№8, (2000)

Flowers seem to have two special days to emerge in full blossom in Ukraine: March 8 and September 1. These days are literally buried under flowers, although the bouquets present are essentially...

Since 1996, Ukraine has had its Constitution Article 10 of which reads: “Ukrainian shall be the official language of Ukraine.” Of course, this wording would be enough for law-abiding citizens and the...

Viktor Kyryk, head of the Foreign Ministry’s consular department, told at the conference called Ukraine’s Visa Policy: Ways to Reform It (organized by the Europe XXI Foundation) that this country...

The Verkhovna Rada developments of January and February were very long in the spotlight for all Ukrainian society. And although it is a bit too early to sum up Parliament’s velvet revolution, it is...

President Kuchma signed the bill On the State Budget of Ukraine for the Year 2000. At the same time, Interfax Ukraine reports, he addressed letters to Speaker Ivan Pliushch and Premier Viktor...

In its issue No. 7 of February 29, The Day carried an interview with Olha Mykytenko, a National Opera soloist, under the Culture rubric. The title itself perhaps suggested that the interview aimed to...

The first attempts to make reforms in the Ukrainian coal industry date from 1996. Previously, the industry employed 650,000 miners extracting 66 million tons of coal in 275 mines, with low efficiency...

As war in Chechnya winds down to a low level conflict, it is time to revisit the question of what the war was about and where it will lead. The West reacted to the conflict as a revival of Russian...

Ukraine’s first small businesses are over ten years old (of course, those that have survived). Children of Ukraine’s first businessmen are young men and women, but Ukrainian society is still unsure...

Even for Viktor Yushchenko himself, the level of discussion at the plenum of the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine seemed unexpected, as it probably did for Deputy Premier for Humanitarian...

On February 21 and 22 the Lysenko Hall of Columns hosted two concerts by renowned Russian violinist and conductor Sergei Stadler. Visiting Kyiv this time, Mr. Stadler once again demonstrated his...

The March 9 Cabinet session might be described by the motto, “Attention: Gas.” Even prior to the official start of the working day Vice Premier Yuliya Tymoshenko met with businessmen operating in the...

Nine persons died when Yak-40 crashed after takeoff at 08:43 Moscow Time at Sheremetyevo-1 Airport on March 9. Interfax reports that Flight 9651 Moscow-Kyiv crashed immediately after takeoff for...

What does a country need to do if it really wants to make its way to market relations without triggering large-scale social conflicts? A different mentality? Fewer pensioners, individuals receiving...

“I was shocked all right,” Oleksandr Volkov said, coming out of the Verkhovna Rada hall on Tuesday February 29 after it had been announced that a Deputies’ group called Solidarity was formed in...