№25, (2002)
03.09.2002 - 00:00
Government offers opposition competition in parliament, not the street
Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma’s address to the nation on the eleventh anniversary of independence was immediately viewed as political event No. 1. The head of state suggested carrying out a...
03.09.2002 - 00:00
National Tradition A Century Later
Have you ever heard the thundering of a distant waterfall? You are sure to experience the same sensation in the whirlpool of a village fair. There is so much noise, people yelling, cattle bleating,...
03.09.2002 - 00:00
This week in history
September 3: 1838. The Institute for Noble Girls was opened in Kyiv.
1993. President of Ukraine Leonid Kravchuk and President of the Russian Federation Boris Yeltsin signed a protocol, On...
03.09.2002 - 00:00
Kinakh Not to Cling to His Chair
Prime Minister Anatoly Kinakh said, he “takes a very philosophical view” of “all the ado over the office of government head” and that his attitude toward work will not depend on the duration of his...
03.09.2002 - 00:00
Religious Songs On Holy Mountains
Slavyanohorsk, a unique resort town on the scenic banks of the Siversky Donets River (Donetsk oblast) will host the first all-Ukraine music festival, Choral Assembly on the Holy Mountains, on...
03.09.2002 - 00:00
From Kharkiv Initiative to Kharkiv Partnership
The much-vaunted Kharkiv Initiative campaign, which the US government viewed as capable of not only compensating Ukraine for canceling the gas turbine contract for the Bushehr nuclear power plant in...
03.09.2002 - 00:00
Ecology on the Web
Ukraine’s contemporary economic status does not overly favor the identification and solving of ecology issues. However, today ecology is among the topics dominant all over the world. Since Ukraine...
03.09.2002 - 00:00
Kremlin Dreamers
When asked how his country views Moscow’s permanent backing for Jerusalem’s antiterrorist activities, former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netaniahu said, “with profound appreciation.” But, still,...
03.09.2002 - 00:00
Heroes or Lambs?
Every morning, on my way to work, I see red slogans sprayed on two of the supports of the Footbridge: “Glory to Ukraine!” and “Glory to the Heroes!” About ten yards farther on someone wrote “You Are...
03.09.2002 - 00:00
or How inherited Soviet structures block any real reform
Despite its officially proclaimed “European choice,” Ukraine is greeting EU and NATO expansion somewhere from the sidelines. The European Union even gave Ukraine a consolation prize, EU neighbor...
03.09.2002 - 00:00
Brazilian robbers break into Ukrainian Embassy left unguarded for a year
Thursday night the Ukrainian Embassy in Brazil was attacked by robbers. Keeping the diplomats at gunpoint, the bandits “tried to seize the diplomatic representation’s equipment,” the Ministry of...
03.09.2002 - 00:00
Ukrainian X-Files Art Series
On the eve of Ukrainian Independence Day, Kyiv’s Helman Gallery hosted a display by postmodern artist Vasyl Tsaholov, titled The Ukrainian X-Files. His series is not cinematographic but purely...
03.09.2002 - 00:00
President Forms Euro-Atlantic Integration Council
President Leonid Kuchma signed an executive order on August 30 setting up a Euro-Atlantic Integration Council, Interfax Ukraine was told by the chief executive’s press secretary Olena Hromnytska. She...
03.09.2002 - 00:00
Councils Of Liubech
Congresses of princes, as a form of government and a way to make important decisions and settle disputes, began to be practiced in the second half of the eleventh century. Such conventions discussed...
03.09.2002 - 00:00
Awards Season
On the eve of Independence Day the League of Ukrainian Philanthropists according to tradition held an awards ceremony for the laureates of four prizes simultaneously.
The festivities were hosted...









