№26, (2007)

Ukraine may achieve progress in fighting bribery only in 10 to 15 years, says Miklos Marshall, Regional Director, Europe and Central Asia, Transparency International. In order to make the struggle...

The 11th EU-Ukraine summit was not a breakthrough in Kyiv’s relations with Brussels. Rather, it had more of a political significance. The participants of the summit called it a constructive and...

Mr. Yatseniuk, I personally heard you say on a visit to the West that political parties should not raise the problem of NATO and the Russian language during the current political campaign. It truly...

Today’s guest of our regular column “Ukraine through Foreigners’ Eyes” is Hanne Severinsen, Rapporteur of the Monitoring Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of Council of Europe (PACE). For many...

Benita Ferrero-Waldner, European External Relations and European Neighbourhood Policy Commissioner, recently visited Kyiv as a member of the EU delegation that took part in the Ukraine-EU summit on...

Sept. 18 1640: The catechism of the “Orthodox confession of the faith” is adopted at a church council in Kyiv. 1996: The Ministry of External Economic Contacts and Trade adopts barcode procedures for...

Yurii Logush, a well-known international company’s chairman, called to the editorial office one day and asked to find our newspaper’s issue containing the continuation of the material written by...

For most civic organizations in Ukraine it is an uphill job to generate ideas and know how to convey them to society and the government. One exception is the Ukrainian Forum whose founder and...

Kurenivka market in Kyiv is considered the main place for selling and purchasing wild and domestic animals. Now, however, potential customers can even buy exotic animals without ever leaving the...

This time the column “Ukraine and the World” features Oleksandr Motsyk, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the Republic of Poland. This Ukrainian diplomat has worked in Poland...

It’s that time again — Russia’s pre-election season when prime ministers are changed as in a game of musical chairs. The last one seated, it is supposed, will become Russia’s next president. As the...

The Salt Symphony Festival in 2004 was the brainchild of Kristian Gessl, a trade adviser at the Embassy of Austria in Ukraine. The idea to hold a concert at a 300-meter depth in the Soledar mine in...

It is heartwarming to realize that Ukraine is showing an increasing interest in ancient crafts, including the creation of rag dolls made of straw. The first public demonstration of how to make straw...

New stationary (land line) phones have been installed free of charge for all benefit recipients in Hryshkivtsi (Zhytomyr oblast), Fursy (Bila Tserkva raion, Kyiv oblast), and Sadky (Poltava oblast),...

In many countries fighting dogs are considered the equivalent of deadly weapons, so owners of such breeds must have a special license. In Ukraine it is common to see the owner of a Pit Bull walking...