Ukraine
Kyiv
If your apartment is too cold, there are several things you can do to warm it up. You can buy some heaters and risk blowing a fuse, short-circuiting your entire building or burning down your apartment
Nov. 25, 1999
Halyna Freeland practiced law in Canada for nearly 20 years and even made a run for parliament before coming to Ukraine in 1992 to work on a doctoral thesis in women’s studies. After helping to organi
Apr. 29, 1999
In a defensive strike against a rival group of Jewish leaders and businessmen who are trying to sideline him from Ukrainian Jewish politics, Ukrainian-Israeli businessman Vadim Rabinovich summoned mor
Apr. 8, 1999
Winter gloom has settled over the Presidential Administration building on Bankivska. The lord of the manor goes around snarling vague threats at shadow business tycoons and foreign media interests. Hi
Dec. 9, 1998
The reaction by the Nazi occupiers to the explosions and fires set off by the Soviet NKVD in downtown Kyiv on Sept. 24, 1941, was to randomly arrest 1,600 Jews and execute them. If that mass execution
Oct. 2, 1998
There are treats for mosquitoes and traffic police alike this Summer in a remote corner of Ukraine. Thanks to a new prize awarded by the Royal Geographical Society of London, the mosquitoes will get a
Jul. 28, 1998
Editor’s Note: The collapse of the Soviet Union ignited a grab for money and power, as well as the emergence of new organized crime groups. Until gunned down on the streets on April 20, 1997, Odesa’s
Apr. 24, 1997