Question marks continue to loom over reopening of Orlat cemetery in Ukraine

Increasing doubts are surrounding the planned grand reopening of Cmentarz Orlat in Lvov, Ukraine, commemorating the heroic deaths of Polish youths who defended the city in 1918. On May 21 President Aleksander Kwasniewski and his Ukrainian counterpart, Leonid Kuchma, are to officially open the cemetery, restored from the years of neglect it has suffered under soviet rule. However, yesterday's issue of the Vysokiy Zamok newspaper bore a front-page headline declaring "Aleksander Kwasniewski unlikely to come to Lvov". Politicians from the city say it will be difficult to reach an agreement on the last details dividing Poland and Ukraine on the cemetery, particularly that of the engravement on the Tomb of Unknown Soldiers. The Lvov City Council is expected to make its final decision on the controversial issues by May 16. (Rzeczpospolita, p. A8) T.J.