№28, (2000)
17.10.2000 - 00:00
Polish Institute stages prominent poster designer Roman Kalarus’ s display in Kyiv
The graphic poster has lost its place in the sun in the largest cities; it has to make do with being displayed in half lit galleries and museums. This is probably why Roman Kalarus’s display at the...
17.10.2000 - 00:00
New US Ambassador Pledges Ukraine Support
During the swearing in ceremony at the US Department of State, newly appointed US ambassador to Ukraine Carlos Pasqual expressed his eagerness to assume official duty. Pasqual considers Ukraine to be...
17.10.2000 - 00:00
Toxicodermia Cause Determined
Domestic and foreign specialists have concluded based on a thorough examination of Pervomaisk district residents (Mykolayiv oblast) the cause of the mass outbreak of toxicodermia was severe poisoning...
17.10.2000 - 00:00
Viktor MEDVEDCHUK: “There can only be one majority”
The budget adoption process, amendments to the Constitution, and the painfully constructive approach of the Cabinet to the parliamentary majority continue to determine the political temperature of...
17.10.2000 - 00:00
Will the Sixth Antarctic Expedition Come Off? or The specifics of our nation’s expeditions
Five years ago the British Antarctic Service (BAS) handed over to Ukraine, free of charge, its Faraday Research Base on Galindez Island of the Argentine Archipelago. It is now called the Ukrainian...
17.10.2000 - 00:00
Poverty, Social Spending, And IMF Programs: Myth vs. Reality
An oft-repeated claim is that the IMF is responsible for increasing human misery in the developing countries in particular by forcing countries to cut spending on programs like health and education....
17.10.2000 - 00:00
Thinks Zaporizhzhia Aluminum Combine Director Ivan BASTRYHA
November 20 is the deadline for a commercial tender to sell a 68.01% share in the Zaporizhzhia Aluminum Combine (ZALK). ZALK’s fate will be ultimately sealed in February. The enterprise’s general...
17.10.2000 - 00:00
“From theater of kings to show in the marketplace”
Many tell Bohdan Stupka he should quit the theater and cinema, and concentrate on his current status as Minister of Culture (the press debate is still underway, for example in Kievskie Vedomosti)....
17.10.2000 - 00:00
A Week of Spanish Cinema took place in the Kyiv House of Cinematography
Dramatic tones prevailed in the Week of Spanish Cinema completed last week in the Kyiv House of Cinematographers. However, for our viewer Spanish film still remains unexplored in many respects....
17.10.2000 - 00:00
Two Points Short of Gold
Silver Olympic medal winner Davyd Soldadze, who met the public at the city journalists’ hotel, was paid the following compliment: a lad who committed a manly act. Davyd was a bit embarrassed by this...
17.10.2000 - 00:00
Norway 0, Ukraine 1
Is it easy to play against someone like yourself? This question has arisen for the second time this year. It did for the first time in February-March, when our everlasting champion played a Champions...
17.10.2000 - 00:00
Tchaikovsky’s famous opera appeared at the National Opera the Sunday before last
A true revelation was aroused by the Hermann performed by the People’s Artiste of Ukraine Oleksandr Vostriakov. At the premiere the singer was in a perfect vocal shape, but it was his dramatic...
17.10.2000 - 00:00
This was Hetman Petro Doroshenko’s credo in Latin: Salus Ukraine suprema lex esto
The village of Yaropolets was called Yaropolche before the nineteenth century. It is situated 120 kilometers northwest of Moscow, near the town of Volokolamsk. It is there that our “gallant hetman...