№27, (2006)
12.09.2006 - 00:00
“Guelder Rose Summer on the Dnipro”
“Guelder Rose Summer on the Dnipro” has become the calling card of the city of Komsomolske in Poltava oblast, pulling in thousands of visitors from 40 countries in the past seven years. The idea of...
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The chaos of powers
No sooner had things calmed down around the scandal that erupted at a recent Cabinet meeting (it will be recalled that the ministers “slashed down” Viktor Yushchenko’s right to issue instructions to...
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The taste of oil: Ukraine expects Baku to fill pipeline
President Viktor Yushchenko’s visit to Azerbaijan smells of oil. He is there to continue the talks that Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych held last Wednesday in Warsaw with his Polish counterpart...
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The globalized village of Pluzhne: supplying Europe with manpower
Someone had left a copy of the Italian Ukrainian Gazette on a table in the tavern. It turns out that this newspaper has been in circulation since February 2006. Although it was early in the morning,...
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The right to have a family
Children must be raised by families. Although this inalienable children’s right is self-evident, young mothers are abandoning their babies in increasing numbers, especially physically handicapped...
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A good monarch
“May I be loved by you, oh, Lord, as I love these friendly and kind people,” declared Elizabeth Petrovna during her visit in 1744 to Kyiv, where she was welcomed by a number of Cossack officers and...
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This week in history
September 12 1996: Ukraine signs the 1996-99 Indicative Program with the European Union, envisaging, among other things, aid to Ukraine in the amount of some 700 million dollars. 1996: The...
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A cup for Hercules
A gold ring, two amphorae, and a cup dedicated to Hercules are the treasures that the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) handed over last Tuesday to the National Museum of Ukrainian History. These...
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Report on the international AIDS conference in Toronto (Canada)
TORONTO — The 16th International AIDS Conference ended here on Friday [Aug. 18, 2006] after five days of discussions focused on how to stop the spread of HIV/AIDS by relying on the results of...
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In search of the truth
Ukrainians recently marked the 150 th anniversary of Ivan Franko’s birth. Various fine words were spoken about the grandeur of our national genius and the importance of his contributions to our...
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Dmitri TRENIN: a successful Ukraine would be very good news for Russia
Dmitri TRENIN, the deputy director and head of the scholarly council of the Carnegie Moscow Center, is one of Russia’s leading international experts. Since 1978 he has focused on international...
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Familiarization visit
On Sept. 6 Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych of Ukraine flew on his first working visit to Poland, formally to take part in the 16 th Economic Forum “Krynica 2006,” where he was slated to meet with...
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Ukrainian books for Ukrainian schools abroad
Ukraine has finally started taking an interest in the Ukrainian Diaspora and begun responding to its cultural and educational needs. On the initiative of the Lviv Oblast Council, the residents of the...
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Creator of the nation
In his philosophical and sociopolitical works Ivan Franko raised questions that were topical not only and not so much for that period as for subsequent generations of Ukrainians in whose success and...
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Half a million tragedies
Ukraine’s first nationwide comprehensive study completed this year shows that there are about 500,050 drug abusers in our country. Until now the official figure was 160,000 registered drug addicts....












