COMMENTARY: Kyiv conference on "Ukraine in Europe and the World"

From: The Ukrainian Weekly | Date: March 14, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

Farion, Marta
Ukrainian Weekly, The
03-14-2003
Marta Farion, attorney and chair of the Chicago-Kyiv Sister Cities
Committee, attended the international conference held in Kyiv on February
20-21 titled "Ukraine in Europe and the World."

KYIV - After more than a decade of Ukrainian independence, and in the
shadow of Ukraine's upcoming presidential election, 17 European experts in
politics, economics and social issues and three Americans - former
Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright, former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine
William Miller and current U.S. Ambassador John Herbst - convened in Kyiv
on ...

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