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  • Regal exhausts its reserves of goodwill (The Observer) 07/31/2005
  • Benedict XVI: Angelus Prayer [scroll down to Ukrainian greeting] (Holy See) 07/31/2005
  • Vice PM Suggests Ways out of Orthodox-Catholic Property Conflict in Ternopil (RISU) 07/31/2005
  • UOC–KP Orthodox Synod Proposes Awards for National Deputies (RISU) 07/31/2005
  • Ukrainian Muslims Condemn Recent Terrorism (RISU) 07/31/2005

  • Jean Paul Gaultier, fashion show in Paris [Kateryna Yushchenko] (Enjoy France) 07/30/2005
  • The recipe for a powerful woman: Live in the US, work in business and go into politics (Independent) 07/30/2005
  • Ukraine gas field deal undervalued by £70m, says Regal (Guardian) 07/30/2005
  • Greek Catholic Representative Calls Russian Orthodox to Tolerance (RISU) 07/30/2005
  • Ми писали, ми писали... (Deutsche Welle) 07/30/2005

  • Ukraine Trade Union Leader Praises Revolution But Continues Fight For Change [Mikhail Volynets] (RFE/RL) 07/29/2005
  • Уряд не стримуватиме штучно ціни на пальне (VOA) 07/29/2005
  • Photo: A member of the Ukrainian special forces (L) stands guard while a convict destroys illegal marihuana plants in Snezhnoe, some 110 km (968 miles) north of Donetsk, July 29, 2005. The seized drugs had a street market value of about $30,000, a spokesman said. (Reuters/Yahoo) 07/29/2005
  • Plane carrying Polish defense minister barred from Belarus airspace (Ukrainian Journal) 07/29/2005
  • Assassination plot reported against PM (Ukrainian Journal) 07/29/2005
  • Naftogaz Ukrayiny fails to meet govt natural gas contracts deadline (Ukrainian Journal) 07/29/2005
  • Few real signs of crisis for Yushchenko and Orange Revolution (Eurasia Daily Monitor) 07/29/2005
  • U.S. Administration Loves Ukraine More than Congress (Kommersant) 07/29/2005
  • Yushchenko Speaks With Journalist Leshchenko (UNIAN) 07/29/2005
  • Ющенко і журналіст 'Української правди' потисли руки по телефону (УНІАН) 07/29/2005
  • Ющенко потелефонував до 'Української правди' (Українська Правда) 07/29/2005
  • President's son fined £2 on TV by minister for driving offence (Daily Telegraph) 07/29/2005
  • Son's antics vex Yushchenko (Guardian) 07/29/2005
  • Forged Documents from Сentral Electoral Commission Discovered by Police (UNIAN) 07/29/2005
  • Triumph over tragedy: Residents take in Chernobyl children (Canton Journal) 07/29/2005
  • 3rd most powerful woman - Yulia Tymoshenko, Prime minister, Ukraine (Forbes) 07/29/2005
  • Тимошенко оприлюднила довідку про свої доходи за 2004 рік (УНІАН) 07/29/2005
  • A Lifetime of Memories. Tearful goodbyes mark end of stay for Chernobyl children (Lowell Sun) 07/29/2005
  • Memoir of the Holocaust. Joe Pell's book recounts escaping Nazis, fighting back (SF Chronicle) 07/29/2005
  • The 100 Most Powerful Women [1.Condoleezza Rice (Secretary of state U.S.), 2.Wu Yi (Vice Premier, minister of health China), 3.Yulia Tymoshenko (Prime minister, Ukraine)...] (Forbes) 07/29/2005
  • Ruthenian-language Gospel of Matthew Presented (RISU) 07/29/2005
  • Renton (WA) teenager found dead at base of falls: Boy celebrating birthday likely drowned at park [Vadim Lats, born in the Ukraine, family moved to the U.S. seven years ago] (King County Journal) 07/29/2005
  • Вчора внаслідок ДТП під Львовом загинули 10 осіб (Урядовий портал) 07/29/2005
  • Owings Mills teen dies in New York state crash [Anatoliy Cheremnykh, 14, was attending a summer dance camp] (Baltimore Sun) 07/29/2005
  • Ukrainian woman adjusting in jail. Lidiya Gurinovich, 75, does not speak English. (Times Leader) 07/29/2005
  • EBRD funds to lift CEE yeast , malt production (Novis) 07/29/2005
  • On this day in 1993: Israeli court sets Demjanjuk free (BBC) 07/29/2005
  • Kiev Rewriting Rules on Energy (Moscow Times) 07/29/2005
  • Police Fear Foul Play in Disappearance of Model [Iryna Singerman, a 21-year-old Ukrainian, immigrated last year and was married in the US] (LA Times) 07/29/2005
  • Rice Head Forbes' List of Powerful Women [Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoschenko in third place] (AP/Yahoo) 07/29/2005
  • Locally made movie is honored Saturday ['Under Fire,' documentary about Soviet women, interviews conducted in Cincinnati's sister city Kharkiv, Ukraine, in 2002. Director Sergei Linkov] (Cincinnati Enquirer) 07/29/2005
  • Hasidic Jews Want to Make Ukrainian Village a Pilgrimage Site (RISU) 07/29/2005
  • Get out your banduras: There's a brand new Ukrainian restaurant in Kent. European Cafe Ukraine (Seattle Post-Intelligencer) 07/29/2005
  • Міхаель Ґлос: Німеччина зацікавлена мати гарні відносини з Україною (Deutsche Welle) 07/29/2005
  • ОПЕРАтивний Кабмiн: урядовцям термiново треба зробити культпохiд у Нацiональну оперу (Україна молода) 07/29/2005

