№19, (2001)
26.06.2001 - 00:00
While privatization continues, the market offers few attractive shares
Ukraine’s stock market has not been an inspiration for reform- minded citizens over the past few years. But, oddly enough, there still are many people cashing in on the purchase and sale of shares....
26.06.2001 - 00:00
Grigol KATAMADZE: “ FRIENDS LIKE UKRAINE ARE WORTH SEEKING ”
The characteristic feature of Georgia is that, despite all recent developments, including a civil war, there are no disputes in Georgian society about the country’s European choice or independence....
26.06.2001 - 00:00
VIEW FROM VENICE
The forty-ninth Venice Biennale, the first in this millennium, gathered the greatest number of participating countries throughout the history of this grand international exhibition of arts. The...
26.06.2001 - 00:00
In Memory of the Soldiers Who Perished in the Great Patriotic War
On June 22 the leaders of Ukraine took part in unveiling ceremony of a memorial sign in Kyiv to the militaries killed in the Great Patriotic War (known elsewhere as World War II, but that is another...
26.06.2001 - 00:00
Are Ukrainian Aware of Their Environmental Safety Rights
On June 25 three years ago European ministers of the environment who gathered in the Danish city of ° Arhus at the fourth Pan-European conference called Environment For Europe signed the ° Arhus...
26.06.2001 - 00:00
EBRD Plans Active Work in Ukraine
EBRD President Jean Lemiere signed a credit line agreement with the Microfinancial Bank public corporation. The latter’s president Volker Renner noted that “the credit agreement will allow...
26.06.2001 - 00:00
Leonid KUCHMA: “With money you get an impartial court, without it — just chaff”
In the course of his visit to Kharkiv on June 21, President Leonid Kuchma of Ukraine made a number of important statements. In particular, he proclaimed that his decree On Implementing the...
26.06.2001 - 00:00
Stage of Observation
President Bush’s European tour, NATO summit in Brussels, European Union summit in Geteborg, and other events, including the meeting of Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin, leave a strong...
26.06.2001 - 00:00
Thaw in June
The Open Night Festival is not one to bask in jubilee eulogies. It is only five years old, the format is too immature, and it is meant to promote new Kyiv movie makers. It does not even claim epochal...
26.06.2001 - 00:00
Reporters Without Borders Offer Independent Autopsy
Last Thursday Robert Menard, General Secretary of the Reporters Without Borders international organization, announced at his press conference in Kyiv that, should Prosecutor General Mykhailo...
26.06.2001 - 00:00
An Angel Has Landed!
“An angel has landed in Ukraine!” my wife exclaimed as she watched the Pope on television as he sat next to President Kuchma and read his message in much better Ukrainian than many in his audience....
26.06.2001 - 00:00
Quick Tour of Underground Kyiv
Even our ancestors long before us had a clear idea of the three components of the world: the terrestrial, celestial, and subterranean. While there were no special problems at all with knowing the...
26.06.2001 - 00:00
Speaker Saga Canceled
June 19 Verkhovna Rada did not put on the agenda draft resolutions on removing the parliamentary leadership. All three drafts to remove Speaker Ivan Pliushch, First Deputy Viktor Medvedchuk, and...
26.06.2001 - 00:00
COSSACK EXPRESS 2001 LEGALIZED
On June 21 Verkhovna Rada finally approved the law On the Order of the Admission and Conditions Under Which Foreign Forces Can Operate on the Territory of Ukraine in 2001. In similar fashion the...
26.06.2001 - 00:00
Ukrainians Meet Cold Shoulder Abroad
The Day has on more than one occasion raised the subject of Ukrainian nationals being mistreated by foreign law enforcement authorities. In fact, the death of Serhiy Kudria at the hands of a Polish...










