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The Internet as a teaching tool

iers. I taught at the Ukraine/American High School in Dnipropetrovsk one summer, and that is when Marina, one of the Ukrainian teachers, came up with …
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The difficulties in knowing the winning rules for play

ity Policy, chided President Leonid Kuchma for “not playing by the rules.” The question is, what are these “rules,” and who writes them? The rules of …
Taras Kuzio

GUUAM appears likely to follow Shevarnadze toward the twilight

representatives had confirmed enough American funding to continue supporting GUAAM. A secretariat was to be established in Kyiv. However, no matter …
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Great Connections

Several years of solid economic growth have translated into sizeable profits for many Ukrainian companies. Rather than sending profits offshore, …
Roman Olearchyk

Firms say holograms a costly tax

A government requirement compelling producers of food and consumer goods to provide retailers with holographic product certification seals is …
Svetlana Selyutina

Japanese investors to wait for 2004 elections

A major Japanese corporation is advising foreign companies to stay out of Ukraine for the time being and observe political developments, despite a …
Stephan Ladanaj

Rental apartment project gets underway

A bank has announced that it will rent,rather than sell, apartments in a residential building it will build in central Kyiiv next year. The building …
Viktoria Braychenko

Central banker calls for delaying plan to prepay IMF debt

/SPAN> (AP)The board chairman of Ukraine’s National Bank on Nov. 21 urged the government to delay plans to pay $1.8 billion to the International …
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Bermudan firm will build plant in Crimea

Serhy Kolobov, director of Krenco, a joint venture that Fram Energy established with Ukrainian partners, told the Post the project involves …
Roman Olearchyk

Plastics firm opens $20 million Kyiv plant

Viktor Tokmakov, Elmak’s general director, said that the company began in 1994 by selling chemicals. “Later, we come to the conclusion that we had to …
Viktoria Braychenko

New flat tax may not add money to budget

A flat rate income tax adopted by parliament last summer is scheduled to take effect next yeaar, but some have expressed doubts that the tax will …
Stephan Ladanaj

A carnivore’s paradise

the signature meat of the season, the pilgrims didn’t make it through those heinous early winters on birds and feathers alone. The introduction of …
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Lunch with … gentlemanly U.S. ambassador John E. Herbst

w. He never suggested that the waiters in white shirts hurry and he didn’t rush the interview, but, as he had been on every other day since his …
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Film festivals galore!

d all chase movies; and a true story adapted for the big screen featuring a group of determined housewives and a nudie calendar. Screenings will be at …
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Thanksgiving dinners in Kyiv; Fruktopia moves fashionably forward

d in France for 20 years. On the menu at Merci (which, as everyone knows, means “thank you” in French) will be this treat: the “Gourmet Dream” salad …
Alexandra Matoshko

Kyiv’s favorite snack? Dried calamari.

ps forward for every one back. As readers this week responded to our query about their favorite snack food in Ukraine – whether served with beer or …
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Where to find all the turkey and trimmings to do a Thanksgiving feast at home.

f. But in Ukraine, a country more inclined to chicken than turkey, and to potatoes instead of yams, it can be tough to find all the proper trimmings …
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Parliament rejects sending troops to Liberia

eepers to Liberia. Pro-Kuchma forces in the 450-seat Verkhovna Rada fell just nine votes short of a majority after a heated, hour-long debate …
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