№39, (2003)

President Leonid Kuchma signed an edict on December 10 appointing Andriy Kliuyev Vice Premier in charge of the fuel and energy complex. Previously, the SDPU(O) faction, having the quota for that post...

“Keep in step with the revolution! Enemy watching — proceed with caution!” (From Alexander Blok’s The Twelve. Trans. by Alex Miller) The assignment we were given on an alternative day at the...

The Constitutional Court of Ukraine has found that the draft bill, On Making Amendments to Constitution (whose authors are People’s Deputies Stepan Havrysh, Rayisa Bohatyriova, et. al.), does not...

On December 13, 1893, 110 years ago, Nikolai FitilСv, who would make history under the penname of Mykola Khvyliovyi, was born. Ukraine has never asked many questions about where one came from, in...

December 16. 1917. Russia’s Council of People’s Commissars issued a Manifesto to the Ukrainian People and an Ultimatum to the Ukrainian Central Rada stating Russia would declare war on Ukraine unless...

How comfortable is the life of children in today’s Ukraine? This was the subject of Friday’s presentation of the State Report on the Condition of Children in Ukraine. Among those who took part in the...

On November 23, the old famous Catholic cathedral, Notre Dame, Paris saw an unusual service — a Byzantine (Eastern)-rite liturgy conducted by Bishop Mykhailo Hrynchyshyn, Apostolic Exarch for Greek...

Seven countries presented their films for showing in Ukraine’s capital. The audience will have a chance to see films by renowned directors Frank Capra, Mykola Shpikovsky, Aki Kaurismaki, and others....

It is traditional to sum things up as the year draws to a close. The pollsters were among the first to do so. According to a survey conducted in late November by the Ukrainian Institute of Social...

Unbelievable, but Tarantino has done it again! He did because he can do it like no one else, coming up with yet another 100% blockbuster that even the most exacting cinephiles can find no faults with...

In most regions of Ukraine bread prices rose 30-40% in November alone. Other foodstuffs followed suit, albeit to a lesser degree, and even vegetables sold at unusually higher prices for the season....

For the past four years the Ukrainian economy has shown a steadily high growth rate. In 2000-02, the GDP rose by 20.9%, and 7.2% in the first ten months of this year. Industrial output has shown an...

A two-day NATO conference, NA TO Transformation: Agenda for the New Century, ended in London on December 9. It dealt with a broad range of issues relating to the Alliance’s further development and...

The Defense Ministers of Ukraine and Russia have signed a Plan for Bilateral Cooperation between their departments for 2004. The Defense Ministry press service reported that the signed plan would...

The Cultural Heritage Museum recently launched an art exhibit by Meritorious Artist of Ukraine Oleksandr Mylovzorov under the eloquent title Bacchanalia. It is a month-long and displays more than...