  • Footwear Maker Alpina Opens New Company in Ukraine (Slovenia BW) 07/28/2005
  • Українські миротворці виявили колишні склади саддамівської армії (VOA) 07/28/2005
  • 'Ukraine's Future Is in Its Hands,' Says Assistant Secretary Fried. Says there is 'historic window of opportunity' for Ukraine (USDOS) 07/28/2005
  • Українські мусульмани засуджують тероризм (VOA) 07/28/2005
  • Андрій Ющенко, син президента: продовження конфлікту (VOA) 07/28/2005
  • Експерти про свободу слова в Україні (VOA) 07/28/2005
  • “Україна після помарначевої революції” – слухання у Конгресі США (VOA) 07/28/2005
  • Long walk to freedom of former MP [From War to Westminster - Stefan Terlezki (rounded up as a slave by the Germans in his native Ukraine, aged 14, during World War II)] (BBC) 07/28/2005
  • Ukraine scraps visas for Canadian, EU citizens (Reuters/Yahoo) 07/28/2005
  • Visa-free travel for Canadians in Ukraine (AP/Yahoo) 07/28/2005
  • Photo: Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko speaks to the media during a press conference in Kiev (AP/Yahoo) 07/28/2005
  • Ukraine investigates assassination attempt on PM (Reuters/AlertNet) 07/28/2005
  • Prime Minister Tymoshenko Rejects U.S. Concern Over Ukraine's Economic Performance (AP/Yahoo) 07/28/2005
  • [PDF] Testimony by Taras Kuzio PhD (Ukraine hearing July 27, 2005) (House.gov) 07/28/2005
  • [PDF] Testimony of Stephen B. Nix, Esq. (Ukraine hearing July 27, 2005) (House.gov) 07/28/2005
  • [PDF] Statement by Ambassador Nelson C. Ledsky (Ukraine hearing July 27, 2005) (House.gov) 07/28/2005
  • [PDF] Testimony by Ambassador Daniel Fried (Ukraine hearing July 27, 2005) (House.gov) 07/28/2005
  • [PDF] Statement of Chairman Elton Gallegly (Ukraine hearing July 27, 2005) (House.gov) 07/28/2005
  • [Hearing Notice July 27, 2005] Ukraine: Developments in the Aftermath of the Orange Revolution (House.gov) 07/28/2005
  • Андрій Ющенко: Так, я був легковажним і на багато речей просто не звертав уваги (Україна молода) 07/28/2005
  • Ukrainian Media Tests Freedom Boundaries (AP/Yahoo) 07/28/2005
  • The president, the playboy and a £70,000 BMW (Daily Telegraph) 07/28/2005
  • Влада і ЗМI нові, а проблеми старі (Deutsche Welle) 07/28/2005
  • Ukraine seeks construction of pipeline from Iraq’s Kirkukk oil fields (Ukrainian Journal) 07/28/2005
  • Gas prices spike on refinery closure (Ukrainian Journal) 07/28/2005
  • US judge denies former Ukrainian PM Lazarenko bid for new trial (AFP/Yahoo) 07/28/2005
  • Basketball, Bible part of trip to Ukraine (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette) 07/28/2005
  • Ukrainian Court Ruling Temporarily Freezes Return of Major Steel Plant to Government [Viktor Pinchuk's Nikopol Ferroalloy Plant] (AP/Yahoo) 07/28/2005
  • Mikhail Saakashvili Withdrew His Challenge...to Russia and Viktor Yushenko [see: The President Who Didn’t Come] (Kommersant) 07/28/2005
  • Former village worker dies [Eustachius “Stanley” Shewchuk] (Chicago Daily Herald) 07/28/2005
  • Hungary sees need for better integration as more refugees stay [Ukrainian asylum seekers prefer to settle in Hungary, close to their home country.] (Reuters/Alertnet) 07/28/2005
  • Economic reform lags in Ukraine (IH Tribune) 07/28/2005
  • Land property rights will shortly be registered in 'single window', State Land Committee Chief states (Government Portal) 07/28/2005
  • 'За Армстронга готовий віддати все'. Розмова з Ярославом Поповичем (Львівська газета) 07/28/2005

  • Photo: A US judge upheld money laundering and extortion convictions against former Ukrainian prime minister Pavel Lazarenko, pictured in 1997, and set a December sentencing date, prosecutors said. (AFP/Yahoo) 07/27/2005
  • First World Water-Bomb [for extinguishing big fires] To Be Produced In Ukraine (UNIAN) 07/27/2005
  • Ukraine: Has Yushchenko's Political Honeymoon Come To An End? (RFE/RL) 07/27/2005
  • Photo: An unidentified Ukrainian man reviews a street stand with bootlegged CDs and videos in downtown Kiev on Wednesday, July 27 2005, a day after Ukraine's President Viktor Yushchenko endorsed a law that ivokes a crackdown on CD and video piracy. The law is a response to a strong pressure from the U.S. and it is seen as crucial for Ukraine's bid to join the World Trade Organization this fall. (AP/Yahoo) 07/27/2005
  • Vice Premier Tomenko: Internet must be prevented from becoming 'dirty technologists' tool' in election campaign (Government Portal) 07/27/2005
  • Photo: Ukraine's President Viktor Yushchenko's son, Andriy, seen in Kiev, Ukraine, in this Wednesday Nov. 17, 2004 file photo. Ukraine's media tested the boundaries of their newly won freedoms with hard-hitting exposes on the allegedly extravagant lifestyle of President Viktor Yushchenko's son, sparking a public feud with the president over what is fair game in this ex-Soviet republic. The muckraking Web site Ukrainskaya Pravda last week ran stories alleging that Yushchenko's 19-year-old son Andriy drives a US$160,000 (133,000) BMW and frequently slaps down rolls of US$100 bills at high-end restaurants. (AP/Yahoo) 07/27/2005
  • Speaker calls for more support for his party, underscoring ambitions (Ukrainian Journal) 07/27/2005
  • Journalists' letter to President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko (Ukrayinska Pravda) 07/27/2005
  • Yushchenko to meet IMF’s de Rato at Crimea residence this month (Ukrainian Journal) 07/27/2005
  • Peace Corps beckons retiree to Ukraine [One of the requirements, I had to learn to speak Ukrainian.] (San Diego Union-Tribune) 07/27/2005
  • New Ukrainian leadership embraces Soviet-style conspiracy theories (Eurasia Daily Monitor) 07/27/2005
  • President Viktor Yushchenko's letter to Ukrayinska Pravda (Ukrayinska Pravda) 07/27/2005
  • Kiev Denies Terrorism Threat Prevented Yushchenko's Visit (Civil Georgia) 07/27/2005
  • Ukraine in quest for Iranian gas (Eurasia Daily Monitor) 07/27/2005
  • Ukraine Gets Tough on Media Piracy (MosNews) 07/27/2005
  • The Secrets of PR Success (Moscow Times) 07/27/2005
  • Home Credit to launch activities in Ukraine, Kazakhstan (Prague Daily Monitor) 07/27/2005
  • Bad press for Yushchenko after son's escapade (IOL) 07/27/2005
  • Fall Intern - Washington, DC [project focused on using the CEE experience to assist in Ukrainian economic reform] (Website) 07/27/2005
  • Ukraine Begins Gas Maneuvers. The route from Iran to Europe will detour around Russia (Kommersant) 07/27/2005
  • Kiev probes mob link to Euro gas supply (UPI/Wash Times) 07/27/2005
  • Lukoil shuts down Ukrainian oil refinery (Ukrainian Journal) 07/27/2005
  • And now, command capitalism [Following the painful loss of Ukraine (which, by the way, is not considered irretrievably lost) the Kremlin sees attacks on Russian sovereignty in various manifestations of global Russophobia.] (IH Tribune) 07/27/2005
  • Мирослава Гонгадзе і Сергій Шолох звернулися до Президента (УНІАН) 07/27/2005
  • Kiev probes suspected crime link to gas supply (Financial Times) 07/27/2005

