№15, (2001)
22.05.2001 - 00:00
In the Shoes of The Fisherman
Until the last minute the Orthodox world did not believe that this could happen: the Vicar of Christ visiting Athens, the Areopagus, received by the episcopate of the Greek Orthodox Church. Even now...
22.05.2001 - 00:00
Tax authorities focus on Naftohaz Ukrayiny
The Naftohaz Ukrayiny National Joint Stock Company (do not let the name fool you: the state owns it, but it takes stock in “private” companies; could we call this de-privatization?) intends to...
22.05.2001 - 00:00
Voronin Is Not Against GUUAM If GUUAM Is Not Against CIS
On May 17 President Vladimir Voronin of Moldova arrived in Kyiv on an official visit. The press conference of Presidents Leonid Kuchma and Vladimir Voronin the following day revealed very few...
22.05.2001 - 00:00
This week in history
May 22: 1861. Taras Shevchenko’s body was reburied at the Chernecha (Monk’s) Hill in Kaniv.
1940. The Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR ratified a decision on establishing insignia for...
22.05.2001 - 00:00
EIGHTEEN UNFORGETTABLE DAYS OF MUSIC
The Fourth Vladimir Horowitz International Contest of Young Pianists is over, after featuring performers in the medium and senior groups (68 contestants from eleven countries). 18 unforgettable days...
22.05.2001 - 00:00
Horror Stories from the Left
May 17 witnessed several simultaneous actions of protest staged in front of Verkhovna Rada. Some 200 members of the All-Ukrainian Union of Workers, Communist Party, and Zubr Association gathered in...
22.05.2001 - 00:00
TEMPTATION OF SCIENCE
DECLINE OF SCIENCE?
Who does not know about the desperate situation of Ukrainian scientific research? Who has not read newspaper articles by indignant scientists appealing and complaining to the...
22.05.2001 - 00:00
1500 New Bureaucrats
The Ukrainian government extended the personnel limit of ministries, other central executive bodies, and their subordinate regional bodies of government by 1452 persons. The personnel limit was among...
22.05.2001 - 00:00
Ukraine and Russia: <BR>TRIAL BY GLOBALIZATION
Ukrainian-Russian relations and the attitude toward them in both countries on the part of the general public and various social groups make it obvious that both the ruling elite and ordinary people...
22.05.2001 - 00:00
Bankruptcy of state enterprises has become a variety of shadow privatization
Three consecutive scandals in the past month over the debt recovery privatization of state-run enterprises has forced this country’s leadership to deal with this problem. President Leonid Kuchma has...
22.05.2001 - 00:00
Serhiy Krymsky’s monologues about wisdom and life
THE WORLD IN A STATE OF ENDLESS MIRACLES AND DISASTERS
Orthodox theology proceeds from the idea of woman-mediated communication with the Lord. The Divine Absolute prevails over everything earthly...
22.05.2001 - 00:00
QUESTION OF THE DAY
Valentyn NETUDYKHATA, culture studies specialist:
“In my opinion, Europe begins with national mentality. In this respect, Ukrainians differ from other Europeans (Germans, Frenchmen, Englishmen,...
22.05.2001 - 00:00
AND THROUGH THE AGES FLOWS THE OREL
Like a clear tear flows the River Orel across the Dnipro steppes. The water of the Orel, the primordial code of our people’s existence, reflects the transparent Ukrainian soul in the vault of the...
22.05.2001 - 00:00
Rukh leaders believe a broad Yushchenko election coalition is still possible
In light of the latest Rukh congress, regarded by many as a conservative victory within the popular movement, and Viktor Pynzenyk’s statement about a congress unifying Reforms and Order (PRP) and...
22.05.2001 - 00:00
UKRAINIANS ACCUSED OF SMUGGLING COCAINE
Another scandal involving Ukrainian sailors surfaced near the American port city of San Diego, when the US Coast Guards confiscated a thirteen ton consignment of cocaine, an all-time record. The...











