№21, (2004)
22.06.2004 - 00:00
Ukrainian Peacekeepers Help Their Polish Counterparts
Ukrainian and Polish peacekeepers in Iraq jointly repelled an attack on a Polish military unit that was guarding a bridge near Es-Suveir. The Polish peacekeepers were attacked with mortar and small...
22.06.2004 - 00:00
Yulian Bachynsky’s struggle for Ukrainian independence
According to Yulian Bachynsky, states strive for independence not to isolate themselves from the outside world but to receive an impulse for further cultural and economic development, which will...
22.06.2004 - 00:00
Winners of a Ukrainian language competition named in Georgia, Kazakhstan, and Russia
The Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine announced the winners of the Fourth Petro Jacyk International Ukrainian Language Competition, in the Ukrainian Diaspora category, in Georgia,...
22.06.2004 - 00:00
Ukraine Adopts New Military Doctrine
President Leonid Kuchma has issued an order endorsing a new military doctrine for Ukraine. The presidential order characterizes the doctrine as defensive, which means that Ukraine doesn’t view any...
22.06.2004 - 00:00
Will Ukraine be admitted to FATF as an observer?
In a little while Ukraine will forget what the Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering (FATF) is all about. As was made clear from a letter from FATF President Claes Norgren to Ukraine’s...
22.06.2004 - 00:00
1,000 Families of Ex-Servicemen To Move into New Apartments
Last Thursday the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine resolved to increase 2004 national budget revenues by UAH 4.502 billion (to UAH 65.204 billion) and expenditures by UAH 7.987 billion (to UAH 72.18 billion...
22.06.2004 - 00:00
That’s the view of master stonemason Oleksa Alioshkin
Oleksa Alioshkin, who is known among Ukrainian stonemasons for his skill, cuts a peculiar figure in Bukatynka, a village in Chernivtsi district, Vinnytsia oblast, where he and his family moved from...
22.06.2004 - 00:00
Being on the Outside Is Not a Choice
The Central State Archives of Civic Associations of Ukraine stores documents relating to latter-day history, and modern political parties and civic associations, as well as private archives of...
22.06.2004 - 00:00
This week in history
June 22. 1941. Nazi Germany attacked the Soviet Union.
1941. The OUN-B battle groups set out to Ukraine to organize Ukrainian local self-government.
June 23. 1917. The Central Rada adopted...
22.06.2004 - 00:00
A museum boom in the “capital” of Western Ukraine
Fashion is almost an imperative. So whenever a self-respecting landowner in the 17th century set about building a Chinese palace in his castle, he was doing so by a decree of Her Majesty Fashion....
22.06.2004 - 00:00
“Ukraine and the World”
On June 28, 2000, the world famous American political scientist Zbigniew Brzezinski was awarded an Honorable Doctor’s degree by the Academic Council of the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy National University....
22.06.2004 - 00:00
The role of Bohdan Lepky in the rapprochement between the Ukrainian and Polish cultures
Being the envoy of your nation’s culture and spiritual achievements in other countries is a high and noble mission — a rare, if not unique, vocation. Few individuals, even outstanding ones, are...
22.06.2004 - 00:00
Stock exchange operators setting target figures
With some time left to go until July 3, the official start of the election campaign, the looming fight for the presidential post is making itself increasingly felt. The other day Ukraine’s...
22.06.2004 - 00:00
The Technologies of Special Operations
The much-publicized seizure of two containers en route from Ukraine to Egypt on June 2, 2004, by Turkish customs officers at Ambarli (Istanbul) is now a matter of history for journalists and the...
22.06.2004 - 00:00
What attracts foreigners to Ukrainian universities?
According to the Ministry of Education, nearly 16,000 foreign students are currently studying in Ukraine, whereas Ukrainian schools of higher learning can readily accommodate 50,000. Half of all...