  • Rival views divide top leadership in Ukraine (IH Tribune) 07/26/2005
  • Simple Truth Conditions. An Interview with Mykola Tomenko (День) 07/26/2005
  • Democracy Requires an Active Opposition (День) 07/26/2005
  • Happiness, Foreign-Style, or The Dangers of Foreign Marriages (День) 07/26/2005
  • Opinion: Call Him Ivan the Terrible [John Demjanjuk] (Arutz Sheva) 07/26/2005
  • Ex-Governor Charged In Ukraine [Mykola Shvets - Dnipropetrovsk] (RFE/RL) 07/26/2005
  • Українські миротворці передають контроль іракській армії (VOA) 07/26/2005
  • Veterans recall day Soviet-US space crews met in space [Veterans of the first joint US-Soviet space program Vance Brand, Thomas Stafford, Alexei Leonov and Valery Kubasov went to a Ukrainian restaurant and they tried real Ukrainian borsch] (AFP/Yahoo) 07/26/2005
  • Monitoring Ukrainian Networks (Cellular-News) 07/26/2005
  • Thousands Left Stranded in Crimea [24 hours in train cars and at stations after a fire broke out at a large military weapons depot on Saturday.] (Moscow Times) 07/26/2005
  • Українські журналісти вимагають вибачень від президента Ющенка (VOA) 07/26/2005
  • MinAP astonished the market with Ukrainian grain crop forecast increase (Agrimarket) 07/26/2005
  • Ukraine Suggests Transit of Iranian Gas Bypassing Russia (Mosnews) 07/26/2005
  • Slain gal pal 'put out with the garbage' [Nikolay Baranov, 51-year-old Brooklyn man moved to the U.S. from the Ukraine about eight years ago] (NY Daily News) 07/26/2005
  • A bribe too far! Ukraine scraps all traffic cops (Motoring) 07/26/2005
  • Омельченко може знову претендувати на посаду мера Києва (VOA) 07/26/2005
  • Building Democracy in Ukraine; Developments in the Aftermath of the Orange Revolution -- Subcommittee on Europe and Emerging Threats (US Newswire/Yahoo) 07/26/2005
  • Methadone urged for AIDS fight in ex-Soviet states (Reuters) 07/26/2005
  • Experts Say Afghan Heroin Spreading AIDS (AP/Yahoo) 07/26/2005
  • Global Fund Announces Three-Year, $67M Grant To Fight HIV/AIDS in Ukraine (Medical News Today) 07/26/2005
  • President Signed Law, Halting Privatization of Ukrtelecom (UNIAN) 07/26/2005
  • Yushchenko angers Ukrainian press (BBC) 07/26/2005

  • Photo: Ukraine's Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, Ukraine's President Viktor Yushchenko and Ukraine's Parliament Speaker Volodymyr Lytvyn durinfg a news conference in Kiev. Yushchenko gave an upbeat assessment Monday of his first six months in office, but also sounded a warning to his often-feuding government not to abandon the unity that brought them to power. (AP/Yahoo) 07/25/2005
  • Six months on, the appeal of Ukraine's 'orange revolution' is starting to fade (Independent) 07/25/2005
  • Ukrainian police target Donetsk tycoon [Renat Akhmetov] (Eurasia Daily Monitor) 07/25/2005
  • Photo: Orthodox priests carry the relics of the Kievan Prince Vladimir in Kiev. The remains of Vladimir, who converted to Christianity in AD 988 and subsequently baptised the whole of the early East Slavic state of Kievan Rus, were returned from Rostov-on-Don in Russia to Kiev on Sunday (Reuters/Yahoo) 07/25/2005
  • В Україну доставлені мощі святого князя Володимира (RISU) 07/25/2005
  • Church Says Revolution Would Be Bloody (Moscow Times) 07/25/2005
  • NRB Driven Out of Ukraina. Russian bankers demand satisfaction from Yulia Timoshenko (Kommersant) 07/25/2005
  • Ministry weighs Egypt travel advisory (Ukrainian Journal) 07/25/2005
  • Aids follows heroin trail to west (BBC) 07/25/2005
  • Monopoly committee allows Vimplecom to buy Ukrainian RadioSystems (Ukrainian Journal) 07/25/2005
  • Foreign seasonal workers make up a distinct group of drug users (Prague Daily Monitor) 07/25/2005
  • Japanese banks may lend up to $150 mln to Ukraine’s Antonov aircraft (Ukrainian Journal) 07/25/2005
  • Bank to lend to Ukrainian importers (Daily Yomiuri) 07/25/2005
  • Кияни вимагають відставки міського голови (VOA) 07/25/2005
  • Ukrainian Court Orders Ex-President's Son-In-Law to Return Metal Factory Shares to State [Viktor Pinchuk's Nikopol Ferroalloy Plant] (AP/Yahoo) 07/25/2005

  • Judge sees progress in former Soviet republics. Mihm visits Ukraine, Russia in bid to forge ties with foreign justices (Peoria Journal Star) 07/24/2005
  • Photo: The jersey winners - best young rider Yaroslav Popovych (Discovery), points winner Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole), overall winner Lance Armstrong (Discovery) with his children and king of the mountains Michael Rasmussen (Rabobank) (Cycling News) 07/24/2005
  • Photo: Yaroslav Popovych (Discovery) salutes the crowd as he accepts the award for best young rider (Cycling News) 07/24/2005
  • Photo: Yaroslav Popovych wins the white jersey as the best young rider of the Tour de France (Canal le Tour) 07/24/2005
  • Photo: Overall leader Lance Armstrong, of Austin, Texas, pedals along with best sprinter Thor Hushovd of Norway, best climber Mickael Rasmussen of Denmark and best young rider Yaroslav Popovych of Ukraine during the 21st and final stage of the Tour de France (AP/Yahoo) 07/24/2005
  • Photo: Discovery Channel team rider Lance Armstrong of the U.S. and his teamate Yaroslav Popovych of Ukraine await the start of the 21st and final stage of stage of the 92nd Tour de France (Reuters/Yahoo) 07/24/2005
  • Ukranian prince's remains brought home [11th Century Kievan prince Vladimir remains were leant to Moscow before World War II to be studied.] (UPI/Science Daily) 07/24/2005

