№29, (2003)
07.10.2003 - 00:00
The US and Ukraine address problem of solid rocket fuel disposal
The US has made a political decision to withdraw from the solid propellant disposition project at the Pavlohrad Chemical Plant, where fuel is being removed from RS-22 intercontinental ballistic...
07.10.2003 - 00:00
Why Not in Ukraine and Poland?
The Soccer Federation of Ukraine and the Polish Soccer Association have conceived a grandiose joint project: to apply to the UEFA to award the final part of the 2012 Championship of Europe to both...
07.10.2003 - 00:00
Ukrainian-Hungarian ecological expedition begins
It is planned to study the river basin, status of the banks, protective installations, water, and biodiversity. An expedition of eight researchers decided to cover a distance of 500 kilometers to the...
07.10.2003 - 00:00
Picking Mushrooms — and Bombs
Cheremoshne is a village that emerged in the Volyn forest many centuries ago. Legend says it appeared when Moscow was founded. Ever since people have lived by what their farm plots yielded and what...
07.10.2003 - 00:00
Benefit for Ukrainian Turandot
On Saturday, September 27, the National Opera celebrated prima donna Lydia Zabiliasta’s fiftieth birthday as she sang the title part in Puccini’s Turandot.
Eduard Sribnytsky was her partner as...
07.10.2003 - 00:00
Mstyslav the Brave and the Golden Age of Chernihiv
For centuries, Chernihiv, the chief town of the Siveriane Slavic tribe and the largest historical center of Northern Left Bank Ukraine, was capital of a state or a major territorial and...
07.10.2003 - 00:00
Irene Gallery hosts Tetiana Kusailo’ s personal exhibition
This female artist was born in Lviv and studied in Odesa and Kharkiv; taught in Poltava, then moved to Kyiv. She has had several personal exhibitions, but Kyiv sees her graphic works — pastels and...
07.10.2003 - 00:00
Love with Variations
The Akvarel Gallery hosts Illia Popiuk’s exhibit titled “My Love and ...” The artist is from Vyzhnytsia, not far from Chernivtsi, and the exposition is composed of watercolors and drawings.
The...
07.10.2003 - 00:00
Non-festive reflections on the festivities marking the centenary of the great Ukrainian singer Borys Hmyria
We can be proud of Hmyria not only because he lived and performed in Ukraine. It is time we pondered precisely what is there that makes up our national pride one case or another. Often it happens...
07.10.2003 - 00:00
I’ve never acted like a prima donna
The National Opera plans several premieres this season, including Shostakovich’s Katerina Izmailova and Verdi’s Don Carlos. Both are very important in Svitlana Dobronravova’s career; her parts as...
07.10.2003 - 00:00
Or an episode in the life of entrepreneurs with special needs
I have never seen policemen carry people around except in the line of duty. Meanwhile, they always make an exception for one Mr. Hrybalsky, the wheelchair repairman. When he drives up to the Oblast...
07.10.2003 - 00:00
Civilian firms to provide logistical support
Throughout 2004, Ukraine’s Armed Forces and other military formations will participate in an experiment whereby military units will be provided with foodstuffs and fuel by small and medium businesses...
07.10.2003 - 00:00
Over 6,500 young Kyivans were unemployed in the first half of this year
With almost 60% of high school graduates going to receive higher education, the number of university-level students has doubled in recent years. Alas, far from all of them manage to put their...
07.10.2003 - 00:00
The Crimea wants to protect majority principle
It has become known of late that the opposition intends to submit yet another constitutional amendments bill (it would be the fifth such bill over the past year), aimed at strengthening local...
07.10.2003 - 00:00
To Slay the Dragon
The Day’s round table has hosted Oleksandr LYTVYNENKO, Deputy Director, National Institute for Strategic Studies; Serhiy MAKSYMENKO, Director, East-West Institute, and Iryna ROZHKOVA, Head of the...