№42, (2006)

For the last three decades Irina Shostakovich has been conducting the same important mission that Cosima Wagner and Elena Bulgakova carried out with love and self-sacrifice. When Irina was a very...

Ukraine and Russia seem to be taking an increasingly constructive approach to tackling thorny problems. Both Kyiv and Moscow are showing interest in cooperation. This particularly concerns the joint...

Pope Benedict XIV recently met the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I in Istanbul and discussed Catholic-Orthodox relations with him. Did these talks bring anything new? What are the prospects for...

Ukrainian political and expert circles are very familiar with James Sherr, fellow of the Conflict Studies Research Centre at the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom. The opinions of this British...

The prime minister had a good visit in Washington. He met the vice-president and addressed the public. His speech was consistent in both his private and public meetings. He laid out Ukraine’s foreign...

2004. Ukrainian residents came to the electoral districts to elect the President of Ukraine for the third time in the last two months. Dec. 27 2004. Hert Arens, the head of the Observation Mission...

In the New Year we will meet again on January 16, taking time out for New Year’s Day and Christmas, which we celebrate according the Julian calendar on January 7, and winding up with Epiphany twelve...

The Ukrainian government has a positive view of the first meeting of the Yushchenko-Putin Commission, which took place last Friday in Kyiv. President Yushchenko told a press conference that both...

This is the seventh year of Coronation of the Word, the nationwide competition of novels, film scripts, and plays, founded by Kraft Foods Ukraine Company (Korona Chocolate) and the TV channel 1+1....

Turkmenistan’s President Saparmurat Niazov, considered the living symbol of this Central Asian republic, died on Dec. 21. The 66-year-old president’s sudden death was caused by cardiac arrest. Niazov...

Preparations had clearly been made for Tarasiuk’s arrival. Three MPs from the Party of Regions - Vladyslav Lukianov, Volodymyr Zubanov, and Yurii Miroshnishenko - stood in the hall in front of the...

Finland optimistically concludes its presiding the EU. The chairperson’s position will go to Germany from January 1, 2007 for a six-month term. Official Helsinki is looking at the relations between...

The prospects for Ukraine’s membership in the EU are impossible today. Therefore, at the present stage the Eurocommunity is offering Kyiv advanced and sectoral cooperation. This is how Germany views...

Ukraine’s parliament is discussing the National Program to Combat Tuberculosis for 2007-11, a document that, if passed, will be one of the cornerstones of the national public health strategy. It is...

Nearly 40 designers presented one dress each before a large audience in the fantasy and pret-a-porter de luxe nominations. Two famous Italian designers were invited to judge the talents and...