  • Photo: Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko (R) looks at a panorama model depicting the atomic bomb explosion over Hiroshima during World War Two, at the Peace Memorial Museum in Hiroshima (Reuters/Yahoo) 07/23/2005
  • Photo: Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko feeds deer as he tours Miyajima island in Hiroshima (Reuters/Yahoo) 07/23/2005
  • Photo: Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko and his wife Kateryna feed deer as they tour Miyajima island in Hiroshima (Reuters/Yahoo) 07/23/2005
  • 88 killed in Egypt Red Sea resort bombings [The dead included one Ukrainian] (AFP/Yahoo) 07/23/2005
  • Ukrainian Tax Official Laments Obstruction to Reforms By 'Old Elites' (Black Enterprise) 07/23/2005
  • Photo: Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko places a wreath in front of a cenotaph for atomic bomb victims at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, Japan (Reuters/Yahoo) 07/23/2005
  • Impact of transition on public health in Ukraine: case study of the HIV/AIDS epidemic [Ukraine has the highest per capita prevalence of HIV infection within Europe—1.4%. This poses a serious threat to the region's social and economic stability. Ukraine is geographically the largest country in Europe, apart from the Russian Federation.] (BMJ) 07/23/2005

  • Бізнес і влада: краще чи гірше? (VOA) 07/22/2005
  • Police resort to ruse to implicate Akhmetov in 1988 gang shooting (Ukrainian Journal) 07/22/2005
  • Українські миротворці залишать Ірак до кінця року (VOA) 07/22/2005
  • Photo: Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko (C) and first lady Kateryna Chumachenko (2nd L) are welcomed by Japan's Emperor Akihito upon their arrival at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo (Reuters/Yahoo) 07/22/2005
  • Ukraine approves Vimpelcom URS purchase (Reuters/Yahoo) 07/22/2005
  • Ukrainian Busted in CarderPlanet Online Fraud Ring (Mosnews/Baku Today) 07/22/2005
  • Yushchenko backs Japan bid for UNSC (Japan Times) 07/22/2005
  • With Parliamnet in recess, Yushchenko moves to assert authority (Eurasia Daily Monitor) 07/22/2005
  • Ukraine and Iran Discuss Oil Deliveries to Europe (SEEurope) 07/22/2005
  • Photo: Japanese Emperor Akihito (R) and Empress Michiko (2nd L) accompany Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko (3rd R) and his wife Kateryna (L) at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo (Reuters/Yahoo) 07/22/2005
  • Hospitals hurting for interpreters (Tri-City Herald) 07/22/2005
  • IKEA Goes to Ukraine from Moscow (Kommersant) 07/22/2005
  • Photo: Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko, left, is greeted by Japanese Emperor Akihito Friday, July 22, 2005 at the Imperial palace in Tokyo. Yushchenko, who is on a four-day trip in Japan, is set to visit Hiroshima's atomic bomb memorial before leaving on Saturday. (AP/Yahoo) 07/22/2005
  • O'Connor points to past justices as ideal models for future court [cited the presidential elections last year in Ukraine as a success story] (Salt Lake Tribune) 07/22/2005
  • Toys bound for Ukraine (Bayside Bulletin) 07/22/2005

  • Tim Draper visits Ukraine to start VC Fund (DFJ) 07/21/2005
  • Gassy Deal. Friendship of the Nations. Ukrainian Minister of Justice Roman Zvarich said yesterday that Ukraine intends to pay Gazprom its debt of $1.43 billion for gas supplies from 1997 to 2000 with money. This is in violation of the agreement with Naftogaz Ukrainy signed in August 2004 (Kommersant) 07/21/2005
  • Photo: Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko talks with Tokyo Stock Exchange President Takuo Tsurushima during his visits the Asian's biggest stock exchange in Tokyo Thursday, July 21, 2005. Yushchenko said he wants to foster close cooperation with TSE officials to improve the infrastructure of the securities market in Ukraine. (AP/Yahoo) 07/21/2005
  • Photo: Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko, left, returns a Japanese national flag of a Japanese Imperial Army soldier who detained in a Siberian labor camp after WWII, to Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi prior to their meeting at the latter's official residence in Tokyo (AP/Yahoo) 07/21/2005
  • Human Rights 'Extremely Important' To United States [Goli Ameri, U.S. delegate to U.N. Rights Commission, holds Internet chat] (USDOS) 07/21/2005
  • Israel signs economic cooperation agreement with Ukraine. Israeli industrial exports to Ukraine, excluding diamonds, rose 21% to $40.5 million in the first half of 2005. (Globes) 07/21/2005
  • Rusal May Help Build South Ukrainian Npp Unit (Rednova) 07/21/2005
  • Ukrainian officials find fake banknotes with PM's portrait (AFP/Yahoo) 07/21/2005
  • Подолання СНІДу: нові можливості для України (VOA) 07/21/2005
  • Ukraine’s Prime Minister the New Face of False Notes (MosNews) 07/21/2005
  • Ukraine in No Rush to Privatize Ukrtelecom - Tymoshenko (Black Enterprise) 07/21/2005
  • Photo: Ukrainian President Victor Yushchenko arrives at the parliamentary museum to deliver a speech in Tokyo July 21, 2005. Yushchenko is in Japan for a four-day visit. The talks will focus on economic cooperation and Ukraine's efforts to join the World Trade Organisation, his office said. (Reuters/Yahoo) 07/21/2005
  • CIS economic growth to stay relatively strong-U.N. [Ukraine output would rise 6.0 percent this year, down sharply from 12.1 percent in 2004, with growth slowing further to 5.0 percent in 2006.] (Reuters/Yahoo) 07/21/2005
  • Photo: Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko speaks at a forum of the Japan Institute of International Affairs in Tokyo Thursday, July 21, 2005. Yushchenko, who is currently on a four-day business visit to Tokyo, spoke about 'the new Ukraine and its place in the world. (AP/Yahoo) 07/21/2005
  • Photo: Servicemen from the first fully professional Ukrainian brigade train at their base in Novograd-Volynskiy, 250 km (156 miles) to the west of the capital Kiev (Reuters/Yahoo) 07/21/2005
  • Photo: Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko speaks to French senators in June 2005. Fraudsters used fake banknotes bearing the portrait of Tymoshenko to try to cheat retirees in the eastern Donetsk region. (AFP/Yahoo) 07/21/2005
  • Photo: Servicemen from the first fully professional Ukrainian brigade, stand to attention while wearing protective suits during training at their base in Novograd-Volynskiy, 250 km (156 miles) to the west of the capital Kiev (AP/Yahoo) 07/21/2005
  • Graphic Testimony Continues In Massage Therapist Trial [A young Ukrainian woman testified Wednesday that a self-proclaimed Tibetan healer repeatedly raped and sexually assaulted her during what was supposed to be massage therapy for her migraine headaches.] (10News) 07/21/2005
  • Secret tapes could blame ex-president over killing (The Scotsman) 07/21/2005
  • Reunions abound at Ukrainian Festival [Glen Spey, Verkhovyna] (Middletown Times Herald-Record) 07/21/2005
  • Photo: Servicemen from the first fully professional Ukrainian brigade, train at their base in Novograd-Volynskiy, 250 km (156 miles) to the west of the capital Kiev, Ukraine, Thursday, July 21, 2005. Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko's government plans to replace the mainly conscript army with a professional military service by the end of 2010. (AP/Yahoo) 07/21/2005
  • Call it cafe, or call it bistro -- Out Take remains way in [potato vareniki in Los Angeles] (U Daily News) 07/21/2005
  • Photo: Visiting Ukraine President Viktor Yushchenko (L) is greeted by Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi in Tokyo July 21, 2005. Yushchenko and Koizumi agreed on a new partnership between the two countries. (Reuters/Yahoo) 07/21/2005
  • Неефективність українського уряду: висновки експертів (VOA) 07/21/2005
  • Secret tapes could blame ex-president over killing (The Scotsman) 07/21/2005
  • A Young Ballerina Learns to Walk Through Open Doors (NY Times) 07/21/2005

