http://zik.com.ua/ Independent Information Agency http://zik.com.ua/im/logo-zik-rss.gif http://zik.com.ua/ http://zik.com.ua/en/news/2008/11/19/158729 Twenty-five delegations are expected to attend an internationaol forum in Kyiv to mark the 75th anniversary of the Holodomor in Ukraine, Foreign Ministry’s cultural and humanitarian cooperation department head Mykhailo Skuratovsky told in his press conference today. Society Wed, 19 Nov 2008 20:28:00 +0200 http://zik.com.ua/en/news/2008/11/19/158728 Nov. 19, the SBU in Zakarpatya invited for questioning archpriest Dymytro Sydor, head of Zakarpatya Rusins assembly. The SBU filed charges of encroachment on Ukraine’s territorial integrity against Sydor who refused to testify, a ZIK correspondent reports from Uzhgorod. Society Wed, 19 Nov 2008 20:26:00 +0200 http://zik.com.ua/en/news/2008/11/07/157202 The IMF cannot suspend its loan to Ukraine as the decision on the first tranche has been made. The IMF did not condition its loan on holding snap elections in Ukraine, Kyiv-based political expert Dmytro Vydrin Told ZIK Nov. 7. Society Fri, 07 Nov 2008 20:35:00 +0200 http://zik.com.ua/en/news/2008/11/07/157201 There are many Russia-bankrolled subversive organizations in Crimea. However, Ukraine officials turn their backs on these organizations. SBU should have reacted among the first to “Sevastopol – Crimea – Russia” NGO’s appeal to court protesting ceding of Crimea to Ukraine in 1954, the leader of Crimean Tatars Mustafa Dzhemiliov told ZIK Nov. 7. Society Fri, 07 Nov 2008 20:18:00 +0200 http://zik.com.ua/en/news/2008/10/28/155535 “We are not Transnistria, we are not Georgia, we are a different people and we hope Ukrainians will give us a divorce in a peaceful way, like the Czechs and Slovaks did,” Father Dymytrij Sydor, head of Carpathian Rusyns parliament, told ZIK Oct. 28. Society Tue, 28 Oct 2008 19:33:00 +0200 http://zik.com.ua/en/news/2008/10/27/155336 A new republic, Podkarpatska Rus, was declared by the Rusyns at their European Congress in Mukacheve Oct. 25, the congress co-head, Father Dymytrij Sydor told ZIK. Society Mon, 27 Oct 2008 19:45:00 +0200 http://zik.com.ua/en/news/2008/10/24/155109 “Russia has used various forms of diplomatic pressure to strike the Holodomor issue of the UN General Assembly agenda. UN takes its decision by a majority. The majority include many Russia-friendly countries, Anatoly Romaniuk told ZIK Oct. 24. Society Fri, 24 Oct 2008 21:35:00 +0300 http://zik.com.ua/en/news/2008/10/23/154914 Vladimir Kornilov, head of the Ukrainian branch of the Institute of CIS States, has appealed to Ukraine’s Ombudswoman Nina Karpachova, citing threats by Security Service of Ukraine director Valentyn Nalyvajchenko to close the institute. According to V. Kornilov, the declarations by V. Nalyvajchenko violated his human rights and amounted to meddling with the work of an independent organization, V. Kornilov told ZIK Oct. 23. Society Thu, 23 Oct 2008 22:17:00 +0300 http://zik.com.ua/en/news/2008/10/16/153967 The Danapro Development consortium is ready to again take part in a tender to build a stadium in Lviv. However, it is important to know the exact terms of the tender, Danapro Development Rostyslav Shtyn, AXON-Implenia international consortium authorized person told ZIK. Society Thu, 16 Oct 2008 18:45:00 +0300 http://zik.com.ua/en/news/2008/10/14/153610 With the archive materials being declassified, we can learn the truth about Ukraine's past history. However, the threat of distorting history, praising some and forgetting others not favored by the current regime is growing, PR lawmaker Vadym Kolesnychenko believes in the article he sent to ZIK Oct. 14. Society Tue, 14 Oct 2008 18:23:00 +0300 http://zik.com.ua/en/news/2008/10/01/151934 On the occasion of the World Vegetarians’ Day a group of Lviv vegetarians launched an event titled “Save cows, eat humans.” They offered residents to buy what looked like a piece of flesh of a young girl – instead of buying beef. A ZIK correspondent reports from the scene of the event. Society Wed, 01 Oct 2008 19:22:00 +0300 http://zik.com.ua/en/news/2008/08/28/148206 Yushchenko’s office says some European countries have not implemented the agreements signed with Ukraine on easy travel, deputy chief