№19, (2005)

The SES and oil were undoubtedly the main topics of discussion during President Yushchenko’s two-day visit to Kazakhstan. While Kazakh leaders were keen on obtaining a more or less clear-cut response...

A number of oil and gas fields appear to be functioning illegally in Ukraine now that this country is increasingly becoming a state ruled by law. When local tax authorities are fed up with watching...

Last Monday, June 6, Ukraine marked the Day of the Journalist, which was instituted by presidential decree as long ago as May 1994. On the eve of this professional holiday, The Day invited some of...

One of the factors that cause problems in the Ukrainian political life is society’s failure to reconsider many historical stereotypes. Owing to ignorance, some tragic events have been repeating in...

The opening session of the revamped National UNESCO Commission revealed that the precarious condition of the Kyivan Cave Monastery (Pecherska Lavra) may force UNESCO to remove this architectural...

The world-famous financier and philanthropist George Soros, who is also the founder and president of the Open Society Institute, recently paid a visit to Kyiv. Widely believed to have funded the...

A few days ago the Verkhovna Rada condemned the militia’s use of force against 3 parliamentarians in Uzhhorod on May 21, which took place when ex- governor Ivan Rizak was being transferred from a...

“All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing.” This quote from Edmund Burke begins and ends the book Plan of this Country’s Development, which was presented last Thursday...

After years of debate in the United States, and opposition to action by the Bush administration, America is finally waking up to the reality of global climate change. Leadership is still not coming...

The closer the 2006 parliamentary elections, the more actively the Socialist Party of Ukraine (SPU), a governmental coalition member, is straying from the “party line.” This kind of behavior seems...

On May 28 Yalta hosted a second session of the GUAM Parliamentary Assembly. Even though the organization has lost one member, Uzbekistan, which is reflected in the name change from GUUAM to GUAM, the...

The scope of this year’s International Month of Photography in Kyiv is more impressive than the first biennale. The event, which is being held under the auspices of leading domestic and international...

The launch of the Baku-Ceyhan oil pipeline has breathed new life into the already declining international contacts of oil and gas transportation experts. Ukraine now has an opportunity to join this...

Under an agreement signed last November between the Kyiv Municipal Administration in the person of Mayor Oleksandr Omelchenko and the international organization European Region of the Year, the...

Last Thursday’s election of the parliamentary vice-speaker was declared invalid because only 255 MPs voted, while the rules require at least 300 secret ballots. Although this election had been...