№23, (2001)

On September 3 Finnish Defense Minister Jan-Erik Enestam arrived on an official visit to Kyiv. During the talks that followed, issues of arms reduction and control, the progress and prospects of...

Such is the title of a one-woman show underway at the Children’s Academy of the Arts. The author, noted Kyiv artist Valentyna Chaikovska, says, “Life would be dull and meaningless if we did not...

Addressing a joint session of the Ukrainian Agrarian Confederation and the All-Ukrainian Union of Agricultural Entities on September 6, Prime Minister Anatoly Kinakh assured the audience the...

She knew Nikita Khrushchev and was one of few women in the Soviet Union allowed to enter Leonid Brezhnev’s study; she was greeted by Konrad Adenauer and presented pieces of jewelry by Indira Ghandi....

The NRU (People’s Rukh of Ukraine-Udovenko) leadership, after deciding on September 8 to “attempt to consolidate an election block led by Viktor Yushchenko” actually tied their own hands, passing up...

Ukrainian literati, German businessmen, and diplomats gathered at the Goethe Institute’s library recently to sum up the contest called Germany-Ukraine: What Happened in the Past? What Is Happening...

Over a month ago Ukraine agreed to suspend supplies of heavy weapons to Macedonia for the duration of peace talks. Almost a month has elapsed since a peaceful settlement plan was signed in the...

Trilateral military exercises began on September 3 in Stanford, Great Britain, with Ukraine, Poland, and Great Britain participating. By established tradition, the maneuvering troops will simulate a...

His pictures are funny, scary, and painfully sad. Some are very small, while others seem purposefully reduced versions of huge frescoes and panels. There is nothing paradoxical about them, and the...

The turnout for Verkhovna Rada’s eighth session was virtually 100%. Moreover, Prime Minister Anatoly Kinakh, de jure still a deputy, brought along his complete cabinet team. Although the president’s...

Where do caring parents most want to take their children on holidays and weekends? To the theater, cinema, or zoo. That’s right, to the zoo! And how does the Kyiv Zoo now earn its living, what...

Once again we watched on our home screens Georgy Danelia’s I’m Taking a Stroll in Moscow, an old Soviet comedy with a very funny scene at a store selling old record albums. A salesgirl (Galina...

On September 7 First Vice Premier of Ukraine Oleh Dubyna presided over an extraordinary session of the board of the State Department for Labor Safety Supervision. The central item on the agenda was...

The Turkish ambassador to Ukraine was surprised by Crimean Speaker Leonid Hrach saying that Turkey has territorial claims on Ukraine, Interfax Ukraine reports. The Crimean speaker declared in his...

The Editors recently played host to Serhiy Kurykin, deputy head of the Green Party, newly appointed Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources. Considering that the previous cabinet had no...