TOC_Sunday, March 19, 2000

Sunday, March 19, 2000

81 killed in coal mine explosion near Krasnodon
by Roman Woronowycz
Kyiv Press Bureau

Demjanjuk sues U.S. for $5 M in damages
by Roma Hadzewycz

IMF says Kyiv supplied misleading information on financial reserves
by Roman Woronowycz
Kyiv Press Bureau

ANALYSIS
Is Ukraine now a buffer between NATO and Russia?
by Jan Maksymiuk
RFE/RL Poland, Belarus and Ukraine Report

Verkhovna Rada ratifies 1992 Open Skies Treaty
Embassy of Ukraine

NEWSBRIEFS

IMF says Ukraine provided incorrect data
Another two referenda in Ukraine?
Young Communists form new group
Symonenko: Kuchma seeks to split CPU
President presses for referendum
Poland celebrates 1,000 years
Ukraine, Russia disagree over gas debt
Kuchma comments on gas debt
Kuchma signs 2000 budget
NBU: no evidence of misuse of IMF funds
WB requests probe into use of loans

Belarusian president says no to Western mediators
by Askold Krushelnycky
RFE/RL Newsline

Helsinki Commission hearing focuses on Belarus' failure
to meet human rights standards, and its union with Russia
by Orest Deychakiwsky

INTERVIEW: Belarusian Popular Front leader on developments in Belarus
PART I

European Parliament monitors recommend suspension
of Ukraine's membership if April 16 referendum is held
by Roman Woronowycz
Kyiv Press Bureau

Youths who seized Communist Party HQ surrender after 13-hour stand-off with militia
by Roman Woronowycz
Kyiv Press Bureau

Shcherbak named envoy to Canada

THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FORUM
UNA term insurance plans
by Martha Lysko
UNA National Secretary

EDITORIAL
Profoundly threatening

Turning the pages back...
March 22, 1998

FOR THE RECORD
Prime Minister Viktor Yuschenko's address to Holocaust conference

FACES AND PLACES
by Myron B. Kuropas
What's with the religious right?

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

About the meaning of VOA budget cuts
March 5 issue full of useful reports
ODVU letter writer corrects date

Jewish community of Kyiv mourns miners

UUARC rushes aid to miners' families

USUF announces fund-raising drive
by Chrystia Sonevytsky

CCRF plans emergency airlift

Ukrainian Canadian's design selected for new 25-cent coin
by Myroslaw Prytulak
Special to The Ukrainian Weekly

St. George School holds fund-raising dance
School needs to raise $50,000 by end of March to stay open
by Sonia Szereg-Lechicky

Credit union CEOs and managers meet at annual conference

Yale to host conference on Soviet and post-Soviet Ukraine

Ukrainian Free University looks ahead to its 80th anniversary
Special to The Ukrainian Weekly

Kolasky Fellowship awarded to Kozak-era historian

Latest volume of Hrushevsky introduced to scholarly community

DATELINE NEW YORK: A cultural selection for everyone
by Helen Smindak

Tarnawsky to read poetry at Kovalchuk art exhibit

UKRAINIAN PRO HOCKEY UPDATE
by Ihor Stelmach
Ukrainian player smuggled into U.S.

Yara Arts Group presents "Circle" in cooperation with Buryat theater

Slavic department establishes Solomea Pavlychko Stipend
by Maxim Tarnawsky

Marusia Yaworska Fund offers two scholarships for music students

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