№14, (2003)
22.04.2003 - 00:00
EU Heals Wounds
Formally, the purpose of the summit in Athens was the European Union’s expansion eastward. Actually, it was to heal wounds inflicted by the Iraqi crisis. After signing an agreement on ten new EU...
22.04.2003 - 00:00
Cabinet safe from parliament for one year
Premier Viktor Yanukovych’s presentation of the cabinet’s action plan won 335 ayes in Verkhovna Rada, a record. Among those supporting it were the majority factions, those of the Socialist Party,...
22.04.2003 - 00:00
Spring in Kyiv will end with the first World of Traditions Festival
The initiators of the World of Traditions Festival from the Whole World international organization believe it only a small part of their road home. They believe that one should start his/her quest...
22.04.2003 - 00:00
State Property Find attempts peace with parliament to revive privatization
Mykhailo Chechetov, the new SPF chairman, agreed the candidacy of his first deputy with the president. This week Leonid Kuchma is expected to sign an edict assigning the post to Oleksandr Bondar. The...
22.04.2003 - 00:00
Patriarch Filaret of Kyiv and All Rus’-Ukraine on the unity of Orthodoxy, the need of charity, and the duty of many
The following is a sequel to a series of features on social services performed by Ukrainian churches, on how they help people in this complicated time of transition. The Patriarch of Kyiv and All Rus...
22.04.2003 - 00:00
Europe Lacks Information on Ukraine’s Aspirations, French Expert Claims
A debate is unfolding on the European Union’s future against the background of the historic Athens summit, where ten countries affixed their signatures to an EU membership agreement. Nobody doubts...
22.04.2003 - 00:00
Non-Parliamentary Conduct
It is not ruled out that the failed April 17 vote on the Election Law signals a new stage in the ongoing Ukrainian political intrigue. It would be good, of course, if this stage were not too long,...
22.04.2003 - 00:00
Exhibition of Good Taste
On April 16 an all-Ukrainian photo exhibition titled Woman, My Love opened at the Ukrainian House Palace of Arts. It displays 120 photographs by 97 authors from 19 oblasts, including Kyiv, the Crimea...
22.04.2003 - 00:00
Leonid KUCHMA: “Our strategic direction was and is integration into the European community and the Euro-Atlantic organizations”
What is Ukraine integrating into? What kind of a gas consortium will there be? Will oil be running through the Odesa-Brody pipeline? How does Leonid Kuchma see the 2004 elections? The president...
22.04.2003 - 00:00
Chornobyl, Our Biggest Social Debt
The parliamentary hearings dedicated to the seventeenth anniversary of Chornobyl produced no new revelations: awesome figures were quoted and excuses made for many unsolved problems. Many Chornobyl...
22.04.2003 - 00:00
Ukraine and the US: Moment of Opportunity
“Is there any chance that Ukrainian-American relations, now experiencing hard times, might improve significantly?” An American diplomat well acquainted with Ukraine, its specifics, and situation,...
22.04.2003 - 00:00
Lobanovsky Memorial To Be on Highest Level
The idea to hold a tournament in memory of the outstanding soccer coach Lobanovsky came up in the very first days after Ukrainians had paid last respects to one of the most illustrious...
22.04.2003 - 00:00
Notes on the margins of New Russia Governor General’s biography
220 years ago this month, in April 1783, the Crimean Khanate finally lost its independence: the government of Catherine II forced Shagin-Girei to abdicate and leave for Istanbul. The Russian Empire...
22.04.2003 - 00:00
Have Ukrainians learned how to vote wisely?
Iryna ROZHKOVA, Head of the Political Sociology Department, the European Institute for Integration and Development:
“I believe first of all we should touch on the issue of the election criteria...
22.04.2003 - 00:00
Volyn tragedy of 1943 — 1944: search for a balance of interests continues
On April 11-12, the Ostroh Academy National University hosted the first round of its forum of Ukrainian and Polish experts and journalists: The Volyn Tragedy: How Do We Live with this Burden? Nearly...