  • Ukrainian Agency Analyzing Gongadze Tapes (RFE/RL) 07/20/2005
  • Viktor Yushchenko Dragged to Peace. Russian oligarchs become regulars at Ukrainian president’s (Kommersant) 07/20/2005
  • Girl [recently arrived in the United States from Ukraine with her family] Sexually Assaulted at Florida Hotel (AP/Yahoo) 07/20/2005
  • Ukrainians Lament Slow Pace of Change (Deutsche Welle) 07/20/2005
  • Ukrainian Swindlers Out of the Net (Kommersant) 07/20/2005
  • Pirogi makers ready for Sunday festival. Thousands prepared for Ukrainian party in Elmira Heights. (Star-Gazette) 07/20/2005
  • СБУ та ФБР проведуть нову експертизу плівок Мельниченка (VOA) 07/20/2005
  • Ukraine shuts down two nuclear reactors due to malfunctions (Xinhua) 07/20/2005
  • Замість ДАІ в Україні будуть створені дві служби - патрульна служба та дорожня міліція (Урядовий портал) 07/20/2005
  • National program of prophylaxis of HIV/AIDS needs to be revised, Mykola Tomenko Believes [As of July 1, 2005, 80,000 HIV-infected persons were officially registered in Ukraine, 10,000 of whom were children.] (Government portal) 07/20/2005
  • Justice Minister Roman Zvarych unveils plan to purge State Executive Service's ranks (Government portal) 07/20/2005
  • Captive Nations Week [A former U.S. ambassador, distinguished professor of economics, prolific writer, renowned lecturer and global strategist Lev E. Dobriansky will be getting the Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Captive Nations Committee and the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America for 'his inspiring leadership and unwavering commitment to the Liberation of all Captive Nations and the National Independence of all Peoples.' (W)rote the 1959 resolution that first proclaimed 'Captive Nations Week'] (Heritage Foundation) 07/20/2005
  • Від єдиного урядовця – представника старої влади вимагають звільнитися (VOA) 07/20/2005
  • Ukraine to Bring Troops into Transdniestria (Kommersant) 07/20/2005
  • President turns down Vice Premier Roman Bezsmertyi's (Government portal) 07/20/2005
  • Negotiations between Ukraine and EU on liberalization of visa regime to start in early Autumn 2005 (Government portal) 07/20/2005
  • Photo: A Ukrainian traffic policeman talks to a driver while her car is evacuated in central Kiev (Reuters/Yahoo) 07/20/2005
  • Photo: Ukrainian traffic policeman talk in central Kiev July 20, 2005. Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko disbanded the 23,000-member traffic police department because of widespread corruption, Itar-Tass news agency reported today. (Reuters/Yahoo) 07/20/2005
  • Resolution of Gongadze murder blocked (Eurasia Daily Monitor) 07/20/2005

  • Підсумки візиту Хав'єра Солани в Україну (VOA) 07/19/2005
  • UA International Group Announces Agreement with Eurpen Acadamie (BusinessWire/Yahoo) 07/19/2005
  • Photo: A unidentified traffic policeman stands idle near a traffic jam in downtown Kiev, Tuesday, July 19 2005. Ukraine's traffic police were confused about their fate Tuesday a day after President Viktor Yushchenko said he wants to disband this former Soviet nation's 23,000-strong traffic police department because of widespread corruption. For many traffic policemen it was business as usuall, but some refused to work arguing their department had ceased to exist. (AP/Yahoo) 07/19/2005
  • Yushchenko sacks 23,000 'corrupt' traffic police (London times) 07/19/2005
  • Hewlett Packard збиратиме комп'ютери в Україні (VOA) 07/19/2005
  • The black currant is welcomed back after decades of exile (Rochester Democrat & Chronicle) 07/19/2005
  • Визначення найкращих українських інтернет-проектів (VOA) 07/19/2005
  • Yushchenko targets Donetsk 'clans' (Eurasia Daily Monitor) 07/19/2005
  • A short-term solution to Ukraine's supply of Russian gas (Eurasia Daily Monitor) 07/19/2005
  • Today in History: A methane gas explosion in a Ukrainian mine killed at least 34 miners. (AP/Yahoo) 07/19/2005
  • Photo: Ukraine's President Viktor Yushchenko (R) invites European Union Foreign Policy Chief Javier Solana to the table for negotiations as they meet in Kiev July 19, 2005. Solana arrived in Ukraine for a one-day working visit. (Reuters/Yahoo) 07/19/2005
  • No Collusion Among Russian Oil Companies During Fuel Crisis, Ukrainian Regulators Say (AP/Yahoo) 07/19/2005
  • Yushchenko sacks 23,000 'corrupt' traffic police (The Times) 07/19/2005

