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Apprentice monk from Ukraine admits murdering nun at Florida school

y Thursday to fatally stabbing and beating a nun in 2001 after prosecutors agreed to a reduced sentence, believing he had been abused by two …
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Murdoch eyes piece of Ukraine

Recent news reports from the English daily the Telegraph indicate that Australian-born media mogul Rupert Murdoch is eager to do business in Ukraine …
Roman Olearchyk

American firm claims ‘key role’ in revolution

Two weeks after the historic presidential inauguration of Viktor Yushchenko, an American marketing and communications firm previously unknown in …
Peter Byrne

Mayor creates park after controversy over land deal

in the posh resort area of Pushcha Vodytsya, Kyiv City Council passed a decision on Feb. 4 to create a park on the disputed property. The decision, …
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Russia’s Forex launches rep office in Ukraine

Encouraged by what it calls the enormous opportunities in Ukraine’s foreign exchange market [forex], the Forex Club, a large Russian financial …
Viktoria Braychenko

Airlines boom, local carriers cashing in

Ukrainian passenger airlines have long played second fiddle to their Russian counterparts,  but that may soon change. Despite the continued lead that …
Viktoria Braychenko

Privatization update: Reversal of fortunes

With the expectation that President Viktor Yushchenko will soon replace the management team of the State Property Fund, acting SPF Chief Mykhailo …
Roman Olearchyk

News Analysis: All the right moves?

“THEY ARE ALREADY MORE OPEN THAN THE PREVIOUS UKRAINIAN GOVERNMENTS.” – Edilberto Segura, SigmaBleyzer. President Viktor Yushchenko’s newly formed …

Paper claims Yushchenko ally is threat to free speech

Promises to protect press freedoms and political dissent are already appearing much harder to keep than President Viktor Yushchenko may have imagined, …
Peter Byrne

Stalin ghost shows itself in Yalta

Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin, one of the last century’s great monsters, is long dead, but he is still causing trouble in Yalta, where Crimean Tatars …
Yulianna Vilkos

State might not pick up Kuchma’s retirement tab

Former President Leonid Kuchma’s retirement might not be as  comfortable as he expected if Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has her way. During a …
Yulianna Vilkos

An important church is to be rebuilt, controversially

Every city has its spiritual centers. One of Kyiv’s has traditionally been atop Starokyivsky (Old Kyiv) hill, in a spot across from Andriyivska …
Viktoria Barchenko

United States boosts assistance to Ukraine

The U.S. State Department’s Office of International Affairs on Feb. 7 asked Congress to approve $88 million more dollars to help Ukraine’s new …
Peter Byrne

Sens. McCain and Clinton to visit Kyiv

will visit Ukraine on Feb. 11 for discussions with officials. The delegations will spend about half a day in Ukraine discussing relations between the …
Roman Olearchyk

Bribes and salaries

NT face=”Courier New”>The honeymoon period will inevitably end, of course. But for now, we’re happy to say, President Viktor Yushchenko’s fast-moving …
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City of ice

going to be the next prime minister, but it’s still an oppressive fact of Kyiv life in the winter: the dangerous iciness of the city’s sidewalks and …
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Jed Sunden: Chumachenko could be great diplomat to diaspora

Wives of heads of state traditionally adopt causes during their husbands’ tenures in office. In the United States, Laura Bush has made adult literacy …
Jed Sunden

Lost in Translation: Moviegoing in Kyiv

imes I skipped class to check out a movie at the Place Riel student theater. They always managed to screen some obscure Jackie Chan film or new …
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