TOC_Sunday, August 1, 1999

Sunday, August 1, 1999

Legal status of Kyiv's mayor in doubt as courts issue rulings
by Katya Gorchinskaya
Special to The Ukrainian Weekly

European Union pledges more funds for Chornobyl aid at summit with Ukraine
by Stefan Korshak
Special to The Ukrainian Weekly

Chicago's Ukrainian National Museum receives $500,000 state grant

ANALYSIS
Zerkalo Nedeli debunks Ukrainian diplomacy myths
by Jan Maksymiuk
RFE/RL Poland, Belarus and Ukraine Report

Mykolaiv Alumina Plant is at center of controversy over director's dismissal
RFE/RL Poland, Belarus and Ukraine Report

NEWSBRIEFS

Ukraine, Russia stage joint navy parade
Strategic bombers for gas debts?
Poland-America-Ukraine council meets
EU chief praises Ukrainian president
Tkachenko slams Kuchma leadership
Rabinovich falls ill as officials lift ban
Miners stage protest marches
Armenia cites Ukraine's stabilizing role
Military exercises planned for August
Polls say incumbent leads
Stepashin meets with Russian émigrés
States comment on Lukashenka regime

UCCLA wants answers about Konowal's missing Victoria Cross
by Christopher Guly
Special to The Ukrainian Weekly

INOGATE established to coordinate energy transfers from Urals to Atlantic
by Stefan Korshak
Special to The Ukrainian Weekly

BUSINESS IN BRIEF

Lviv insurance company is established
Lviv bus plant shares will be up for sale
UkrAvtoBusProm draw up future buses
Greece denies landing pads to AeroSweet
Aviation plant suspends production line
Commerce and industry chamber report
First municipal shipping company formed
Brewing allies strengthen their position
Brewery renovation under discussion
Rivne Oblast enjoying investment boom
Domestic bottle producer ups output
Market growth blocked by heavy taxes
Ukraine and Uzbekistan agree on cotton
Orlan soft drink producer launches new line
Coca-Cola Kyiv gets food engineering award

Paul Plishka receives honorary doctorate from Montclair State University
by Bob Quarteroni

Ukrainian Free University conference focuses on legal and judicial systems

OBITUARY: Julian K. Jastremsky, architect of Ukrainian churches, 89

THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FORUM

DISPATCH FROM SOYUZIVKA: Children arrive for Chemney Camp
by Tanya Singura
Special to The Ukrainian Weekly

Branch 120 hosts golf outing

EDITORIAL
Identity and our roots

Turning the pages back...
August 4, 1687

NEWS AND VIEWS
The living, the dead, and our society's priorities
by Alex Kuzma

THE THINGS WE DO...
by Orysia Paszczak Tracz
Vinok, vinochok

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Russian Chronicles: about HURI's role
"60 Minutes" continues its bias

An appeal to singers, or why I am a member of Prometheus
by Zenon Izak

18th Conference on Ukrainian Subjects focuses on post-modernism
by Olena H. Saciuk

FOCUS ON PHILATELY
by Ingert Kuzych
Postal history II: an unusual UPA-related cover

Berkeley Chamber Chorus travels to Ukraine as part of Central/Eastern European tour
by Ksenia Salewycz

DATELINE NEW YORK: Ukrainian stars on Broadway
by Helen Smindak
Le cabaret, le cabaret

Ukrainian performers featured at opening of Pan American Games
by Roman Yereniuk

Kyiv Pavilion hosts thousands during Folklorama
by Roman Yereniuk

Parma cathedral sponsors sixth annual Vacation Church School

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