Sunday, October 17, 1999

New polls indicate Kuchma still leads the pack
by Roman Woronowycz
Kyiv Press Bureau


Ukraine elected to U.N. Security Council


Kaniv Four pick Oleksander Moroz


Cabinet presents year 2000 budget to Verkhovna Rada
by Roman Woronowycz
Kyiv Press Bureau


National Shrine in Washington completed, dedicated
by Irene Jarosewich


ANALYSIS
Grenade attack on Vitrenko lets genie out of the bottle
by Jan Maksymiuk
RFE/RL Newsline


Quotable notes


NEWSBRIEFS

Rada asks U.S. Congress for assistance
Symonenko says he will not withdraw
Russia to return ancient art works
Kaniv Four postpone naming candidate
Kuchma slams opponents of IMF loans
Kyiv mayor allows sale of land
Ivanov hails relations with Ukraine
Tarasyuk comments on bilateral relations
Babyn Yar victims commemorated
Ukraine, Uzbekistan agree to cooperate
Rabinovich arrives for talks, court case
Parliament to look into attack on Vitrenko
Rada overrides veto on election law
Rada asks voters to make right choice
Ukrainians believe vote will be falsified
Support for changes to constitution
Chechen conflict forces tight security
Illegal immigrants heading for Ukraine
60 percent of electorate undecided
Kuchma wins mock elections
Moroz questions result of student vote
Eleven crew members released


Today's health care in Ukraine comprises three distinct systems
by Yana Sedova
Special to The Ukrainian Weekly


Ukraine's foreign minister holds series of meetings during opening session of U.N. General Assembly
Embassy of Ukraine in Canada


CIS to cooperate on free-trade zone
RFE/RL Newsline


BUSINESS IN BRIEF

Kyiv increases export tariffs in response to Russian hike
Tyhypko comments on new IMF credit
29 vaccination centers to open soon
Pharmaceutical market amounts to $900 million
Lviv brewery to receive new investment
More potato chips to be made in Ukraine
New Hetman brand horilka is presented
Tobacco factory launches new lines
French Business Association marks five years
Tank Forces Institute marks 55 years
USAID will develop new strategic plan
U.N. part of joint enterprise development project


ELECTION WATCH


The Ukrainian Weekly Press Fund: September 1999


EDITORIAL
The National Shrine


Turning the pages back...
October 18, 1868


NEWS AND VIEWS
Germans offer 6 billion marks as compensation to Nazi victims
by Myroslaw Smorodsky


FACES AND PLACES
by Myron B. Kuropas
Musulman walking: a Holocaust remembrance


LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Remember results of communism
"Kleptocracy" is more accurate
U.S. News prints letter to the editor
Fedynsky, Kuzych are appreciated


IN MEMORIAM


BOOK REVIEW: An autobiography, and an adventure, by a member of the wartime generation
by Andrew Sorokowski


Vitalii Klychko defends title as super heavyweight champ
by Roman Woronowycz
Kyiv Press Bureau


Ukraine ties Russia, 1-1, qualifying to play for slot in soccer's European Championship
by Roman Woronowycz
Kyiv Press Bureau


2,000 attend Ukrainian Festival in Cedar Knolls, N.J.
Photos by Michael N. Halibej and Roma Hadzewycz.


Parishioners in Prnjavor celebrate the reopening of their church
by Yurij Holowinsky


Zenko Onyshkewych exhibits works in Switzerland


BOOK REVIEW: A photographic survery of the Hutsul region
- Ika Koznarska Casanova


Great Famine commemoration slated for St. Patrick's
Ukrainian Congress Committee of America


PREVIEW OF EVENTS
Thursday, October 21 - Sunday, November 7
ONGOING
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