№18, (2002)

An important event took place at the Vernadsky National Library on May 29 as Oleksandr Fedoruk, head of the state service monitoring the passage of cultural valuables across the Ukrainian border,...

The National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) of Ukraine decision to launch a NATO membership process is still the object of political and expert debate. Most comments can be divided into two...

The Kremlin’s relatively calm response to Ukraine’s decision to set its sights on NATO membership should not be misunderstood by anyone. It came on the eve of the Russia-NATO summit, not the best...

On May 28, the day of Russia-NATO summit in Rome, Italy’s L’Unita published an interview with Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma containing a number of fundamental statements. The new level of...

The Ukrainian parliament’s sittings are often called free shows. Talking to reporters on May 29, Viktor Yushchenko offered his own. He certainly meant to condemn what his political opponents had done...

Once I asked my small son what he wanted to be. The answer was a fireman. My son explained his choice by his desire to save people. Time passed, and job preferences changed among his friends and in...

Fedir SODOL, eleventh grader: My parents divorced when I was still a child. For that reason I cooked from childhood while my mother was at work. Thus this passion continued and when I lived with...

Ukrainian privatization has been rocked by a new scandal, this time concerning the Kyivmetrobud (subway construction) Joint Stock Company. Six contenders have engaged in a violent clash over this...

Ukraine’s intention to expand cooperation with the Eurasian Economic Community voiced by President Kuchma has met with varying responses inside the country, although the head of state stresses (in a...

(Continued from Nos. 14, 15) It was the sad lot of Kyrylo, Oleksiy Razumovsky’s younger brother, to be the last hetman of Ukraine. When Kyrylo moved to Saint Petersburg in 1742, Empress...

A true sensation has rocked remote Slobidka Satanivska. Three months have passed since an international couple (she is Ukrainian, he Italian) came to the village, bought a ramshackle house with an...

However interesting, a trip abroad with its unusual beautiful landscapes and meetings with compatriots leaves one with very special impressions. Perhaps this is because for most Soviet citizens...

The Fourth Serge Lifar International Ballet Contest ended with a gala concert at the National Opera on Friday, May 24. The jury, in keeping with tradition, was presided over by the celebrated...

The Violence, Horror, and Pornography: the Problem of Criteria of Their Influence on the Juvenile Psyche round table was held on May 29, in an atmosphere of scientific precision and public emotion....

The drawn-out crisis of the Ukrainian filmmaking industry increasingly often compels domestic producers to make do with compromises. Strange as it may sound here, a film director must make movies,...