery-driven vehicles, or street cars, getting to work, school, or college. This was...

They say that Andriy Shevchenko posters were all over Milan last year and that his face became Ukraine’s calling card for the Italians. What faces symbolize Ukraine for the Ukrainians? An answer to...

An exposition titled Attributes of the Hetman’s Office and Personal Belongings of Bohdan Khmelnytsky was opened at Chyhyryn on April 17. Courtesy of the 21st Century Ukraine Intellectual Cooperation...

HERRING HARVEST Now, despite a spring ban on fishing, Vylkove is in fact “reaping its herring harvest.” And although this activity will last until the end of May, these two or three weeks in...

An exhibition of the Japanese contemporary arts and crafts has opened in Kyiv. It is not the first time the Taras Shevchenko National Museum plays host for an exhibition dedicated to Japan: last year...

Kyiv is hosting a cycle of Ukrainian Jazz Stars concerts. The project’s key objective is to allow talented Ukrainian musicians to show off their skill. Petro Voltayev, director of the jazz and...