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THE DAY WEEKLY DIGEST	#2, Tuesday, 23 January 2001


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	Slovyansky Bank closed The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) and the State Tax Administration of Ukraine (STAU) have told journalists a passionate story of the death of what once was one of Ukraine’s leading banks. What drew special attention to this case was an unhidden close relationship that the Slovyansky Bank maintained in 1996- 1997 with the United Energy Systems of

	Political System Must Be Modernized On January 16 during his annual meeting with heads of diplomatic representatives accredited to Ukraine, President Leonid Kuchma made a series of fundamental statements. Ukraine’s foreign policy course, according to the head of state, will be kept within certain coordinates and based on the principles of consistency, predictability, and pragmatism.

	PACE to Consider Problem Of Freedom of Expression In Ukraine on January 25 A hearing on the problem of mass media freedom in Ukraine is slated for Thursday, January 25 in the Parliamentary Assembly of the European Council. According to the preliminary agenda of the PACE winter session, the hearing on the mass media situation in Russia, organized by the Committee on Culture, Science, and Education, has been scheduled for

	Pope Will Spend Five Days in Ukraine Instead of Four As announced by the Apostolic Nunciature in Kyiv, the schedule for Pope John Paul II visit has been slightly changed: the trip will start on June 23 and end on June 27, 2001. This became known after the Roman cathedra delegation headed by Father Roberto Tucci arrived to Ukraine. According to Apostolic Nuncio to Ukraine Nikola Eterovic, the final

	German Consultants Advise Ukraine to Pronounce Debtors Bankrupt, Protect Shareholders, And Develop a Competitive Environment The Ukrainian government should apply the bankruptcy procedure more actively in 2001 to illiquid enterprises and simultaneously strengthen the protection of property rights in this country. This opinion was expressed by member of the German economic consulting group in Ukraine, Volkhart Winzenz, at the conference on Economic Growth in Ukraine in

	Jubilee of the Monopolar World A decade ago the Persian Gulf War was underway, a military operation of the USA and their allies against Iraq. It was precisely ten years ago when it became possible to talk of the beginning of the establishment of a new world order. However, then the talk was about only the very beginning. The operation was approved by the UN, and the reason for

	Farewell to a Kind Uncle Already the first pronouncements of the new American president make it possible to come to a simple conclusion: his Russian policy will be different from his predecessor’s. And different to the extent that the Kremlin has to understand that either it carries out real reforms or the current regime will come to an end, a regular legitimate end,

	Soros Sponsors Ukrainian Credit Unions Ukraine has launched a three-year program to extend microloans to small businesses and social programs via credit unions. To implement this, the Open Society Institute, a George Soros Foundation, is issuing a $200,000 grant. Fifteen Ukrainian credit unions, selected by the International Social Assistance Fund as a result of a tender, are to be

	Search for Truth or Witch Hunt? On January 7 Britain’s ITV channel showed the film SS in Great Britain about the SS Galicia division. Why has this picture come up precisely now? This question was also raised at a Kyiv press conference organized by the OUN-UPA Kyiv regional fraternity. It is very difficult to judge the film without seeing it. According to the film authors’

	Ukraine Goes to the Balkans via Free Trade with Macedonia Visiting the capital of Macedonia, Skopje, Prime Minister Viktor Yushchenko of Ukraine signed a free trade treaty with his Macedonian counterpart Ljupco Georgievski. This is the first agreement of this kind a CIS country has signed with a state that is not the former Soviet republic. According to Mr. Yushchenko, the treaty is in line with all

	Agreement on Payments to Ukrainian Ostarbeiters Signed On January 17 the Ukrainian National Mutual Understanding and Reconciliation Fund and Austrian Reconciliation Fund signed in Kyiv an agreement on cooperation and voluntary payments to Ukrainian citizens forced to work in Austria during the World War II when it was part of Hitler’s Third Reich. The agreement provides for voluntary compensation to

	Priorities of Public Sector Staff Cuts The Ministry of Finance has drawn up a Cabinet of Ministers resolution On Streamlining the Number of Public Sector Employees. The latter has been sent to the relevant ministries and agencies for scrutiny and coordination. The cover letter states the draft was made in pursuance of Item 13 of Cabinet resolution No. 1581 of October 23, 2000, On

	ECHO OF UNFREEDOM Verkhovna Rada devoted the whole day of January 16 to its hearing on the Problem of Informational Activities, Freedom of Speech, Observance of Laws, and the Status of Informational Safety of Ukraine. The hearing revealed the common disease of the Ukrainian body politic: the tendency to break down cardinal, basic, and strategic problems and tasks

	Was Gongadze Issued a Czech Visa? According to information on the site www.podrobnosti.com.ua (“Podrobnosti” {Details} is a program of Inter Television), reported on January 18 by some Ukrainian channels, the consular section of the Ukrainian Embassy in the Czech Republic has received, in reply to a request from Ukrainian law enforcement bodies, an official letter signed by

	Kissinger and Berlin Offer Ukraine Support and Aid, Respectively On January 20 President Leonid Kuchma of Ukraine, completing his two-day routine visit to Germany, took part in the Bertelsmann Stiftung international forum called Europe without Borders and met President of the European Commission, Romano Prodi and EU High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy, Javier Solana. Was the visit a

	Russian Defense Minister Confirms Interest in Cooperation On January 18 Marshal Igor Sergeyev, Russian Minister of Defense, arrived in Kyiv on an official visit. Received by President Leonid Kuchma, Marshal Sergeyev reiterated his interest in intensifying mutually- advantageous Ukrainian-Russian cooperation in the military-and-industrial sphere, noting that the two countries’ defense ministries maintain

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