№23, (2005)

Russia’s split personality — symbolized by its Tsarist coat of arms, a two-headed eagle — has been on open display recently. One minute, President Vladimir Putin’s regime is on a charm offensive,...

Last year this festival, held on the initiative of Oleh Skrypka, the front man of the legendary pop group Vopli Vidopliasova, was not just an unforgettable event in the cultural and artistic life of...

Ukraine has made a firm decision to reduce the state’s role in managing military-industrial complex (MIC) facilities. In principle, this is what experts have been advising for a long time. Yet, the...

Last week Lesia Gongadze, the mother of slain journalist Heorhiy Gongadze, submitted her fifth blood sample for genetic analysis as part of the investigation into her son’s killing. In the meantime,...

Toward the end of this week, on July 15, the Economic Court of Kyiv will continue hearing a rather questionable lawsuit brought by the General Prosecutor’s Office. Called to protect the interests of...

July 12. 1581. The Ostroh Bible was published by printing pioneer Ivan Fedorov 1996. People’s deputies of Ukraine swore allegiance to the people of Ukraine according to the Constitution. July 13....

Last Thursday Nina Karpachova, the Verkhovna Rada’s Human Rights Ombudswoman commented to journalists on the main points of the annual report The State of Human Rights and Freedoms in Ukraine, which...

The exhibition called “Tea-Sets of the 17th-20th Centuries: Style of an Epoch” features the museum’s collections of Ukrainian-made china and faience. “The exhibition’s title is self-explanatory,”...

Most of the reasons behind foreign investors’ wary attitude to Ukraine are generally known: use of non-market methods, the reprivatization debates. There is also the proverbial sword of Damocles...

NATO experts have promised to help Ukraine dispose of ammunition and destroy some surplus and outdated weapons in Novobohdanivka, Zaporizhzhia oblast. The alliance plans to offer Kyiv not only...

With President Bush at the table, the “spin masters” who put a victorious gloss on all his actions had little need to lower expectations concerning the outcome of the G-8 meeting in Scotland. Any...

Last Wednesday the Verkhovna Rada, despite the hue and cry in parliament that at times turned into hand-to-hand combat, still managed (key word here) to pass several bills that will smooth the...

There are 18,000 customs officers in Ukraine, including 1,200 in Transcarpathia. This region has 18 checkpoints on the borders of three neighboring countries - Hungary, Slovakia, and Rumania. It is...

Every winter we dream about what you see in this page: summer, heat, fishing, swimming, bathing in the fountains, etc. And then it finally comes. At first we check weather forecasts every 40 minutes...

On July 11-15 Ukraine is hosting the popular Moldovan band Zdob Si Zdub (“Hit the Drum”), who will make five concert stops along their itinerary: Zaporizhia, Dnipropetrovsk, Kremenchuk, Cherkasy,...