№9, (1998)

Lviv had perhaps the highest level of voter turnout in the elections. Almost three-quarters voted for City Mayor Vasyl Kuibida, over one half of all potential voters. Remarkably, the man has no...

Compared to 1990, the sheep population in Ukraine has dropped 5.6 times. UNIAN reports that there were 8.5 million head in 1990 and early in 1998 the number was 1.5 million (900,000 in the public and...

After 23 miners of the Hoska XK mine decided to stage a sit-in March 27 until their 3-month back wages were paid, extraction came to a halt. Under work safety regulations the mine stayed idle for...

By Vitaly Kniazhansky, The Day The German government demanded Ukraine pay off the loan granted the Oriana Concern in Kalush by March 31 German ambassador for Ukraine Eberhard...

By Iryna Klymenko, The Day According to National Bank of Ukraine President Viktor Yushchenko, the NBU managed to achieve a certain stability on the financial market during the last ten...

Debates resumed in Congress on aid to Kyiv, possibly after hearing the parliamentary election's preliminary results. Reuters considers it likely that the US Congress will okay half the amount...

It is difficult to evaluate the level of politics in Ukraine, but that of journalism is hope-inspiring, as evidenced by 1+1 TV channel in its live election-night coverage, which showed that our...

By Valery Zaitsev, The Day The election's results did not surprise anybody. The speedy take-off of the Green Party and Labor Ukraine bloc were predicted by the polls already in February...

Yevhen Bruslynovsky, The Day Victory for youth is how one could describe the results of elections at Talne election district where 53-year-old Deputy Information Minister Mykhailo...

By Roman Onyshkevych, The Day The new Ukrainian Parliament will have to do without Stepan Khmara, the firebrand nationalist and leader of the Ukrainian Conservative Republican Party. Many...

By Tetiana Korobova, The Day One detail: Moroz's behavior shows that he is neither past nor future, he still is in power as Speaker of Parliament and prospects for past and future...

They should not say that Ukrainians have nostalgia for the past. With time the Communists will come to understand that people voted not for them but for the security, solidity, for the hope and...

By Oleksandr Savytsky, The Day The Skochynsky Pit started yielding coal in 1975. Its annual capacity is 770,000 tons; main level depth: 1,200 meters; average 24-hour output: 2,200 tons; and...

Recent heavy rains and thawing caused 1,069 landslides registered in the Crimea. A new one appeared on the 30th kilometer of the Simferopol-Yalta highway, threatening this route of national...

By Tetiana Korobova, The Day Falsification. This word was heard where and whenever two or more Central Election Committee people gathered out of others’ earshot during the 24 hours following...