№28, (2002)

New information has come from the field of a never-ending battle between oblenerho regional electric companies, thermal, and nuclear power plants for their cut of the electricity rate pie. The...

President Leonid Kuchma declined to meet representatives of the Rise Up, Ukraine protest action who intended to deliver to him a resolution of the meeting that took place in Kyiv’s European Square on...

Gunther Verheugen is a conspicuous figure at EU quarters, owing to his post as commissioner for EU expansion. His name will be long remembered in Ukraine after stating that this country’s European...

The number of policemen seemed to exceed that of inhabitants, with ten or so manning every intersection. Some of the streets were cordoned off. Such tight security arrangements done by the rules...

The conceptual linchpin of the political season just begun is again the modernization of the system of governance in Ukraine. The presidentially sponsored project of political reforms pivots on the...

Mass actions like those held on September 16 by some opposition parties and blocs undoubtedly liven up the political life of any country, set a certain pace to the political dialog, and...

As earlier reported, the leaders of Our Ukraine, Labor Ukraine, Party of Industrialists’ and Entrepreneurs, People’s Democratic Party, Agrarian Party, and Democratic Initiatives Group signed an...

The Sunday before last there was no room to swing the proverbial cat in Kyiv’s Maidan Nezalezhnosti. This is no wonder as it has been a long time since Kyiv last witnessed such a democratic sporting...

Now that the Extended Funding Facility program has been completed, with the International Monetary Fund having refused to grant the last loan as the final curtain went down, a question arises as to...

Valery Shevchenko, representative of the Carpathian regional tourist council, suggested we take a ride to Lake Andriyivske beyond the village of Serednie in Uzhhorod oblast. Our point of destination...

Professionals in the advertising business know that a brand’s market position, its consumer image depends on how much inspiration was put into its creation. One of our newspaper’s trademarks is the...

This lavishly produced historical epic about Ukrainian hero Hetman (or “leader”) Mazepa, who in the early 18th century briefly secured his country’s independence from rivals Russia and Sweden, is a...

“Living power is hateful to the mob — They can love only the dead”(Aleksandr Pushkin, Boris Godunov) The protest action being staged by four Ukrainian opposition parties leaves one with a strange...

There have been few real heroes of spirit and freedom at all times and in all lands. Still, their role is significant, especially in the final reckoning. Without such people it is impossible to...

Viktor SKOMOROKHA, Chairman of the Constitutional Court; “The photo exhibition is very interesting. An extremely unbiased look. For example, the photo ‘Options’ (showing Viktor Medvedchuk and...