ELECTION DAY, UKRAINE….
Parliamentary elections in Ukraine returned a badly divided house. That result will not help a weak and frustrated government to cope with the country's mounting... MORE
THE AGRARIAN PARTY OF UKRAINE — A PRESIDENTIAL ALLY IN THE COUNTRYSIDE.
President Leonid Kuchma stated on election eve (Ukrainian agencies, March 27) that he personally considers forming a post-election coalition government comprising two or three centrist... MORE
KREMLIN SENDS PRO-KUCHMA SIGNAL TO UKRAINE’S ELECTORATE.
The Kremlin's foreign policy coordinator Sergei Yastrzhembsky and Ukraine's National Defense and Security Council Aleksandr Razumkov conferred yesterday in Moscow about organizing another "no-necktie" meeting... MORE
UKRAINIAN JEWISH LEADERS APPEAL FOR U.S. UNDERSTANDING OF UKRAINE’S PROBLEMS.
The leaders of Ukraine's Jewish organizations appealed yesterday to the U.S. Congress and to Jewish-American organizations to "urgently endorse" U.S. economic and political support for... MORE
EASTERN AND WESTERN UKRAINE IN THE MIRROR OF PUBLIC OPINION
Eastern and Western Ukraine in the mirror of public opinion By Volodymyr Zviglyanich A poll was taken in two of Ukraine's leading regions -- Galicia... MORE
UKRAINE’S POLITICAL LANDSCAPE: THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY AND N.E.P. BLOC.
The Democratic Party of Ukraine dates back to the heyday of the national-democratic movement. Party chairman Volodymyr Yavorivsky, a prominent writer, was one of the... MORE
UKRAINE’S POLITICAL LANDSCAPE: THE LIBERAL-LABOR BLOC.
The Liberal Party and the All-Ukraine Labor Party joined forces in October 1997 in the electoral bloc "Together." The bloc focuses on promoting economic reform... MORE
…AND WRECK ATTEMPT AT DECENTRALIZING UKRAINE’S GAS INDUSTRY.
The crisis over arrears to Gazprom also seems to have led the Ukrainian government to abandon its post-1995 attempt at decentralizing the import, distribution and... MORE
ALBRIGHT VISIT TO KYIV MARKED BY CONCERN OVER UKRAINE’S REFORMS.
U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright delivered in Kyiv on March 6 a "serious warning" regarding problems encountered by some U.S. firms in Ukraine. The... MORE
UKRAINE: REGIONAL CLANS ATTEMPT THE TRANSITION TO PARTY POLITICS
Ukraine: Regional clans attempt the transition to party politics By Oleg Varfolomeyev Political parties have so far played only a small role in Ukrainian politics.... MORE