№29, (2004)

In late October Ukraine hosted a delegation from the Hiroshima Peace Mission. This project is dedicated to the sixtieth anniversary of a major tragedy in the history of humanity — the atomic bombing...

More than enough food for thought for politicians, experts, and the electorate. The first principal factor is the polarization of the Ukrainian electorate manifesting itself in the first round. Some...

Rayisa BOHATYRIOVA, MP, Regions of Ukraine, Viktor Yanukovych’s campaign agent: The fact that this campaign has recorded transgressions of the election law points to its democratic character....

Last week the presidents of Russia, Belarus, and Azerbaijan visited Kyiv to take part in the celebrations of the 60th anniversary of Ukraine’s liberation from the Germans (See more on page DAY AFTER...

Ukrainians owe this innovation to the war on terror. At least, this is what the Interior Ministry claims. According to Vasyl Hrytsak, chief of the ministry’s resource department, participants at the...

November 2. 1941 . The Radianska Ukrayina [Soviet Ukraine] radio station began work in Moscow. 1973. The first stage of the 3600 fine-sheet rolling mill was put into operation at the Azovstal...

Three heads of state attended the parade dedicated to the sixtieth anniversary of Ukraine’s liberation from the fascist invaders. President Kuchma shared the grandstand in Kyiv with Russian and...

Sixty-nine thousand Ukrainians can now celebrate a victory. A court in Poltava oblast has reinstated in his job an HIV-positive resident of Novi Sanzhary, who was fired because of his health....

We live in a violent world. Every day we watch, hear, or read about horrible cataclysms, acts of terrorism, wars, and crimes. All this pours down on us in a never-ending dirty flood from movie and...

A repeated first reading of the 2005 budget bill is scheduled at the Verkhovna Rada for Nov. 3, but it is anyone’s guess whether it will take place and what will happen afterward. Naturally, the...

The other day the Supreme Council of the Crimea again addressed the persistent problem of unfinished construction projects. In Soviet times, such unfinished projects were the result of the practice...

The Year of Poland in Ukraine was not the biggest news of the year from the very outset, even less so on the eve of the presidential elections. However, another poll by TNS OBOP in Poland contains...

In an exclusive interview with the US Russian-language newspaper Novoye Russkoye Slovo (New Russian Word) US President George W. Bush said that he has not ruled out the possibility of Ukraine joining...

Beginning this past spring and continuing into the fall, art galleries and museums in Austria have been hosting a cultural event called “Without Borders.” As part of this cultural extravaganza, the...

Some territories in today’s Ukraine once belonged to an ancient civilization in the North Pontic steppes that were settled by Greek colonists. “Our territories belonged to the ancient Greeks and were...