The 98th anniversary of the birth of freedom fighter Stepan Bandera was marked in Kyiv on January 1st by representatives of national-patriotic organizations.First, respects were paid to the former UPA leader in a meeting by the Taras Shevchenko monument in
In 2007, all so-called "orange" political forces will come together again.Such is the prognosis of ex-Minister of Internal Affairs and current presidential advisor Yuri Lutsenko. According to him, the common goal of the orange camps is to replace the current
New Year's gifts gathered in Poltava during the "Christmas Tree of Angels" charity campaign were passed on to children in orphanages by Peace Corps volunteers.Before the holidays, children wrote their New Year's wishes on cards that were hung on one
The Internal Affairs Ministry made its official report on New Year's activities Tuesday. According to the MIA, out of the four million Ukrainians who took part in New Year's festivities, none committed any serious crimes.The Ministry's spets-operation called "Profilaktyka 2006"
The current sojourn of Turkmen oppositioners in Ukraine may have a negative effect on relations between official Kyiv and Ashgabat.Such is the opinion of Ukrainian ambassador to Turkmenistan Viktor Maiko. He confirmed that officials in Ashgabat were not happy with
Zaporizhzhia inventor Hryhoriy Chausovskyi thought up a special invention for New Year's Eve - a champagne glass that makes toasts for its holder.As soon as the owner of the glass clinks it with that of a friend, a signal is
In the Canadian city of Toronto, a statue of Ukrainian poet and painter Taras Shevchenko was stolen from its foundation in Shevchenko Park during the night.The statue had been in the park since 1951 and was a gift to the
The first official New Year's greetings of the year were made by President Viktor Yushchenko in a television address to the nation as soon as the clock struck twelve.Yushchenko spoke of achievements in 2006, such as the first democratic elections
Several new laws have come into effect in Ukraine starting January 1st.Firstly, eligibility criteria for welfare housing have changed, the income tax rate for individuals will rise from thirteen to fifteen percent, and laws concerning the status of war veterans
New Year's Eve celebrations ended tragically for an inhabitant of the village of Konstyantynivka in Mykolaiv oblast.The man died from an explosion caused by self made fireworks. Another was brought to hospital where he is currently being treated for burns
Babies born within the first 6 hours of the New Year in Uzhhorod are entitled to two thousand hryvnia each.The Uzhhorod City Council has kept to this tradition for the past ten years. This year, they allotted 10,000 hryvnia to
Dnipropetrovsk oblast prosecutors have accused the mayor of Dnipropetrovsk of misuse of funds. Prosecutors suspect that mayor Ivan Kulychenko used nearly one million hryvnia of city costs to pay for the construction of a sanatorium in Crimea. The accusation had
President Yushchenko was number five of the top five newsmakers on Russian new television last year. The ranking was tabulated by the Media-ology analytical system. Vladimir Putin was mentioned most frequently, followed by George Bush, Moscow mayor Luzhkov and Russian
Christmas trees - or New Year trees as they are also called here - are being raided in the Kyiv botanical garden.The workers at the six hectare park say they need help catching and keeping out Christmas tree poachers. The
Police confiscated an RPG-18 anti-tank grenade launcher in Kherson on Friday.Police spotted a twenty-one year old man from a village oblast walking around Kherson iwith a suspicious looking paper covered package. They discovered that the 64 millimeter single-use anti-tank missile
The President has vetoed two more laws passed by the Rada this month. This time Yushchenko sent back the law on compensating lost savings to the Rada for reworking.Yushchenko feels that the 10 billion hryvnia parliament promised to pay back
Emergencies minister Nestor Shufrych said that the aging cache of forty thousand tons of munitions currently stored near Novobohdanivka in Zaporizhya oblast will be liquidated in two years time.The recently-appointed minister said that next year's budget has allocated twenty-eight million
The Central Election Commission announced on Friday that it has completed reviewing signatures collected in support of a referendum on Ukraine's membership in NATO and/or the YEP Single economic space. The petition was submitted in March of this year, prior
Police are warning consumers to be on the look out for counterfeit horilka this holiday. The vodka looks like it's the genuine article form the outside. But it what's inside the bottles that should have consumers worried.As a rule of
The winter holiday break will be longer than expected for the students of school number 107. Half of their school building was lost to fire on Friday.The building was mostly vacant as school is out for the Christmas break. But
