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The Southern Buh near Mykolayiv has long won the sinister reputation of a death trap for ice fishermen. This winter is no exception. Owing to the unexpected thaw gnawing away at the ice, tragedies...

This thesis was put forth by Oleksandr Bondar, head of the State Property Fund at a briefing, adding, “We plan an active advertising campaign for enterprises all the time the tenders go on. And this...

Then come fuel and pay The situation that has developed in Ukraine’s nuclear power industry this winter alarms both society and experts. Oleksandr Hudyma, chairman of the parliamentary fuel...

The State Department has made its proposals concerning 2001 budget expenditures in the foreign policy domain. Supporting US interests and those of other countries, US Secretary of State Madeleine...

“ I am very glad to declare that the Energy Department I head and the US International Development Agency have decided to give Ukraine $850,000 to help improve its energy sector efficiency,” US...

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Borys Tarasiuk came to Miensk prior to Leonid Kuchma long planned visit. The Ukrainian President may well himself visit to partake of that country’s experience, as Belarus...

In recent days the West has taken a lively interest in the news from Austria. “A historical error” was precisely how the newspapers, radio, and television — obviously, following the example of German...

Russian former Premier Yevgeny Primakov officially announced he will not run for President in the coming elections. Of course, an announcement like this was in order following the outsider move made...

The illegal (shadow) economy accounts for almost 50% of today’s total Ukrainian economy. The process of creating the shadow sector is caused primarily by excessive tax pressure from the state. These...

The Russian Foreign Ministry is again casting not the friendliest gaze at Ukraine. Interfax quotes the ministry as stressing in its statement that “certain forces in Ukraine seem to intend to create...

The fifth Ukrainian Polar Expedition will arrive in Antarctica only at the beginning of the cold Antarctic fall when most foreign researchers of the icy continent will be completing their programs...

NATO Commander for Europe, General Wesley Clark, while on an official two-day visit to Ukraine ending February 9, declared that the most important element of the Ukrainian army’s compatibility with...

February 15: 1574. Ivan Fedorov published in Lviv The Apostle , the first printed book in Ukraine. 1989. The USSR completed withdrawal of its forces from Afghanistan. February 16: 1571. Muscovite...

The main one is whether the majority can keep in one piece and reconcile its “multivector” interests when passing the budget bill. How much can one regard the pro- presidential majority a pro-Cabinet...

Enactments relating to administrative reform in Ukraine have increased the number of executive authorities, government institutions, and expenses involved in their maintenance, UNIAN was told by...