TOC_Sunday, March 26, 2006

Sunday, March 26, 2006

Uncertainty about parliamentary coalition is uppermost in Ukrainian voters' minds
by Zenon Zawada
Kyiv Press Bureau

Bush signs bill granting Ukraine permanent normal trade relations

Ukrainian Catholics mark 60th anniversary of Soviets' attempted liquidation of their Church
by Zenon Zawada
Kyiv Press Bureau

Yushchenko, Husar, Bishops' Synod issue statements on anniversary

ANALYSIS

Poor strategy, the elections and Ukraine's NATO ambitions
by Taras Kuzio

Will Moscow continue to back Lukashenka and his regime?
by Claire Bigg
RFE/RL Newsline

NEWSBRIEFS

Tymoshenko: what are president's plans?
Exit poll to be conducted on election day
Policeman shoots election campaigner
Our Ukraine comments on Belarus vote
Polish Senate: Famine was genocide
Election campaign costs $36 million
Yekhanurov sees problems ahead
3,500 monitors for Ukrainian vote
No evidence of Berezovsky financing
PGO investigating illegal wiretapping
Kyiv refutes allegations of CIA jail
RosUkrEnergo interested in Kerch
Suspected arms trafficker extradited
Ukraine not to store spent nuclear fuel
Funds allocated for St. Sophia
Kinakh receives Lithuanian medal
First liturgy at UGCC cathedral
UOC-MP recalls "Lviv Sobor"
Ukraine releases Putin coin
Religious relics returned to Crimea

Final pre-election poll results show Party of the Regions with the lead
RFE/RL Newsline

POLITICAL BLOC PROFILES: two blocs that may not make it
by Zenon Zawada
Kyiv Press Bureau

ELECTION NOTEBOOK
by Zenon Zawada
Kyiv Press Bureau

Why five members of the House did not vote for HR 1053
by Yarema Belej

Statement by Kaptur, Kucinich

Yushchenko says March 26 vote is second stage of Orange Revolution
RFE/RL Newsline

THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FORUM

CONVENTION PRIMER: Conventions, the UNA's highest decision-making body
- Roma Hadzewycz

Branch 13 holds annual meeting, elects delegates to convention

EDITORIAL
The vote in Belarus

Turning the pages back...
March 31, 1996

REPORTER'S NOTEBOOK
by Zenon Zawada
Kyiv Press Bureau
Now that the campaign is over...

PERSPECTIVES
by Andrew Fedynsky
Chicago: my kind of town

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

'Wormwood' author responds to letter
A call to Ukrainian sports enthusiasts
"Good nationalism" and common sense

Quotable notes

FOR THE RECORD: Ambassador Herbst on democracy and free elections

UKRAINE'S FOREIGN POLICY: Tarasyuk speaks at Brookings Institution

Pennsylvania Ukrainians thank Sen. Santorum for his support

UCCA New York hosts meeting with Reps. Crowley and Hastings
by Tamara Gallo Olexy
Ukrainian Congress Committee of America

Philadelphia-area community welcomes Ambassador Shamshur
by Vera Andryczyk

Shamshur meets with Ukrainian community leaders in Chicago
by Pavlo T. Bandriwsky

THE MUSIC SCENE: Bass-baritone Pavlo Hunka stars in "Wozzeck"
by Wasyl Sydorenko

UIMA's third annual Juventus exhibit spotlights young artists

Students' Association organizes Ukrainian Week at McGill University
by Alexandra Hawryluk

NGO workshop at United Nations focuses on families and poverty
by Nadia Shmigel

Coordinating meeting discusses plans for 'Chornobyl Week' at U.N.

World Information Transfer to hold conference on health and environment

TRAVEL TIPS: Surfing the web and direct flights to Ukraine
by Walter Prochorenko

UNWLA branch hosts screening of "Between Hitler and Stalin"
by Irene Krawczuk

COMMUNITY CHRONICLE
Boston activists promote Famine curriculum

OUT AND ABOUT

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