№49, (2010)
21.09.2010 - 00:00
Hostomel awaiting nano-satellites
On September 30 the Antonov airfield in the town of Hostomel, near Kyiv, is going to host the 7th international aerospace show Aviasvit-21, which will last until October 4.Organizers claim that this...
21.09.2010 - 00:00
Ukrainians to undergo compulsory screenings
The Ministry of Health ordered an obligatory annual medical checkup for Ukrainian citizens. They expect to obtain an exhaustive picture of the population’s health. The order is one of the measures of...
21.09.2010 - 00:00
This day in history
1812: Nikitsky Botanical Garden is founded in the Crimea. 1841: Medical school opens at Kyiv University (currently: Ukrainian State Medical University). 1848: In response to the invasion of Austrian...
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Lviv to be book capital of the world
On the eve of the XVII Forum of Publishers the famous Kyivan writer-brothers Kapranov turned to the Lviv community, regional and local authorities with an open letter. They called for nominating Lviv...
21.09.2010 - 00:00
Palace of nature turns 75
Very soon one of the most beautiful botanical gardens of Ukraine, Hryshko National Botanical Garden, will celebrate its 75th anniversary. Botanists argue about whether this is too much or too...
21.09.2010 - 00:00
The last moratorium?
About a year is left until yet again canceling a moratorium for purchase and sale of agricultural land. As it is known, the previous moratorium was to expire on January 1, 2010. However, in December...
21.09.2010 - 00:00
College students to pay for missed lectures
Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers has adopted several resolutions, including one establishing a list of paid services in the sphere of post-secondary education. This list features services that have...
21.09.2010 - 00:00
Top secret
Has the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) detained representatives of foreign intelligence services? Not that we have heard of. Earlier, when Valentyn Nalyvaichenko was in charge of the SBU, such...
21.09.2010 - 00:00
Chernivtsi’s poetic meridian
“Chernivtsi, located midway between Kyiv and Bucharest, the Crimea and Odesa, has always been a secret capital of Europe, where sidewalks were swept with bouquets of roses, and there were more...
21.09.2010 - 00:00
The Future of Power
MADRID – The world financial crisis has served as a quick and efficient catalyst to the G-20. The first three G-20 summits of chiefs of state, in Washington, London, and Pittsburgh, will be...
21.09.2010 - 00:00
EVENT
Russian human rights activists convene National Public Constitutional Forum
Human rights activists and political scientists announced the convention of the National Public Constitutional Forum on...
21.09.2010 - 00:00
Villages need daring solutions
Another “salvation” document — The National Doctrine on Agricultural Sector Development — has been prepared for Ukrainian agrarians. The new roadmap for the development of the Ukrainian agricultural...
21.09.2010 - 00:00
More questions than answers
We have the third president since 2000, yet the case of the murder of Georgy Gongadze, the chief editor of the Internet newspaper Ukrainska Pravda, remains open and unsolved. Recently, however, the...
21.09.2010 - 00:00
A Macedonian cultural center to be created in Ukraine
A year ago at a Ukraine-Macedonia business forum at the Chamber of Commerce and Economy of Ukraine, the business circles of Ukraine learned about Macedonia’s outstanding economic success, even amidst...
21.09.2010 - 00:00
Saudi Arabia discovers Ukraine
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is known in the world as one of the richest countries in Middle East, the largest oil exporter, as well as the cradle of Islam and Prophet Muhammad’s place of...