№40, (1999)
26.10.1999 - 00:00
STB Reeducation Process Encounters Resistance
On Friday October 22 STB channel journalists Ivanna Kobernyk (hosting the “Relevant Camera” program), Artem Petrenko (program editor), and Iryna Chemerys (STB press service chief) said that the...
26.10.1999 - 00:00
Ukrainian and Russian presidents to support An-70 by letter
The Ukrainian and Russian presidents intend once again to request their French and German counterparts to provide political support for the An-70 project on the European market, while the defense...
26.10.1999 - 00:00
Europe Defends Itself from Foreigners
The EU summit in Tampere resolved: from now on all EU member states, acting under previously signed accords, will combine efforts in combating illegal migration.
Nothing strange about this, or so...
26.10.1999 - 00:00
Dynamo ices out Bayer 4:2
The Olympic Stadium's grandstands were almost half empty. Our main arena looked European, for its crammed cheap seats were in contrast the center rows where most seats were vacant. The stadium and...
26.10.1999 - 00:00
Cherkasy Journalist Fired in One Hour
The Saturday before last Cherkasy was visited by Oleksandr Moroz, presidential candidate and member of the Kaniv Four. It is quite natural that Viktor Borysov, news editor-in-chief of the local...
26.10.1999 - 00:00
Foreign combine harvesters could turn up in Ternopil
When in Ternopil, A. Holmer, president of Germany's Holmer Machinenbau Gmbh., a prominent maker of combine harvesters, visited the Ternopil Combine Factory Joint Stock Company. During the visit, Mr....
26.10.1999 - 00:00
Does Kuchma Think Corrupt Officials Dart Out of Entryways?
Interfax-Ukraine reports that, speaking on television in Vinnytsia, the President said that in Ukraine the situation in combating corruption is “far better than in many countries.” Frankly speaking,...
26.10.1999 - 00:00
Henceforth taxes will be levied to benefit Western creditors
Tax evasion is a problem post- Soviet Ukraine has been trying to control since the day it proclaimed independence. Moreover, the set of political slogans, under the guise of which this struggle was...
26.10.1999 - 00:00
Cordon Sanitaire
The militia beating demonstrators in Minsk is a vivid illustration of the integration process underway, aimed at forming a union state of Russia and Belarus, a subject being actively discussed by...
26.10.1999 - 00:00
Luhansk Barge Conquers Zurich without Single Shot
In Switzerland, a special old ships exhibition concluded in a huge Zurich trade center. At the same time, Saint Gallen was hosting the Ninth International Fair of Games and Toys. Luhansk resident...
26.10.1999 - 00:00
Three Newspapers Being Stifled in Luhansk Oblast
On October 14 three opposition newspapers, printed in different print houses, did not reach their readers. The newspapers Rakurs, Nashe zavtra, and XXI vek are known in Luhansk as publications...
26.10.1999 - 00:00
Organizers Prepared Pound of Plums F or Molodist-29 Film Fest
The Molodist (Youth) Film Festival, which has become a real Kyiv attraction (almost like Pecherska Lavra or St. Sophia's Cathedral) over the 29 years of its existence and always promised to be so...
26.10.1999 - 00:00
Fair Election?
This week's presidential election will be by far the most decisive in the history of Ukraine as a newly independent state. The question is not whether they will be fair, for they are already grossly...
26.10.1999 - 00:00
Prominent world Ukrainians initiate Ukrainian National World Bank
The initiative group of the founding board of the Ukrainian National World Bank — comprising well- known human-rights champion and ex-political prisoner Petro Ruban, People's Deputy and honorary...
26.10.1999 - 00:00
Leonid Kuchma wants to weaken Parliament, not just make it bicameral
On Sunday's popular “Epicenter” television program, Leonid Kuchma was quite frank about his plans if and when reelected. The key idea is to have a showdown with Parliament, which is a thorn in his...












