№26, (2003)

In 2001, this author wrote that fires in the Crimea’s fields and forests were causing an environmental disaster (see Den’ No. 154). It was then that a major portion of the forest belts in the steppe...

Last Wednesday, Ukrainian border guards detained thirty-six persons, including eighteen Chechens, in three separate groups attempting to cross the border illegally. According to the press service of...

Ukraine’s government postponed considering draft documents on creating the Single Economic Space (SES) between Ukraine, Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan for one week. The decision was made by...

On September 10, Verkhovna Rada considered a Cabinet of Ministers bill on the national program to adapt Ukraine’s legislation to that of the EU. Under the bill, adapting legislation is the process of...

The thirteenth annual economic forum, which traditionally brings together state leaders, political figures, and business sharks at the Krynica mountain resort in Poland sometimes called the Polish...

Several important positive trends have emerged in the social development of Ukraine, primarily in the socioeconomic and foreign policy domains. Simultaneously, these trends require appropriate...

Few if any doubted that the opposition G-4 would be short-lived, for no alliance with polarized interests can count on longevity. In the case of G-4 the polarized components were Our Ukraine and...

It would be an overstatement to call individual entrepreneurs stable subjects of the market and even less so subjects oriented toward strategic development. There are also no signs of the economy...

Reforming today’s army means that military units must master not only the most up-to- date battle techniques but also effectively rescuing and rehabilitating soldiers who have for some reason got...

The Yanukovych government has mentioned for the first time the need to create a national oil company. On September 11 Premier Yanukovych stated that the government needs a powerful tool to control...

The Saturday before last Kyiv hosted an international professional boxing tournament. The tournament’s key attractions were the bouts of Russian super-heavyweight Oleg Maskayev vs. American Cedrick...

Despite Ukraine and France being situated on the opposite sides of the European continent, their histories are deeply interwoven. It would be erroneous to say that this refers only to separate...

Twelve years of independence have done Ukraine’s textbook publishers a good turn. Despite the existing tax structure, which is not exactly favorable for book publishing, school textbooks have...

Despite an infinite number of malicious inventions, myths, and intentional distortions, history still remains a science, not a well or poorly compiled collection of tales. It can even be an “exact...

A great distance separates Ukraine and Japan, which makes the search for common interests and topics for a permanent dialog somewhat complicated. However, much has changed recently, with high...