№23, (2002)

July 12 was the closing day of the first session of the fourth Ukrainian parliament. The first semester of the new lawmakers turned out a bit crumpled – in May this was explained by the need to fix...

On the eve of World Population Day, July 11, the UN representation in Ukraine and the State Statistics Committee held a joint conference. The theme of this year’s observance, reducing poverty by...

The Ukrainian listener can hear again Vasyl Manolov, Meritorious Artiste of Ukraine and winner of the All-Ukrainian Contest of Vocalists. He has been absent from the Ukrainian stage for some time,...

Kyiv’s Ukraine House hosted on July 8 the second congress of the Known Ukraine Mission, a national non-governmental organization founded on June 2, 2001, on the initiative of prominent politicians,...

Construction work on the streets next to the St. Sophia of Kyiv National Preserve could jeopardize the safety of this museum’s structures, unique mosaics, and frescoes, said Larysa Skoryk, deputy...

July 16: 1917. The Central Rada passed the Statute for Ukraine’s Supreme Administration giving to it and its General Secretariat the rights of a parliament and government. 1990. Verkhovna Rada...

Without exaggeration the first president and current People’s Deputy Leonid Kravchuk can be described as the most experienced contemporary Ukrainian politician and one of the most active authors of...

As long ago as 1995 the Lviv Oblast Council recognized the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) as a combatant in the Second World War and the participants of the national liberation movement as fighters...

Verkhovna Rada’s July 11 vote on the government action program caused no sensation. As expected, the majority (259) of the 427 people’s deputies registered to vote took note of the Cabinet of...

US Treasury Secretary Paul O’Neill’s visit to Ukraine can be regarded as a quite significant event in polishing our bilateral relations. It was preceded by the emergence of the US Eximbank in Ukraine...

Kyiv’s Karas Atelier art gallery has presented a project which is unusual in many respects. In the first place its author, cutting an extraordinary figure, is Badri Gubianuri, a master of colorful...

“Ukraine counts on the support of Slovenia in the process of integration into the European and Euro-Atlantic structures,” President Leonid Kuchma of Ukraine said after negotiations with his Slovene...

July 20 will witness the first round of Ukrainian-Russian negotiations on the establishment of an international consortium to manage the Ukrainian gas transport system. Interfax-Ukraine quotes Prime...

The economists telling us that Ukraine is facing an economic downturn (let them decide if it is a depression or recession) should hold no surprises to anyone with the two standard semester of Western...

A new state program for privatization in Ukraine, which is currently being drafted by a special task force, will probably cover the next six years to come, Yuri Hryshan, SPF deputy head, said in a...