№19, (2002)
11.06.2002 - 00:00
Naftohaz on Tour
Ukraine has won a tender, receiving eleven sites for exploratory wells of expected fossil fuel fields in Libya, considered Africa’s leading oil country with proven reserves of up to four billion tons...
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Visiting Cloistered Sisters
Recently I had a unique opportunity to visit a Carmelite convent in Kyiv. This cloistered community is practically closed to the public.
Monasticism is an inalienable component of the Orthodox,...
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90% of all Gypsies are unemployed
Last Friday the First All-Ukrainian Congress of Gypsy Communities opened in Kyiv’s Kozatsky Hotel under the initiative of Forumo Romen Ukrayinatar public organization. The event, whose honorable...
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And not only there...
Our permanent contributor, Lutsk-based journalist Natalia Malimon, was recognized the best in her profession in 2001 by the Volyn oblast branch of the National Journalists’ Union of Ukraine. The Day’...
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Ukraine attempts to tap European gas market
Presidents Leonid Kuchma and Vladimir Putin signed last Sunday in St. Petersburg a declaration of Ukrainian-Russian strategic cooperation in the natural gas sector. Both cabinets are instructed to...
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The Europeanization of Russia
In less than four years, Russia has undergone an astonishing sea change. Macroeconomic stabilization is but the start. Underlying the economy’s rapid recovery is the emergence of a common set of...
11.06.2002 - 00:00
Fairy Tales Evening Comes True
Editors of the Kazkovy Vechir [Fairy Tales Evening] newspaper arranged a magnificent holiday party for children from Ukraine’s regions at the Kyiv House of Clowns situated at the city circus. Three...
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Letters to the Editors
Dear Editor,
I have visited your web site, the English digest of your daily newspaper The Day. I have studied in Kyiv from 1964 to 1969. I am 55 years old. I live on Isle of Youth (also known as...
11.06.2002 - 00:00
At Kyiv’s Stetsenko Easter Festival
In many respects this festival could be described as symbolic – not only because of being held at Easter time (April 27 – June 4) and the composer’s dates of death (April 24) and birth (May 25) – as...
11.06.2002 - 00:00
Democracy and Economic Growth Are Main Conditions For Approaching NATO
US Ambassador in Ukraine Carlos Pascual made a three-day trip to the Crimea. He visited Simferopol and Sevastopol, meeting with local and central peninsular authorities, representatives of the...
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Legalization of Ukrainian incomes is the best policy
The Ukrainian government seems to have finally opted for an early easing of the tax burden for this country’s citizens. Prime Minister Anatoly Kinakh suddenly admitted Friday before last on ICTV...
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Ukraine Plans to Borrow Up to $800 Million in 2003
Ukraine’s government plans to raise foreign loans totaling from $500,000,000 to $800,000,000 in 2003 for refinancing peak payments for foreign debt next year (around $1.6 billion), Interfax Ukraine...
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Thirst for power vs. political logic
Craving undue titles is perhaps inherent in most of those in power in this country. This author has voiced his indignation over the self-styled governors being actually heads of regional state...
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Steven PIFER: No One Is Satisfied With Economic Cooperation
The level of trade and economic relations between Ukraine and the United States of America does not meet the real potential of the two countries, Interfax-Ukraine quotes Steven Pifer, US Deputy...
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Double Anniversary
Last Friday a one-man show by Carpathian photo artist, member of the Photo Artists Union of Ukraine, bearer of a honorary title International Photography Artist at the International Photography...