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As Rada returns, Lytvyn harshly criticizes president

Parliament opened on Sept. 6 with Speaker Volodymyr Lytvyn sharply criticizing President Viktor Yushchenko as deputies returned from summer recess to …
Peter Byrne

Kyiv wants its peacekeepers to stay in Lebanon

.N. demand that they be withdrawn over allegations of financial abuse, the Foreign Ministry said during a regularly scheduled briefing on Sept. 6. An …
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More top Ukrainian bank sales on horizon

Weeks after Austria’s Raiffeissen banking group completed its acquisition of a top Ukrainian bank, management at other top Ukrainian banks revealed …
Roman Olearchyk

Dragon Capital’s Tomas Fiala recalls boom and bust

Czech Tomas Fiala, 31, managing director of investment house Dragon Capital, never actually received his degree in international relations and trade, …
Viktoria Barchenko

New women’s magazine could wind up in court

The publisher of a women’s glossy that hit newsstands in August might be headed to court, as a British publisher claims its brand name and logo have …
Vlad Lavrov

Golf comes to Kyiv, sort of

For the capital’s golfers, this September could prove a boon. If Sergey Kiroyants has his way, that’s when Kyiv’s – and Ukraine’s – first driving …
Ryan Grotte

Ukrainians are pro-Russian on cars

Traffic in Kyiv might be as heavy as in Moscow, but Ukraine is behind its giant northern neighbor in one respect: Russian cars still dominate the …
Vlad Lavrov

Team Ukraine: Headed to Germany on a Mission

In the tense aftermath of Ukraine’s 1-1 tie in Georgia last week many fans wondered aloud whether this could be the start of another great collapse …
Paul Miazga

Dynamo Back in Form after Early Season Changes

It wasn’t a good start to the season for Dynamo Kyiv. Over the summer, team head coach Jozef Szabo of Hungary departed  from the team citing health …
Paul Miazga

Deee-lite-ful DJ comes home

tion for the rest of the month to the Soviart gallery on the Uzviz. Photos from the last century-and-a-half in Spain include some of the most …
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At the CCA, a sly but heavy art project

The Soros-funded Center for Contemporary Art, in Podil at the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, always draws Kyiv’s youth. Last Sunday I went dwn to the city’s …
Ryan Grotte

The Curtain Comes Up on the Fall Arts Season

ating wind and rain, which composers like Beethoven and Vivaldi famously associated with dramatic crescendos. They put to music what was in the …
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World’s Top DJ Comes to Kyiv

Lo and behold, after much pooh-poohing in these pages about the dearth of good deejay parties in the Ukrainian capital, the world’s #1-rated deejay is …
Paul Miazga

Francois Hentschel, an Idealist and South African

Not long ago a friend recommended I meet for lunch with Francois Hentschel, a well-groomed South African diplomat from that country’s West Cape …
Paul Miazga

Korean at Hankookwan Not Quite as Recommended

Two friends, both lovers of Korean cuisine, whose fresh, fiery and savory tastes I also enjoy, recommended I check out Korean-Japanese restaurant …
Paul Miazga

After a Long, Hot Summer, a Search for the Best Nightclub

he city – expanded to monumental proportions. In the end, we cast lots to see who would embark on this choice, er, arduous and demanding task. Many …
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Lytvyn launches parliament session with sharp criticism of Yushchenko government

(AP) – Lawmakers returned to parliament on Sept. 6 for the opening of the new session, which the parliament speaker launched with sharp criticism of …
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Ukrainian officials, NGO warn Chornobyl is still a problem

(AP) – The 1986 explosion at the Chornobyl nuclear power plant continues to cause health and environmental problems and its victims will require …
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