№56, (2010)

LVIV — TRUSKAVETS — LVIV — Theoretically speaking, Ukraine can become one of the world’s biggest foreign direct investment destinations, considering its vast domestic market potential, relatively...

On October 8-14 the Kyiv-based Bottega Gallery hosted the exhibit “Seeing in Colour,” organized by the British Council in Ukraine. The gallery’s guides explained that the works...

Hetman Bohdan Khmelnytsky started building the Ukrainian state to the accompaniment of roaring cannons and fires consuming cities and their residents. This state was built by victorious...

At first glance, nothing, or almost nothing, special is happening today in Ukraine’s banking system. Under the surface, however, that’s not the case. Late last week Kyiv saw the...

The domestic coal industry is experiencing a difficult period in its development. A majority of coal enterprises remain state property and continue to stay afloat only thanks to millions of hryvnias...

Mikhail Fedotov, head of Russia’s Union of Journalists, has been appointed chairman of the Presidential Council for Facilitating the Development of Civil Society and Human Rights Institutions...

Yesterday Ukraine was in national mourning after a train crash tragedy. An accident occurred in the Dnipropetrovsk region, taking the lives of close to 50 people. The circumstances of the traffic...

According to a statement made by Ivan Nadein on October 11, Ukraine is facing the most expensive heating season in country’s history. That is true because the price for Russian gas is around 250...

1920: The Red Army defeats Wrangel’s [White Guard] troops at Kakhovka. 1942: The official day chosen, by the Main Ukrainian Liberation Council in 1947, to mark the Ukrainian Insurgent Army...

Every day 17 people die of AIDS in Ukraine. These are mostly young people. The problem is that lots of money is spent on fighting AIDS and a great number of organizations work with this issue, but,...

The Ukrainian and Crimean governments have begun enforcing land regulations on the peninsula with unprecedented vigor. One arrest is followed by another, demonstrating to the voters a resolute...

Students of Ukrainian universities claim that they have been subject to pressures for their active civic stand. Deutsche Welle informs about so-called prophylactic conversations in deans’...

I was impressed by the presence of distinguished foreign, including Russian, experts. Suffice it to mention several names: top-notch Sovietologist Richard Pipes; Helene Carrere d’Encausse,...

Since its creation it has managed to collect over ten thousand authentic exhibits. These include, for example, heavy kerosene lanterns, which were used by carriage attendants before the era of...

The United Kingdom is a firm supporter of a strong, free and independent Ukraine and its European aspirations. On my first visit to Ukraine since the new British government was elected in May, I am...