№25, (2007)
11.09.2007 - 00:00
Urban RUSNAK : “I was amazed by the high degree of unforeseeable events in Ukraine”
Another featured guest of our regular column “Our Country through the Eyes of Foreigners” is Urban Rusnak, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Slovak Republic to Ukraine. The Day...
11.09.2007 - 00:00
Booster vaccine for measles and German measles awaits Ukraine
In spring 2008, eight million Ukrainians will get a surprise from their doctors: young people between the ages of 15 and 29 will receive a booster vaccine for measles and German measles. This...
11.09.2007 - 00:00
Dynamo’s 80th birthday
Nobody knows the precise date when the Dynamo Kyiv Club was born. That’s why Dynamo’s 80th jubilee was celebrated for a whole year. The celebrations culminated in a friendly match...
11.09.2007 - 00:00
Ukrainian books headed for extinction
Ukrainian Book Year is being celebrated in Ukraine. But instead of “Welcome!” publishers and booksellers are still hearing the words “Clear out!” Bookstores are continuing to feel pressure from more...
11.09.2007 - 00:00
PACE Forecast
Rapporteur of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) Hanne Severinsen have just made a visit to Ukraine with the mission of PACE Special Committee on questions of observation the...
11.09.2007 - 00:00
Boaz HIRSCH: “We can offer added value to Ukrainian companies”
Boaz Hirsch, the director of foreign trade at Israel’s Ministry of Industry, Trade, and Labor, has just made his first visit to our country. Together with a delegation representing nearly 20 Israeli...
11.09.2007 - 00:00
This week in history
Sept. 11 1943: The Veriovka State Folk Choir is founded. 1996: The first issue of the national Ukrainian daily newspaper Den’ comes off the presses. Sept. 12 1996: Ukraine and the European Union sign...
11.09.2007 - 00:00
For sick children’s sake
Kateryna Yushchenko’s Ukraine-3000 International Charitable Foundation is continuing to raise money to build a new children’s hospital in Feofania. On Sept. 4 the benefactors of the Children’s...
11.09.2007 - 00:00
Save our cinema!
After meeting with staff members of the Dovzhenko Film Studios in Kyiv, President Viktor Yushchenko declared that he is ready and willing to submit a bill to the Ukrainian parliament about the...
11.09.2007 - 00:00
Hope-inspiring cinema
The Days of Ukrainian Culture were celebrated in Israel several months ago, for the first time since Ukraine and Israel established diplomatic relations. Judging by the press coverage and the number...
11.09.2007 - 00:00
Susanne NIES: “For me, Ukraine is part of the European dream”
Today the “Our Country through the Eyes of Foreigners” column introduces Susanne Nies, international programs manager at the Paris-based Institute of International and Strategic Studies. She is a...
11.09.2007 - 00:00
A visit to the Pyrohove Fair
The Pyrohove Fair, which attracts master craftspeople from every region of Ukraine, is thematically neutral and appeals to visitors because they can buy a long-coveted item or even a work of art....
11.09.2007 - 00:00
Synchronizing watches
The 8th meeting of the diplomatic corps in Kyiv took place recently in a new format, at a time when the two key branches of power are competing for control of Ukraine’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs....
11.09.2007 - 00:00
GogolFest as a rehearsal for the celebrations of Gogol’s birth
The bicentennial of the birth of the outstanding Ukrainian writer Nikolai Gogol (Mykola Hohol) will be marked on April 1, 2009. As part of the celebrations honoring this writer, philosopher, and...
11.09.2007 - 00:00
Ukrainian Book Day in Moscow
Ukrainian Book Day is taking place within the framework of the 20th Moscow International Exhibition. Valentyna Babyliulko, director of publishing at Derzhkomteleradio (State Committee on Radio and...