  • HIV and National Security. Transcript: Laurie Garrett, Peter Piot, Richard C. Holbrooke... (Council on Foreign Relations) 07/18/2005
  • „Чорні списки” ПОРИ – першi результати (VOA) 07/18/2005
  • Круглий стiл: взаємини мiж бiзнесом i владою (VOA) 07/18/2005
  • В Україні обіцяють радикальну реформу ДАІ (VOA) 07/18/2005
  • Брюс Джексон: Україна лише починає рух до демократії (VOA) 07/18/2005
  • Doctor: Yushchenko in 'Very Good' Health (AP/Yahoo) 07/18/2005
  • Ukraine billionaire fails to appear for questioning [Rinat Akhmetov] (Reuters/Yahoo) 07/18/2005
  • Bulgarian communist heir tipped for PM [Sergei Stanishev, born in Ukraine, the son of a senior Bulgarian communist official and a Russian mother] (Reuters) 07/18/2005
  • Ukraine to Sell 1.7 Percent Stake in Key Steel Mill to Test Its Market Price [Kryvorizhstal] (AP/Yahoo) 07/18/2005
  • Protest camps badger Yushchenko (BBC) 07/18/2005
  • Gazprom Shared with Ukraine. Subsidiary to pay for lost gas (Kommersant) 07/18/2005
  • Canadian miniseries win awards [Correspondent was also nominated for its documentary Anatomy of a Revolution, a look at the forces behind political change in Ukraine.] (Globe and Mail) 07/18/2005
  • Українськi сили в Iраку продовжують передачу вiдповiдальностi (VOA) 07/18/2005
  • Market Caters to Tastes From Many Homelands [Kiev Market in Spokane Valley] (Spokesman-Review) 07/18/2005
  • How Putin youth is indoctrinated to foil revolution (The Times) 07/18/2005

  • Збіґнев Бжезинський оцiнює ситуацію в Українi (VOA) 07/17/2005
  • Wave of anti-Semitic articles seen tied to vote for Ukraine Parliament (JTA) 07/17/2005
  • Ukrainian kidnapped and raped (Khaleej Times) 07/17/2005

  • United Ukraine church could oust Russian bear (AP/Toronto Star) 07/16/2005
  • From Broadway stage to Prairie pulpit. Former acting star [Edward Evanko] gets his calling to the priesthood Moved to tears, Winnipeg native embraces tradition (AP/Toronto Star) 07/16/2005
  • Ukraine faces gas war on three fronts (Financial Express) 07/16/2005

  • Photo: Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko speaks in Donetsk, Ukraine, Friday, July 15, 2005. Viktor Yushchenko told a packed auditorium in the hostile eastern city of Donetsk that he was ready to bury the past and work to improve life throughout Ukraine. Yushchenko was making a one-day visit to Donetsk, a Russian-speaking region that overwhelmingly supported his rival in last year's bitter election. (AP/Yahoo) 07/15/2005
  • Photo: Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko, left, is greeted by Director of the Zasyadko coal mine Yefim Zvyagilsky in Donetsk (AP/Yahoo) 07/15/2005
  • Protests Greet President In Eastern Ukraine [AP] (RFE/RL) 07/15/2005
  • Metal Makers Call for Extension of Ukrainian Rod Duties (Kommersant) 07/15/2005
  • OMV signs deal with two firms in Ukraine [DUBAI - OMV, leading Central European oil and gas company; Naftogas of Ukraine and NSC Chornomornaftogaz] (Khaleej Times) 07/15/2005
  • Great demand for apricot and peach in Ukrainian market (Fresh Plaza) 07/15/2005
  • Ukraine refuses to discuss Tuzla ownership with Russia [The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said Thursday that the Tuzla Island is an inseparable part of Ukraine's territory and its ownership cannot be discussed in talks with Russia.] (Xinhua/People's Daily) 07/15/2005
  • Unrecognized Visit. Ukrainian President meets the leader of Transdniestria (Kommersant) 07/15/2005
  • From Ukraine, with love (Princeton Packet) 07/15/2005
  • Yushchenko flexible on revising G-4's U.N. reform plan (Kyodo News/Yahoo) 07/15/2005
  • Medvedchuk Summoned to Interior Ministry to Explain Conferring High State Ranks on Certain Citizens (UNIAN) 07/15/2005
  • Виступ Ющенка перед активом і громадськістю Донецької області (УНІАН) 07/15/2005
  • The National Bank of Ukraine approved the Bank of Moscow sub foundation (AK&M) 07/15/2005
  • Branches of Authority Clash in Ukraine. Viktor Yushchenko tries to make peace between the Speaker and the Prime Minister (Kommersant) 07/15/2005
  • Government preparing special tax breaks for high-tech imports (Ukrainian Journal) 07/15/2005
  • Singing in Ukraine (Huddersfield Daily Examiner) 07/15/2005

  • Obit: † STEFANIA CZORNY -/- Відійшла у вічність † Стефанія ДОСІНЧУК ЧОРНА (BRAMA) 07/14/2005
  • UA International Signs Agreement with Ukrauto Concern (Website) 07/14/2005
  • Commander: Ukrainian Military Partially Operational (RFE/RL) 07/14/2005
  • Ukraine Families Visit Local Families for Respite from Radiation (KNDU) 07/14/2005
  • Ukraine's Economic Growth Slows Dramatically in First Six Months of the Year (AP/Yahoo) 07/14/2005
  • Rinat Akhmetov Called in to Give Unknown Evidence. Questioning (Kommerasnt) 07/14/2005
  • President Called on Tymoshenko and Lytvyn to Mutual Understanding (UNIAN) 07/14/2005
  • Ukraine: Would Hike In Russian Gas Prices Prove A Blessing In Disguise? [RFE/RL] (Payvand) 07/14/2005
  • Photo: Presidents Viktor Yushchenko of Ukraine (R) and Stjepan Mesic of Croatia clink glasses after signing documents in Mariinsky Palace in Kiev, July 14, 2005. Mesic arrived in Ukraine on Wednesday for a tree-day official visit. (Reuters/Yahoo) 07/14/2005
  • Exhibition of Rare Photos Commemorate 60th Anniversary of End of World War II in Europe [While the American death toll from World War II was 400,000, more than 25 million Russians, Ukrainians and other peoples of the Soviet Empire died.] (Website) 07/14/2005
  • Ukraine's economic growth slumps (BBC) 07/14/2005
  • The former Soviet Union's next wave of democratization (Eurasianet) 07/14/2005
  • Joint 22-nation military exercises start in Ukraine (Xinhua/People's Daily) 07/14/2005
  • Austrian bank nears Ukraine deal (Deal) 07/14/2005
  • Ukrainian President Slams Tax Service for Failure to Reform (Black Enterprise) 07/14/2005
  • Land Privatization to End Within 10 Months - Yushchenko (Black Enterprise) 07/14/2005
  • Photo Exhibit Highlights Soviet Sacrifice (AP/Yahoo) 07/14/2005
  • Ukraine GDP growth slows to 4 pct in first half (Reuters/Yahoo) 07/14/2005
  • Ознаки сповiльнення розвитку української економiки (VOA) 07/14/2005
  • Ukraine investors wary as progress is slow [dated 7/11/05] (BBC) 07/14/2005
  • Time to Relaunch Ukraine's Economic Policy, by Ariel Cohen, Ph.D. (Heritage Foundation) 07/14/2005
  • В Українi формуються виборчi блоки (VOA) 07/14/2005
  • Парламентсько-урядова криза: коментарі політологів (VOA) 07/14/2005
  • True Colors [Two hundred years ago King Karl XII of Sweden fought together with the Cossack hetman (leader) Ivan Mazepa for the independence of Ukraine from Russia. Unfortunately they were not very successful, but it is still true that the Ukrainian flag has its colors, blue and yellow, from the banner of Karl XII.] (TCS) 07/14/2005