of staff Andry Honcharuk said, speaking in a briefing Aug 28. Society Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:05:00 +0300 http://zik.com.ua/en/news/2008/08/27/148071 “I felt bitter observing the cynicism of Ukrainian politicians at the funeral of Mykhailo Syrota, the author of the Ukrainian constitution and prominent VR lawmaker,” the leader of Pora Yevhen Zolotaryov said. Coming to his funeral, those who consider themselves part of the country’s political elite engaged in reckless driving scores of meters away from Syrota’s coffin,” Pora Aug. 27 press service release quotes Zolotaryov as saying. Society Wed, 27 Aug 2008 19:39:00 +0300 http://zik.com.ua/en/news/2008/08/26/147960 Kyiv oblast police started a criminal investigation into a car accident that killed Mykhailo Syrota, Professor of Law, VR lawmaker and one of the authors of the Ukrainian constitution. Society Tue, 26 Aug 2008 20:06:00 +0300 http://zik.com.ua/en/news/2008/08/19/147426 The military conflict between Georgia and Russia has forced Ukraine’s government to strengthen the country’s defense. As the legislature reconvenes, the defense ministry will demand raising defense funding. Earlier, the DM was earmarked 2 billion hryvnia additionally, but now its appetite will grow. Additional funding will go to form new units and modernize weapons in the units deployed in Ukraine’s southern and eastern regions. Society Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:05:00 +0300 http://zik.com.ua/en/news/2008/07/31/145619 The regrettable incident involving Ukrainian labor migrants and German border guards created ripples in Europe. Ten Ukrainians were deported and subjected to humiliation when searched by police – due to differing interpretations by officials of the law in the Shenghen zone. Public organizations and state institutions in Ukraine and the EU voiced their concern over the maltreatment of Ukrainians. The case will be analyzed by the EU visa group, Lviv lawmaker Larysa Fedoriv told ZIK July 31. Society Thu, 31 Jul 2008 21:23:00 +0300 http://zik.com.ua/en/news/2008/07/31/145617 People in areas afflicted by the flood are left without any support from the authorities. They lack basic essentials, singer Ruslana notes, visiting the Ivano-Frankivsk oblast, the worst-hit area in Western Ukraine. Ukrainians desperately need bread, fresh water, canned food, sleeping bags, blankets, pillows, warm clothes, candles, matches and medicines. Society Thu, 31 Jul 2008 21:16:00 +0300 http://zik.com.ua/en/news/2008/07/31/145615 The regrettable incident involving Ukrainian labor migrants and German border guards created ripples in Europe. Ten Ukrainians were deported and subjected to humiliation when searched by police – due to differing interpretations by officials of the law in the Shenghen zone. Public organizations and state institutions in Ukraine and the EU voiced their concern over the maltreatment of Ukrainians. The case will be analyzed by the EU visa group, Lviv lawmaker Larysa Fedoriv told ZIK July 31. Society Thu, 31 Jul 2008 20:35:00 +0300 http://zik.com.ua/en/news/2008/07/30/145457 Lesya Gongadze, the mother of investigative journalist Georgy Gongadze killed by the Kuchma regime, is strongly opposed to installing a monument to her son in Kyiv, The Ukrayinska Pravda reports. “I am categorically against naming streets after my son and installing monuments as long as the investigation into his murder has not been completed,” Lesya Gongadze said. Society Wed, 30 Jul 2008 19:28:00 +0300 http://zik.com.ua/en/news/2008/07/30/145455 Ukraine’s pro-NATO scholars and experts are worried by dwindling support shown for joining the alliance by Lviv oblast residents. “If this process continues in the future, there will be a black hole at the border with the EU and NATO, with the Lviv oblast becoming an area of low support for EU and NATO integration of Ukraine. It will result in an absurdity because the Lviv oblast residents have always been in the front ranks of NATO supporters. Mentally, they are in Europe,” Oleh Soskin, director of the Institute for Transformation of Society and deputy head of Ukraine-NATO NGO coordinating council said, addressing a press conference in Lviv July 30. Society Wed, 30 Jul 2008 18:15:00 +0300