№9, (2004)

Do you want to receive a handsome pension? If so, demand that your employer pay you officially and not under the table. Such a suggestion came on March 4 from Finance Ministry Tax and Customs Policy...

Halyna SOLOVIY, candidate in philology, doctoral student of the European Collegium of Polish and Ukrainian Universities, Lublin, Poland: “Study in Poland is prestigious and is rewarded...

The Ukrainian army has servicewomen whose achievements are something that most young servicemen can only dream of. For example, Ukraine’s only female navigator, 1st Lt. Olena Demydchuk, serves in the...

Even after the Constitution is amended the president will remain the most influential state executiveOf fundamental importance to the head of state will be a strong pro-presidential majority in the...

“What did you discuss with the president?” “In particular, we discussed issues relating to the political reform. The president’s initiative to implement the reform has been very timely, and I’m...

The Yanukovych government has against all odds set a new economic growth record. After lengthy recounts and revisions it has transpired that Ukraine’s GDP rose by 9.3% in 2003, thus outstripping by 0...

The Razumkov Ukrainian Economic and Political Study Center presented its report, “Gas Transport System of Ukraine: Prepared to Cooperate?” with somewhat unexpected findings. Its experts believe that...

The debate on the need for tax exemptions to boost the country’s declining hotel business has entered its final stage. The State Tourism Administration has insisted on supporting the hotel business,...

The Ukrainian government appears to have developed a fancy for borrowing money on the world market. First Vice Premier Mykola Azarov stated that he regarded the placement of seven-year eurobonds...

On March 1 the President of Ukraine signed an order that binds every Ukrainian enterprise to open a special value-added tax (VAT) bank account on July 1, 2004. The edict also says that the cabinet...

What do we associate spring with, especially the Italian Spring? With beautiful women, good music, light wine... A head-spinning spectacle, with people quickly falling in love, fixing dates. When men...

Last Tuesday a unique samovar was presented at the MaRGo 2004 trade show. Its height is 1.75 meters, weight 250 kilos, and volume 295 liters. An even bigger Samovar could be constructed in Tula,...

For the eighth time Kyiv hosted the New Names of Ukraine’s Young Stars festival, where the audience got a chance to have a sneak view of the future. Maybe these young talents will soon become...

Mykyta Kadan’s one-man show at the Dim Mykoly [Mykola’s House] gives its own answer to this question. Defenders of the nonfigurative art would be disappointed with the presence of some narration in...

On July 5 the Olympic torch relay will pass through Kyiv for the first time since Ukraine’s independence. This has been made possible thanks to the sponsors of the 2004 Olympics in Athens. For...