№7, (2001)
27.02.2001 - 00:00
There will be no political dismissal of the prosecutor general
If Verkhovna Rada is to be the hub of political developments, the parliamentary day of February 22 ended with two negatives: Prosecutor General Mykhailo Potebenko was not dismissed, nor was a new...
27.02.2001 - 00:00
Nobel Prize Laureate Zhores Alfiorov Receives Vernadsky Award
On February 20 in Kyiv physics Nobel Prize winner and Russian Academy of Sciences Vice President Zhores Alfiorov received his next award, Ukrainian this time. By the decision of the Twenty-First...
27.02.2001 - 00:00
When it proposes ideas and better quality than the regime
Unlike the domestic electronic media, their foreign counterparts are giving considerably more room for direct dialogue between political opponents. As a result, both the government and opposition...
27.02.2001 - 00:00
ILIA REPIN’S ZAPOROZHZHIAN COSSACKS: Hymn in Praise of a Free People
The great Russian artist Ilia Repin was always in love with Ukraine. There is ample evidence that his admiration of this land, history, and culture remained with him to his dying day at the age of 86...
27.02.2001 - 00:00
In Praise of Stupidity
The Cinematographer’s House in Kyiv hosted the premiere of the Canadian-German production Eisenstein. One is hard put to refer critically to a film attracting such public attention. Indeed, the...
27.02.2001 - 00:00
Volodymyr FILENKO: “Replacing one president with another will not solve all our problems”
“I am prepared for a long struggle,” said People’s Deputy Volodymyr FILENKO, one of the founders of the Forum of National Salvation, in an interview with The Day . He added he favors an...
27.02.2001 - 00:00
GROUP OF US CONGRESSMEN EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR UKRAINIAN LEADERSHIP
An American congressional delegation after a February 22 meeting Thursday with Ukrainian Prime Minister Viktor Yushchenko declared US support for the Ukrainian leadership, Interfax Ukraine reports...
27.02.2001 - 00:00
Donated Pool
On February 19 a swimming pool for children aged from two to five years old was opened at Children’s Polyclinic No. 1 in Kyiv’s Kharkivsky district. The pool was restored due to the assistance of...
27.02.2001 - 00:00
This week in history
February 27: 1939. The First Congress of the Ukrainian Composers opened, creating the Union of Composers.
1990. The USSR Supreme Soviet established the institute of the President of the Soviet...
27.02.2001 - 00:00
Oksana-Ksenia Quartet
The Triptych Gallery hosts the sixth traditional exposition Ksenia Day, featuring (also traditionally) only women artists named Ksenia or Oksana. This time it is Ksenia Khodakivska, Oksana Berbeka-...
27.02.2001 - 00:00
Spring Fashion Podium Without Byzov
Ukraine’s eighth Pret-a-Porter Week featuring fourteen Ukrainian designers with their Spring- Summer 2001 collection, will traditionally take place as Seasons at the Lavra Gallery, March 2-8, but...
27.02.2001 - 00:00
SBU promises to monitor telecommunications within the law
The Security Service of Ukraine will monitor information carried by various telecommunication systems, doing so in strict accordance with the law, the SBU site read (www.sbu.gov.ua) on St. Valentine...
27.02.2001 - 00:00
Ukrainian President to Visit Moldova
Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma’s visit to Moldova slated for February 20 has been postponed. The Moldovan presidential press service informed Interfax that this was because of the “need for more...
27.02.2001 - 00:00
Old Debts Obstruct Ukrainian-German Economic Cooperation
The issue of repaying the Oriana Co. debt to German creditors could resurface at the talks between Ukraine and the Paris Club of creditors to be held in March. Quoting a source close to those to whom...
27.02.2001 - 00:00
The task force will stand by to help Ukraine, the interministerial committee, and the government
There is enough food for thought; shutting down three power units in Chornobyl and the social protection program for the residents of Slavutych will require $1.5 billion in 15 years. Another $768...











