№24, (2003)

Months ago information surfaced that one of Ukraine’s twenty-some specialized design bureaus is developing a modernized version of the Kalashnikov automatic rifle. This was confirmed on August 28....

25,000 fans stayed behind at the grandstand of Maksimir Stadium in the capital of Croatia after the referee’s final whistle. The audience gave its favorite team a standing ovation. All the players...

“You must have heard at times the rumble of a distant waterfall... Isn’t it the same feeling that overwhelms you in the hurly-burly of a village fair?.. Outcries, curses, bleating, roaring —...

A few miles outside the town of Rakhiv in Zakarpattia on the highway to Uzhhorod, a sign marking the geographical center of Europe commands the travelers’ attention. It lies halfway between the Ural...

Have you ever heard of an international festival of television and radio programs meant for ethnic minorities, known as “ Miy Ridny Krai” [My Native Land], held in Uzhhorod for the fifth consecutive...

On the eve of Independence Day the League of Ukrainian Philanthropists annually announces the names of the laureates of a number of prizes it has established. Unlike last year, the ceremony took...

Roman and Marhit Selsky’s exhibit, marking the artists’ creative centennial, was held in an atmosphere of “quiet and profound respect.” Few attended the opening ceremony, there were no brochures...

Chernihiv occupies a unique place in the history and culture of Eastern Europe. It is only here that you can still see a series of pre-Mongol- invasion monuments that represent all the consecutive...

Ukraine has a positive view of Ukrainian-German business cooperation, Premier Viktor Yanukovych stressed at a recent meeting with Metro AG CEO Hans Joachim Kerber. This German company recently...

Last month’s forecast by Russia’s premier Mikhail Kasyanov saying that September will be “deadline” for preparing a project on creating the international gas transport consortium and its business...

The MAKS-2003 International Aerospace Show held the week before last in Zhukovsky outside Moscow was evidence that, against the backdrop of its growing role as a global arms exporter, Russia’s...

Studies of global and strategic problems are fashionable in Ukraine. Pertinent str uctures are formed and personnel selected. An ordinary taxpayer learns about how his money is used there thanks to...

All the previous meetings took place in New York or Toronto. However, this time it was decided to hold the congress in Kyiv, in accord with the policy of getting closer to the continental Ukraine...

National Bank Governor Serhiy Tihipko’s August 29 announcement that Ukraine intends to pay back International Monetary Fund loans worth $1.8 billion including interest before the end of this year,...

Four hundred thousand first-graders stepped over the school’s threshold for the first time yesterday, while a total six million pupils entered classrooms all over the country. Are they going to study...