№32, (2002)
22.10.2002 - 00:00
Better This than No Budget at All
Parliament’s quick approval of the budget bill in the first reading seemed to have taken even the MPs giving their ayes by surprise. A situational majority, appearing out of nowhere, sufficed to...
22.10.2002 - 00:00
When will Ukraine stop talking about tax reform?
One thousand and seventy seven... This figure disclosed by Natalia Flissak, deputy chief of the Main Directorate of Methods at the State Tax Administration of Ukraine, raises a question: is there a...
22.10.2002 - 00:00
Kyiv Music Fest Holds the Fort
This 13th festival stood out not only because of the number of concerts, but also because of record audiences. The trend began with a press conference, held with standing room only for the first time...
22.10.2002 - 00:00
Handcuffs From Americans
With the Kolchuha scandal taking a new turn in Ukraine, the US government has put on hold its military and technical aid to Ukraine’s armed forces. However, the stoppage will not affect the law...
22.10.2002 - 00:00
Vasyl Halasa: “We Fought to Exercise our Right To Self-determination”
Mr. Halasa amazed me when we first met. Looking at him, I wondered how this man could be the same one who had spent so much time in bunkers and then in prison. Then I saw his eyes, the same as in...
22.10.2002 - 00:00
Law against money laundering must be passed before December 15
Ukraine remains on the blacklist of countries not doing enough to counteract money laundering. This was the decision published at the end of last week by the international group, the Financial Action...
22.10.2002 - 00:00
The Fashion Of Homelessness: Simply Offer a Hand
Psychologists have got used to describing ‘street children’ as people with behavioral deviations, that is divergent from the norm, since they are always situated on the border between a law-abiding...
22.10.2002 - 00:00
Business to Operate on Application Basis
Before long one will be able to start in business not after receiving all kinds of authorizations but by filing an application. Ukrainian business people have been after this regulatory principle for...
22.10.2002 - 00:00
State property keeps being stolen
The State Property Fund (SPF) of Ukraine has got carried away fighting shadow privatization. So much so that they are no longer happy about their attainments. Afraid that state controlling interests...
22.10.2002 - 00:00
International Pilgrimage in Chernivtsi
The Ninth International Pilgrimage of the Rosary for the Unity of the Church, dedicated to the 110th anniversary since the birth of Patriarch Yosyp Slipy, took place in Chernivtsi, which brought...
22.10.2002 - 00:00
A musician immigrated to Germany, without whom Ukraine’ s current music life seems incomplete
The People’s Artist of Ukraine Ihor Blazhkov worked with different performing groups from Kyiv at different periods. In 1963-68, he was with the symphony orchestra of Leningrad’s philharmonic society...
22.10.2002 - 00:00
Sharjah to Help Crimean Tatars
Sharjah, one of seven United Arab Emirates, will donate $175,000 to the construction of an irrigation pipeline supplying water to compact Crimean Tatar settlements and $120,000 to purchase homes for...
22.10.2002 - 00:00
Healthcare to Be Brought Under Control
From now on civil servants and lawmakers will have to face up to a constructive opposition on the part of grassroots medical organizations, with transparency as their cardinal principle. Such is the...
22.10.2002 - 00:00
The Parliamentary Dimension of Euro-Atlantism
With a month left before the NATO Prague summit, which is supposed to announce a new enlargement of the Alliance, nothing is yet clear about the prospects of further cooperation between Ukraine and...
22.10.2002 - 00:00
Human Rights Are Union Rights
Are human rights related to trade union power? Do both march in tandem around the globe? For nearly two centuries the answer was almost always a resounding “Yes!” On every continent, the growth of...









