Where there is no law, but every man does what is right in his own eyes, there is the least of real liberty
Henry M. Robert

№5, (1998)

10.03.1998 - 00:00

LOBANOVSKY-SURKIS-DYNAMO PARADOX

Kyiv Dynamo's tie game in Turin (1:1) was anything but easy, considering the formidability of rival Juventus, Italy's best soccer club to date, but it was further evidence that the Ukrainian team...
10.03.1998 - 00:00

WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE PUSTOVOITENKO CABINET AFTER MARCH 29?

The elections approach. It is a turning point for the government, and after it the fate of our government seems vague. On the one hand it may function for some time until the new parliament's...
10.03.1998 - 00:00

MORE HRYVNIAS, LESS MONEY Our national currency continues to slide

Despite of investors' predictions of inflation the hryvnia will return to the limits of its currency corridor. Presidential aide on economics Valery Lytvytsky was able to comment. He called canceling...
10.03.1998 - 00:00

HOW WILL PARLIAMENT FINISH ITS WORK?

Deputies of the thirteenth session of Verkhovna Rada are solving three major problems simultaneously during their final meetings this month. First of all, they are making certain that the session is...
10.03.1998 - 00:00

DAEWOO AND GENERAL MOTORS BEGIN PREPARING PRODUCTION OF OPEL CARS AT AVTOZAZ

As Vadym Liashchuk, Deputy Minister of Industrial Policy, said at a briefing on March 5, Daewoo (South Korea) and General Motors (USA) have signed a general agreement March 5 on the principles of...
10.03.1998 - 00:00

THIS WEEK IN HISTORY

March 11, 1990: Lithuania’s Restored Independence Day. March 11, 1933: the first Ten Days of Ukrainian Art is held in Moscow. March 12, 1917: February revolution begins in Petrograd. March 12, 1992:...
10.03.1998 - 00:00

CREDIBILITY GAP OR WHICH HRYVNIA RATE IS MOST "TRUTHFUL"

Those who have followed Ukraine's economic policy as "acted out" by certain VIPs should be well aware of who calls the tune on the domestic monetary market. Hearing Viktor Yushchenko, Ukraine's...
10.03.1998 - 00:00

OSTROH

A small town, which lies on the border of Western and Eastern Europe named Ostroh is one of the most famous places which connect us with our past. Ostroh played a considerable role in Ukrainian...
10.03.1998 - 00:00

PRESIDENT DISPLEASED WITH THE WEST, MARCHUK, PARLIAMENT, AND BLAMES HIMSELF, JUST A LITTLE

President Kuchma summoned media representatives for a statement which they all expected: his visit to Russia can hardly be overestimated. Ukraine is consistent in its policy aimed at strengthening...
10.03.1998 - 00:00

DEBTORS WILL GO BANKRUPT. THERE ARE ALREADY INNOCENT VICTIMS

The beginning of the year was accompanied by a loud propaganda campaign in connection with the signing of loan agreements with foreign investors on the rights of creditors in Ukraine. The...
10.03.1998 - 00:00

DOES UKRAINE NEED CANADIAN HELP?

Ms. Diane Marlot, Minister for International Cooperation and the French-Speaking Commonwealth of Canada, must have left Kyiv not quite satisfied with the results of her mission, because she made...
10.03.1998 - 00:00

FEBRUARY INFLATION 0.2%

As Infobank was told at the State Statistics Committee, the February 1998 inflation rate in Ukraine was 0.2%. In January, the figure was 1.3%. The inflation rate for December, 1997 was 1.4% and for...
10.03.1998 - 00:00

WOMEN’S DAY

March 8, International Women’s Day, was officially to show the solidarity of Soviet women (who had already supposedly achieved equality) with their downtrodden sisters in the capitalist world. But...
10.03.1998 - 00:00

DROP IN WORLD OIL PRICES MAKES UKRAINA (UKRAINIAN OIL) STOCK PROBLEMATICAL

In December, 1997 OPEC countries increased their oil production quota by 10%. This led to a fall in prices. On January 19 the price in London dropped to a four year low. Even in winter, the...
10.03.1998 - 00:00

Kira Muratova: «Harmony is breaking all the rules»

"I shoot films not about our society but about the person on the whole. It only seems that there is some other kind of life. Human beings are identically perfect and imperfect at all times and on...

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