Where there is no law, but every man does what is right in his own eyes, there is the least of real liberty
Henry M. Robert

№1, (2003)

14.01.2003 - 00:00

“Modernizing” the Teacher

School vacations came to an end on Monday. The end to winter freewheeling begins a new period of school routine. It depends, above all, on the teacher’s personality whether this period will be...
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European Choice: Catchword or Way to Civil Society?

The notion of Ukraine’s European choice appeared hand in hand with the declaration of independence on the wave of tumultuous political changes issuing from the downfall of the totalitarian regime....
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Presidential Elections: Anything Can Happen

That a new election campaign kick-starts the day after the elections seems to be common knowledge in this country. However, this practice, normal for traditional democracies, still finds no adequate...
14.01.2003 - 00:00

This week in history

January 14: 1864. The tsarist government approved a regulation, On Zemstvo Councils in the Russian Empire. The Zemstvo reform has started in the Left Bank and south gubernias of Ukraine. 1994....
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Censured by President, Leaves Businesses Guessing

The holiday season lull in our economy, which usually lasts a little over two weeks, was this time forcedly disrupted by the president. During his vacation, he inked Ukraine’s Budget Bill for 2003...
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Ukrainians still trust in dollar

The Ukrainian national currency promotion campaign launched last year by a number of non-governmental organizations and associations is revving up. The organizers project 2003 as the year of...
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The Year of Russia In Ukraine: Starting Opportunities

The Year of Ukraine in Russia has come to an end; the Year of Russia in Ukraine has just started. As regards the Year of Ukraine in Russia, Moscow referred to it as “an unprecedented in world...
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Drunk on Corruption

My friend Boris was leaving my house drunk. So I suggested that he not drive. He asked why. “You are under the influence,” I said. “Aren’t you afraid of the police?” “No,” Boris replied, “I have a...
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Kotyhoroshko and Cinderella are hard put to compete with Casper

There is an old joke about two businessmen. One says to the other that the Christmas tree decorations he received as a present turned out defective. You mean they were broken or something, asks the...
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Ukraine in the Years of the Goat (Sheep): the 20th Century

The “enlightened” public has always been taking a cautious attitude towards horoscopes. The church has also been trying to keep them at bay; but “nothing comes out of nothing:” we drew — at least...
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According to Dnipropetrovsk Census Results, the Environment Does Not Affect Duration of Life

Dnipropetrovsk oblast’s oldest resident, a woman aged 112, lives in Pyatykhatky district, just next to Zhovti Vody notorious for its uranium mines. This was announced by the oblast’s statistics...
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“PASS-DEGREE” IN POLITICS

Serhiy TELESHUN, Doctor of Political Sciences; President, Commonwealth Foundation: “Proceeding from the Ukrainian proverb ‘You don’t change horses when you cross the river,’ the year...
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Finish 2002: Kuchma Leads, Yushchenko is a “Disappointment Of the Year”

The most influential politician of 2002 was and remains Leonid Kuchma, believes Anatoly Hrytsenko, president of the Razumkov Center for Economic and Political Research. To quote him, the incumbent...
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Foreign Ministry “Brought Together” The Past and Explained the Present

Instead of delivering a note or making an official statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine attracted attention on January 10 by presentation of a book that collected historical...
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Prince Ihor: The Unjust Verdict of History

Tough and unfair as history may be towards figures of a certain epoch, it will put everyone, sooner or later, into his/her proper place. Ihor, who succeeded Oleh on the Kyiv throne, never became an...

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