№21, (2002)
26.06.2002 - 00:00
State incurs tremendous losses in corporate conflicts
On June 19 the parliament accepted the query of People’s Deputy Hryhory Omelchenko to the Prosecutor General’s Office and the Security Service about the necessity of investigating the sale of the...
26.06.2002 - 00:00
This week in history
June 25: 1992. The Black Sea Economic Commonwealth was created, uniting eleven countries including Ukraine.
1992. The All-Ukrainian Orthodox Council passed a decision to unite the Ukrainian...
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Sviatoslav PISKUN, “The Slovyansky case will take fifteen years to investigate”
British tax collectors joke that, before their compatriots learned to voluntarily pay taxes, local tax evaders had to be put into debtors’ prisons for 200 years. Ukrainian tax evaders are most afraid...
26.06.2002 - 00:00
Budget Balancing Put Off to Fall
The favorite game of Ukrainian lawmakers, apportioning state funds, began on June 18 with the government’s report on last year’s national budget. Although Finance Minister Ihor Yushko was appointed...
26.06.2002 - 00:00
Venedyktov Choir
Ovations after a performance or a concert are not rare with the National Opera of Ukraine: after all, music is music, opera is always opera, and Slavic emotion is common knowledge. Still, a standing...
26.06.2002 - 00:00
Kasyanov Expects Ukraine to Integrate into Eurasia
A two day session of the Ukrainian-Russian Cooperation Commission held in Kharkiv on June 20-21 under the chairmanship of the premiers resulted mainly in an agreement that Russia would grant Ukraine...
26.06.2002 - 00:00
Petro ZAVADOVSKY in the service of three Russian emperors
(Continued from previous issues)
The successful performance of Petro Zavadovsky in the field of education prompted Catherine II to appoint him Chief Director of Public Schools. In 1784 he chaired...
26.06.2002 - 00:00
President Wants Blank Slate With Parliament
The people’s deputies reacted to President Leonid Kuchma’s appearance at the rostrum on June 18 in various ways. The representatives of the For a United Ukraine, Social Democrats, and Viktor...
26.06.2002 - 00:00
A Lesson in Free Unity
Archbishop Nikola ETEROVIC, Apostolic Nuncio in Ukraine:
“The visit to Ukraine of Pope John Paul II in June last year is a very important event. Catholics prayed much for the Holy Father to meet...
26.06.2002 - 00:00
Budget loses $9.5 million
The Accounting Chamber of Ukraine has completed its audit of how World Bank loans were used in 1997-1999. It was revealed that a substantial part of the investment projects loaned money under...
26.06.2002 - 00:00
Kyiv Movie Theater hosts another festival of new British films
The second festival of new British cinema, although it fully coincided with the program of the spring week of British film in Moscow, displayed all the optimistic signs of cultural exchange. A good...
26.06.2002 - 00:00
Export Grade Ukrainian Police Set Off to Kosovo
June 24 saw the third regular rotation of the Ukrainian special UN peacekeeping police force in Kosovo. Shortly earlier, the 112 dog squad policemen, members of the rapid deployment unit, and future...
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The Khmelnytsky Museum of Ukrainian Contemporary Art hosts an exhibition of best works by the participants of The Day of the New Millennium Third International Photo Contest
In the words of deputy head of the museum Liudmyla Ryzhko-Pavlenko, “This exhibition is unusual. For the first time an exposition of such scale and level, representing the whole of Ukraine, has been...
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Missing persons bureau is ten years old
The missing persons bureau of the Red Cross organization in Ukraine marked its tenth anniversary the week before last. From the first day of its establishment it has been working in close cooperation...
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Alexander RAHR: Russia cannot forbid Ukraine to join organizations it wants to itself
Alexander Rahr is quite a knowledgeable German foreign policy expert who specializes in the former Soviet states. As director of the CIS Relations Program at the Foreign Policy Society of Germany, he...