  • Photo: Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko and his wife Katherina are surrounded by a crowd before visiting Santa Barbara church in downtown Vienna. (AP/Yahoo) 07/13/2005
  • Photo: Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko signs autographs before visiting Santa Barbara church in downtown Vienna. Yushchenko is in Vienna for an official two-day visit. (AP/Yahoo) 07/13/2005
  • Government Blames Parliament for Provocation (UNIAN) 07/13/2005
  • An old-school girl goes to Warped Tour [Gogol Bordello Ukrainian born lead singer Eugene Hutz] (Arbiter) 07/13/2005
  • Internal divisions may defeat Yushchenko's WTO aspirations (Eurasia Daily Monitor) 07/13/2005
  • UAOC Statement on London Terrorist Attacks (UAOC) 07/13/2005
  • Святослав Піскун зустрівся з американськими колегами [Павло Лазаренко] (Урядовий портал) 07/13/2005
  • Current consultations by experts groups of Ukraine and Russia on delimitation of the Azov and Black Seas and the Kerch Strait started in Kyiv (Government postal) 07/13/2005
  • New coach brings international experience to Central girls tennis [Ukraine native Kateryna Romanenko] (La Crosse Tribune) 07/13/2005
  • Ukrainian Church meeting in Winnipeg [Sobor] (National Post) 07/13/2005
  • Commercial piracy in Ukraine (Computer Crime Research Center) 07/13/2005
  • Білозір заблокувала рахунки Театру російської драми (УНІАН) 07/13/2005
  • Bears bare their teeth at drunk Ukrainian man (IOL) 07/13/2005
  • Литвин перервав відпустку і повертається з Криму до Києва (УНІАН) 07/13/2005
  • Ukraine Confiscates Rough Diamonds (Diamonds) 07/13/2005
  • Sviatoslav Piskun and his american counterparts discuss Gongadze case and other resonant crimes (Government postal) 07/13/2005
  • Росія визнала Тузлу українським островом (УНІАН) 07/13/2005
  • Yushchenko's party project a failure? (Eurasia Daily Monitor) 07/13/2005
  • Ukraine Outraged by Russian Shoot-em-up Computer Game [Mission Galichina features Russian special forces destroying Ukrainian guerillas] (MosNews) 07/13/2005
  • Naftogaz Buys Cheap (Kommersant) 07/13/2005

  • Photo: A woman listens to a street musician playing the violin in a pedestrian subway in Kiev (AFP/Yahoo) 07/12/2005
  • Lubomyr Husar: Christianity as a Dominant Component of the History of Ukrainian Culture (День) 07/12/2005
  • Economy minister predicts WTO accession this yr barring ‘stupid laws’ (Ukrainian Journal) 07/12/2005
  • Agricultural Minister Baranovski Received Ultimatum from PM (UNIAN) 07/12/2005
  • Ukrainian Billionaire [Viktor Pinchuk] Stripped Of Another Asset [Nikopol Ferroalloy Plant] (Forbes) 07/12/2005
  • Ukraine to barter away $490 million Turkmen gas debt by yr end (Ukrainian Journal) 07/12/2005
  • Legionnaires who 'spilled blood' get [French] citizenship [Lance Corporal Andrly Vyakhirev, 27, wounded in January 2003 in clashes in the western Ivory Coast] (AFP/Expatica) 07/12/2005
  • Official: Ukraine Wants to Ship Iranian Natural Gas to Europe Via Its Pipelines (AP/Yahoo) 07/12/2005
  • The State-Owned Antonov Aircraft Construction Corporation will be created (Government postal) 07/12/2005
  • Ukraine Balanced the Gas Supplies. Gasprom is not aware about it (Kommersant) 07/12/2005
  • Ex-prostitute [23-year-old Ukrainian citizen who was bought and sold by pimps in Israel] sues TV's Riva, says he put her in mortal danger (Ha'aretz) 07/12/2005
  • A Nazi's Day of Judgment [see 'Aleksandr Kurisa, an SS officer from Ukraine'] (LA Times/Yahoo) 07/12/2005
  • Russia delays Alfa, Telenor push for Vimpelcom (Reuters/Yahoo) 07/12/2005
  • Photo: Portrait taken in the 30s of Leon Trotsky, pseudonym of Lev Davidovich Bronstein, famous Russian Jewish revolutionary, born in 1898 in Ukraine. The weapon used to kill Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky in Mexico in 1940 has reappeared after almost 65 years. (AFP/Yahoo) 07/12/2005
  • Photo: Austrian President Heinz Fischer (L) and Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko review a guard of honour in Vienna's Hofburg palace on July 12, 2005. Yushchenko is on a working visit to Austria. (Reuters/Yahoo) 07/12/2005
  • Ukrainian Court Seizes Control of Metal Factory From Former President's Son-In-Law (AP/Yahoo) 07/12/2005
  • Transnational Lending Structure: Ukrainian Case (Mondaq) 07/12/2005
  • Ukrainian president visits Austria to gather support for his country's EU bid (CP/National Post) 07/12/2005
  • Ukraine's Ex-Security Service Chief Ihor Smeshko Denies Agents Poisoned President Yushchenko (UNIAN) 07/12/2005
  • Energy, imagination and emotion at Paris haute couture [Gaultier even offered emotion, as Kateryna Yushchenko, the wife of the popular Ukrainian leader, sat with her daughter Sophia and watched...] (IH Tribune) 07/12/2005

