Embassy updates, improves its website (01/24/99)

Embassy updates, improves its website

by Irene Jarosewich

PARSIPPANY, N.J. - For those who haven't visited the Embassy of Ukraine's website (http://www.ukremb.com/) recently, it's time to take another look. The site has been updated and upgraded; it includes more Ukraine-related links and a great deal of useful information.

The site's main page offers 12 selections that include: Visa Information, Consular Division, Embassy Info, Embassy Staff, Embassy Tour, Ukrainian Diplomatic Missions in the U.S. and the World, Military Attache, Trade Mission, Leaders of Ukraine, Discover Ukraine, Press Releases and a Guest Book. The Ukrainian Weekly's production and editorial staff, which uses the Internet a lot (and gets whiny and cranky when information is outdated or links don't work), was impressed with the upgraded site.

Probably one of the most useful selections is Visa Information. It's accurate, informative and, for the first time since independence, the various categories and subcategories of visas and requirements and fees make sense. The Embassy Tour selection is interesting and a good history lesson for teenagers, and the Military Attaché selection, with lots of photos of Ukrainian military hardware, is a good site to visit for all those adolescent boys, age 13-30, who like to know about big things that go boom.

The Discover Ukraine page offers selections that link to sites such as Ukraine Online. Choose this page's Art selection for an impressive on-line tour of the collections of several Ukrainian artists.

Information on some of the linked sites is outdated (for example, Viktor Kryzhanivsky is still listed as the consul general in New York on the Consulate General of Ukraine site, and visa and travel information on some non-Embassy sites is wrong), but overall, the Embassy website is packed with information, and the links work.

The Embassy of Ukraine can be reached via e-mail at: [email protected].

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