№21, (2001)

Khyma Ostapchuk lives in the center of Holenyshcheve, a village in Khmelnytsky oblast where the living standard has always remained at the traditional village level. Unlike the rest of the homes,...

Neither Russia nor Ukraine will benefit from the VAT that Russia has imposed on imports from Ukraine beginning July 1 “from the standpoint of the political consequences of this decision,” President...

“We are proceeding from small steps to global actions.” This phrase was repeated more than once at last Wednesday press conference devoted to participation of the Ukrainian delegation in the special...

A conference called Will Domestic Toys Develop? has been held in the capital recently. The issue has become a high-profile one in the wake of both mass closures of Ukrainian toy plants (only five or...

The current failure of Bank Ukrayina, like former less spectacular ones, highlights the fact that in Ukraine to bank on something does not at all mean that you can depend on it, as the English idiom...

The guitar is almost as whimsical as a woman. Now it cries, pouring out its soul in a tremulous voice, vibrates to a strong captivating dancing rhythm, then it melts in a heartfelt romance. The...

Ukraine is pursuing a responsible arms trade policy and exercising effective state control over the export of weapons. This announcement was made at a July 10 plenary meeting of the UN Conference on...

The festivities started in Berlin by opening the exhibit, Murnau — Manila — Minsk: The Goethe Institute is Fifty. A series of gala concerts will follow. The Murnau-Manila-Minsk exhibit consists...

Ukraine’s nonaligned status and dependence on the eastern vector of its foreign policy have brought about the assumption that we will not join NATO but at the same time do not refuse to cooperate...

Concerts by three laureates of most prestigious music contests — Mariya Kim (Ukraine), Ihor Chetuyev (Ukraine-Germany), winner of the Fourth Horowitz Young Pianists Contest and Ninth Rubinstein...

What kind of toys do your children play with? Larysa PIDKAMINNA, 30: We buy only foreign-made toys for our child because they are of much higher quality than Ukrainian ones. Most probably...

“Ukraine needs to change its attitude to visiting foreign nationals,” Colonel General Borys Oleksiyenko, chairman of Derzhkomkordon [State Committee for the Protection of the State Border], declared...

The Exhibition opened recently at Kyiv’s L’Art Gallery emerges as a whimsical combination of video, choreographic, and athletic effects. Its subject matter is made up of video miniatures by the...

“Every US administration — of George Bush the elder, Bill Clinton, and current President George Bush the younger — did and does recognize the crucial importance of Ukrainian independence and...

Kyiv music lovers had a rare opportunity to listen to a Francesco Ruggieri violin (1639) at a concert at the Hall of Columns of the National Philharmonic Society. The unique instrument was played by...