In front of a fenced-in barrack where the monkies live during the summer, an unusual sculpture has been put up. A female human-like monkey (perhaps chimpanzee) is cradling a child. For some reason this sculpture is named "Monkey Madonna", imitating

On Wednesday, while adjudicating the claim about admission of illegality of criminal case institution against Mykola Prodanchuk, the director of the Medved's Institute of Ecohygiene and Toxicology, the former chief sanitary officer of Ukraine, at the Pechersk Court, the representatives

Even people not involved in the investment business are now saying that we need to deal ASAP with the problem of foreign and domestic investments that "escaped" Ukraine. So far "the process is at a standstill." The world is feverishly

The current global economic crisis is unprecedented and the recovery is likely to be slower than many had hoped. For Ukraine, the crisis has hit at a difficult time, politically, as the country looks towards presidential elections...

The cloud of crisis that looms over the country has a silver lining: the authorities are not ignoring the people anymore and have to heed industrial managers, bankers, and experts....

I always keep up with the publications on Ukraine's relations with the European Union, not in the line of duty but, rather, out of sheer interest. I will remain interested in European integration even when I retire from diplomatic service,

As is widely known, the anticipation of a war is more unnerving than the war itself. The one who plans an attack and the one who braces for defense are both prisoners of conventionalities...

Against the backdrop of the global financial crisis, little heed was paid to the news released on 5 November by the Association of Ukrainian banks (AUB) about a meeting the AUB Board members and CEOs of the AUB member banks

Our Ukraine-People's Self-defense (OUPS) is de facto off the political map. It wasn't new when on the first day of the last session week, my colleague Volodymyr Stretovych certified the death of our bloc that unifies nine parties attributing the

Judging by current news reports, the Euro-2012 project is like a military campaign with several fronts where local- and continental-scale battles aggravate Ukraine's problems. Western Front At the Western front the situation is more or less stable and clear, at

The crisis has forced our leaders to pay heed to the national economy. A lot is being said about the crisis but no concerted and systemic response to it has been articulated. Top officials, bound to unite in the face

Ukraine has made a sure step toward overcoming the consequences of the global financial crisis." The Verkhovna Rada has adopted (in the first reading) the notorious package of anti-crisis bills...

Everybody is concerned over the global crisis, and nobody seems to know exactly what to do, since it is the severest economic disruption of the last few decades. The current financial crisis is likely to bring about a decline in

The "fight of all versus all" has become a main feature of the current situation in Ukrainian politics. This war is accompanied by political PR - PR on fires and floods, crises and elections, hostilities and Ukrainian sailors...

If everything goes on like stated in the Agreement on principals of long-term cooperation in gas trade, then it will put an end to the vicious practice of signing gas agreements with Russian gas giant Gazprom on New Year's Eve...

The Ukrainian leadership has once again proven to be helpless. Even the real threat of a catastrophic financial and economic crisis has not consolidated the key political leaders who still follow the principle of collective irresponsibility...

Will the elections be held or not?" worry the people. "Yes, yes! The elections will be held! We are here," answer the politicians arriving to the regions to tend to matters "unrelated to the early elections." The election campaign has

Just two issues were discussed at the meeting of the National Security and Defense Council on October 13, where representatives of all branches of the state power were present. The first question regarded urgent measures to facilitate citizens' rights during

It looks like Ukraine has set a bad example. After the "plane scandal" between Yushchenko and Tymoshenko [when Yushchenko used the plane to Brussels intended for Tymoshenko's visit ] the President and the Prime Minister of Poland followed suit: Prime