№26, (2005)
06.09.2005 - 00:00
Now, the Passport Issue
Last Tuesday the Moldovan government decreed that residents of Transdnistria can confirm their Moldovan nationality free of charge between September 11 and December 31, 2005, “according to a maximum...
06.09.2005 - 00:00
A False Start for the Currency
The US dollar exchange rate is on a downward curve in Ukraine. It has dropped by 10 kopiykas over the past several days, jeopardizing Ukrainians’ life savings, which means that those who had $1,000...
06.09.2005 - 00:00
It Happened the Way it Should
This event might have happened ten years back when in the fall of 1995 the Ukrainian national team was ending its first official tour, vying in the 1995 European qualifiers. At the time, however,...
06.09.2005 - 00:00
The Gem of The Ukrainian Steppes
There are about 15,000 monuments in Ukraine. Among the 56 outstanding ones that need urgent renovation is the Fortress of St. Elizabeth in the city of Kirovohrad. It deservedly occupies a place...
06.09.2005 - 00:00
Acquired Financial Deficiency
For the first time ever the government has finally admitted that it has failed in its mission to secure unprecedented levels of foreign investment in the country’s economy. This follows from a recent...
06.09.2005 - 00:00
“France Is Not an Opponent of Ukraine”
In the last while France has been connected to many pessimistic thoughts concerning Ukraine’s European prospects: the “old Europe,” scared by “Polish plumbers,” has turned down the European...
06.09.2005 - 00:00
Koktebel’s Cultural Resistance
Today you don’t have to travel to Montreux to hear jazz. Dmytro Kyseliov had the brilliant idea of organizing a jazz festival in Koktebel; this is the third time his idea has come to fruition on the...
06.09.2005 - 00:00
“Unite and Rule!”
In his speech commemorating Ukraine’s Independence Day, the president focused on at least two crucial points. He promised to continue the government’s personnel renewal, during which those who “think...
06.09.2005 - 00:00
After the Holiday
Much attention was placed on religious affairs as Ukraine was celebrating the 14th anniversary of its independence. For starters, members of parliament and cabinet ministers met with top clergymen...
06.09.2005 - 00:00
This week in history
September 6, 1672. Hetman Petro Doroshenko took Kamyanets-Podilsky. 1994. Ukraine and China signed a treaty on cooperation in navigation, mail, and e-mail services. September 7, 1989. The organizing...
06.09.2005 - 00:00
Council of Europe Rapporteur Says Laws Not to Blame for Infants’ Disappearance
On September 1 General Gennadiy Moskal, Deputy Minister of Ukraine for Internal Affairs, assured the PACE delegation investigating the alleged disappearance of newborns from Kharkiv’s maternity...
06.09.2005 - 00:00
A Test of Wits
Person X goes from point A to point B. It is known that point A is Ukraine and person X is a citizen subject to an arrest warrant. The problem is to trace point B on the world’s map. The National...
06.09.2005 - 00:00
Stanislav KULCHYTSKY: “The historical process is not necessarily social progress; very often it is regression”
As the ancient Greeks rightly noted, a true scholar is not one who knows a great deal, but rather one who can compare and analyze the building blocks of his knowledge and examine facts. Our...
06.09.2005 - 00:00
Odesa-Brody: Monument Worth $ 500,000,000
As one way of affirming the close relations that are developing between the Ukrainian and Polish governments, the two countries have established the “Sarmatia” joint venture to build an extension of...
06.09.2005 - 00:00
Viktor CHERNOMYRDIN: “Don’t Worry about Bakai”
Last Thursday Russia’s Ambassador to Ukraine, Viktor Chernomyrdin, added some “pep” to Russian- Ukrainian relations, delivering tough talk on three issues: the gas price hike, the Black Sea Fleet...












