TOC_Sunday, June 26, 2005

Sunday, June 26, 2005

Ukraine's WTO bid hinges on a package of legislation
by Zenon Zawada
Kyiv Press Bureau

World Economic Forum roundtable in Kyiv outlines plan for Ukraine's economic progress
by Mark Adams
World Economic Forum

Environmental activists criticize inaction of Yushchenko administration
by Vladyslav Pavlov
Special to The Ukrainian Weekly

ANALYSIS

Ukraine's government tries to get a grip on corruption
by Roman Kupchinsky
RFE/RL Belarus, Ukraine and Moldova Report

SDPU leader Medvedchuk, Kuchma ally, awaits his fate
by Taras Kuzio
Eurasia Daily Monitor

NEWSBRIEFS

Ukraine slams PACE resolution
Murdoch urged to invest in Ukraine
Monument to Chornovil is planned
Ukrainian government is sued
Russians urged to invest in Ukraine
Yushchenko, Patriarch Bartholomew meet
5 million worked abroad in 2004
Gongadze suspects remain under arrest
Mexican president visits Ukraine
Kryvorizhstal sale to proceed
Memorandum signed on property rights
Illegal VAT refunds revealed
GDP figure for 2004 questioned
Zaporizhia mayor accused of corruption
Number of millionaires doubled in 2004
Transdniester threatens to block traffic
Kyiv administration can't help Lavra

NEWS ANALYSIS: Washington concerned Ukraine may not join WTO this year
by Taras Kuzio
Eurasia Daily Monitor

Lviv mayor on hunger strike to protest "insolence" of judges
by Zenon Zawada
Kyiv Press Bureau

OSCE program re-trains military officers in Ukraine
Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe

Administrative court system judges participate in OSCE training course

Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko addresses Ukrainian community in Paris
by Danylo Peleschuk

Delegation from Ukraine attends ceremony at Petliura's gravesite
by Danylo Peleschuk

Ukrainian Catholic Church's Encounter attracts over 250 to conference

OBITUARY: Luba Halibey, 87, devoted teacher, community activist

Experts speak on national Orthodox Church in Ukraine
Religious Information Service of Ukraine

Reznik dismissed as ambassador to U.S.

EDITORIAL
Ukraine and the WTO

Turning the pages back
June 26, 1999

FOR THE RECORD: UWC statement on Bykivnia

Ukraine's Channel 5 selected to receive OSCE Prize for Journalism and Democracy

THE THINGS WE DO...
by Orysia Paszczak Tracz
Some mak for the road

NEWS AND VIEWS
Conference at United Nations keeps Chornobyl in the spotlight
by Walter Bodnar

REFLECTIONS: Remembering Uncle Slawko - Jaroslaw Opyriuk
by Lubomyr and Nadia Luciuk

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Weekly fortunate to have Zawada
Majority of clergy are married
Objects to contest of varenyky eating
Author seeks info on wartime event
Project funded solely by Hynansky
Forums on Brama lacking oversight

SPORTSLINE
- compiled by Andrew Nynka and Danylo Peleschuk

Recalling a soccer great: the late Walter Chyzowych
by Omelan Twardowsky

THE NEWS FROM HERE
- compiled by Roxolana Woloszyn

Plast's Vovcha Tropa campground conducts fund-raising for improvements
by Andrij Kozak

Rochesterians welcome president of National University of Kyiv Mohyla Academy
by Christine Hoshowsky

BOOK NOTES

Andrukhovych's philosophical novel now available in English translation

A bilingual edition of poety by Oleksiy Koshel of Ukraine

'Ukrainian Women in History' launched in D.C.
- Yaro Bihun

Laryssa Lauret stars in off-Broadway show

Corrections

NOTES ON PEOPLE
Sisters at Columbia earn grad degrees

Shevchenko Society hosts lecture/recital on Baroque music in Ukraine
by Bruce Johnson

Sixteen debutantes presented to Ukrainian community in Cleveland

COMMUNITY CHRONICLE: Ansonia parish holds its traditional Ukrainian Easter celebration

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