  • Ukraine investors wary as progress is slow (BBC) 07/11/2005
  • Local beer brands boom in Ukraine [brewer Sarmat] (CEE-foodindustry) 07/11/2005
  • Impressionist and Modern art sales, London: New Ukrainian buyer spends ?12 million on Modern paintings [unidentified bidder secured three of the top five lots at the sale, classic works by Signac, Gauguin and Vlaminck...] (Art Newspaper) 07/11/2005
  • MSF activities in Ukraine being handed over [HIV/AIDS programme] (MSF) 07/11/2005
  • Troupe traces steps of tradition [Slavjane Carpatho-Rusyn Dancers] (Ohio Tribune Chronicle) 07/11/2005
  • Investments: Ukrainian billionaire sets up new fund for Russian art (Art Newspaper) 07/11/2005
  • Revolutionary Bakiyev wins Kyrgyz poll by landslide (Reuters/Yahoo) 07/11/2005
  • Ukraine trip nice; just don't ask for ice (Huntsville Times) 07/11/2005
  • On this day: 1990 – Hundreds of thousands of miners in Ukraine hold a one-day strike to protest the policies of the Soviet government. (Australia Sunday Times) 07/11/2005
  • Remembrance and remorse in Berlin (Wash Times) 07/11/2005
  • The plight of Belarus (Malta Times) 07/11/2005
  • World Bank Supports Ukraine's Bid to Join WTO by the End of the Year, Official Says (AP/Yahoo) 07/11/2005
  • Vatican slams sex trade [16.6% of women working as sex slaves in Italy are from Ukraine] (ANSA) 07/11/2005
  • Ukraine must do better (Euro-Reporters) 07/11/2005
  • Yushchenko Allowed PUOU to Use Brand “Our Ukraine” (UNIAN) 07/11/2005
  • Ukraine Steps Up Antiterrorist Measures After London Blasts (RedNova) 07/11/2005
  • Свiтовий банк затверджує новi позики Українi (VOA) 07/11/2005
  • Ukraine Backpedals in Gas Dispute (Moscow Times) 07/11/2005
  • Опозиція знову звинувачує владу у переслідуваннях (VOA) 07/11/2005
  • Ukraine Gas Chief Says Contracts Signed to Cover Shortfall (RedNova) 07/11/2005
  • Ukraine Squares Up to Russia in Gas Pipeline Row (RedNova) 07/11/2005
  • Echoes of our grandfathers' world (Ha'aretz) 07/11/2005
  • Polish film [My Nikifor] wins Czech honours [85-year-old Krystyna Feldman, who is Polish and lives in the Ukraine, won best actress] (BBC) 07/11/2005
  • Ukraine Holds First Oblast Election Since Orange Revolution (Pressbox) 07/11/2005
  • Obit: Charles Ernest Dojack [Dojack went door-to-door selling Ukrainian books...] (Globe and Mail) 07/11/2005
  • The Rich Boys. An ultra-secretive network rules independent oil trading. Its mentor: Marc Rich [One company from which Rich bought crude during this period was a front for extremist Russian and Ukrainian organizations. All were pro-Saddam...] (BusinessWeek) 07/11/2005
  • Tymoshenko Claims that One Cannot Accuse “Naftohaz Ukrayiny” of Stealing Gas (UNIAN) 07/11/2005
  • Студенти вимагають відновлення пільг на транспорт (VOA) 07/11/2005
  • Drama on ice [The show has been produced and choreographed by coach Luda Kalenuk, who is from Ukraine. ] (Gulf News) 07/11/2005

  • Photo: Patriarch Filaret, who heads the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kyivan Patriarchate during interview with The Associated Press, in Kiev, Ukraine. Filaret said that the Orthodox Church should not fear the Vatican, saying that he sees no obstacles to greater cooperation between the two Christian churches. (CP/Yahoo) 07/10/2005
  • On this day: 1994 – Leonid Kuchma wins presidential elections in Ukraine over incumbent Leonid Kravchuk; 1040 – It is thought that Lady Godiva rode naked on horseback through Coventry, England (Australia Sunday Times) 07/10/2005
  • Joint ventures likely in arms production: China, Ukraine, Turkey contacted (Dawn) 07/10/2005
  • Summer essentials - holiday reading [Marina Lewycka] (Guardian) 07/10/2005
  • Ten Thousand Demonstrate Against Government in Azerbaijan [Many wore orange clothing, a symbol inspired by last year's 'orange revolution' that brought pro-Western opposition candidate Viktor Yushchenko to power in Ukraine.] (Baku Today) 07/10/2005
  • HBO, Vitali duck punches (Boston Herald) 07/10/2005
  • Breakaway churches gain ground in Ukraine (AP/Chicago Sun-Times) 07/10/2005
  • Luxembourg backs EU charter, but future unclear (Reuters/Yahoo) 07/10/2005

  • Inspired Gaultier creates a fairytale from the steppes (London Telegraph) 07/09/2005
  • Police suspect London bombs triggered by timers [blasts killed more than 50 people] (Reuters) 07/09/2005
  • Putin Promises Russia Will Hike Oil Exports (AP/Yahoo) 07/09/2005
  • Paper Says Ukrainian Privatization Slowing Down in 2005 (Black Enterprise) 07/09/2005
  • Ukraine still on course for WTO (Financial Times) 07/09/2005
  • Whether to extend Russia's lease on naval base not yet considered: Ukraine (Xinhua/People's Daily) 07/09/2005
  • Inspired Gaultier creates a fairytale from the steppes (Daily Telegraph) 07/09/2005

  • Paris haute couture: Gaultier offers Slavic chic (AFP/SAWF) 07/08/2005
  • Yushchenko election coalition divided over role for Lytvyn (Eurasia Daily Monitor) 07/08/2005
  • Photo: Gaultier Couture: Orange Revolution Chic...Model walks the runway for the Gaultier Couture Spring 2006 Collection on display in Paris (FWD/Yahoo) 07/08/2005
  • Paris haute couture: Gaultier offers Slavic chic [The wife of Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko, Katherine, and his daughter Sofia elegantly represented the region in the front row.] (AFP/Yahoo) 07/08/2005
  • Gaultier Couture: Orange Revolution Chic (FWD/Yahoo) 07/08/2005
  • Рада Європи не припинить монiторингу України (VOA) 07/08/2005
  • Photo: Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko gives the thumbs up sign and officials applaud as lawmakers agreed to put the government's bills needed for Ukraine's entry into the World Trade Organization up for consideration in Kiev, Ukraine, Wednesday, July 6, 2005. More than a dozen lawmakers brawled in the Ukrainian parliament Wednesday during a debate over legislation needed for Ukraine's entry into the World Trade Organization. (AP/Yahoo) 07/08/2005
  • Photo: Ukrainian lawmakers brawled in the Uk