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, (2006)

24.01.2006 - 00:00

Yu+Yu&ltYa

Last Sunday some 3,000 residents of Lviv took part in the public meeting “Let’s Protect Ukraine” (read: the president and his government) organized by the Our Ukraine bloc. Before appearing in front...
24.01.2006 - 00:00

Ukraine left without imported meat

The Ukrainian government has introduced licensing for the importation of beef, pork, horned cattle, and pigs in 2006. The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine passed a resolution to this effect on Dec. 30...
24.01.2006 - 00:00

A “road map” for impassible roads

The government crisis is dragging out dangerously: last Friday parliament adjourned for a winter recess without meeting the president halfway. The 9th session, the last one of the 4th-convocation...
24.01.2006 - 00:00

Passions according to Laura

Laura, the daughter of the Przezdiecki family of Polish magnates, met her untimely death in the distant year of 1874. Her grief- stricken parents commissioned Professor Viktor Brodsky of the St....
24.01.2006 - 00:00

Without provocateurs and Russophobes

“Hey, guys, who are you for?” ask drivers of cars entering the Crimea by the Odesa highway. “We’re for friendship between Ukraine and Russia,” reply the picketers. “Then count us in; give us one of...
24.01.2006 - 00:00

The bears are awake!

The cold weather is forcing people to take care of themselves, as well as animals, especially exotic ones. While you can dress a dog in overalls and a hat, it is far more difficult to deal with an...
24.01.2006 - 00:00

Anatomy of a secret

Kyiv’s collection of architectural gems would not be complete without two old buildings in Bohdan Khmelnytsky Street: the Anatomy Theater, built by the famous architect Beretti, and a handsome free-...
24.01.2006 - 00:00

Union Day: not a symbol of the past but a signal from the future

Last Friday Ukraine officially observed a holiday that should (or should have?) become a sacred symbol of the unity of our political nation from Donetsk to Uzhhorod, from Chernihiv to Symferopol....
24.01.2006 - 00:00

He sings for each one of his listeners

A vocalist’s solo concert is an extraordinary event in the modern music world. On such occasions the emotional and physical burden is such that domestic (and even more so foreign) stars of academic...
24.01.2006 - 00:00

Relations during the lighthouse phase

On Jan. 19 Ukraine’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs urged Russia not to contravene the provisions of the agreement on the status and conditions pertaining to the stationing of the Russian Black Sea...
24.01.2006 - 00:00

A zoo at home

Lately it has become fashionable, especially among the rich, to own exotic animals. Some buy gorgeous parrots and energetic monkeys; others demonstrate their love of cold-blooded crocodiles and...
24.01.2006 - 00:00

Steel producers up in arms over gas deal after assessing state’s losses

Ukrainian steel producers have issued an unusually strong-worded statement to the president in connection with the gas deal with Russia. “We are being brainwashed into thinking that 95 dollars is...
24.01.2006 - 00:00

“New” to go to parliament

Unlike politicians, Ukrainian voters do not seem to be in anguish over the current political crisis. This is the result of a poll conducted by TNS for the Viche Ukrayiny civic association in the...
24.01.2006 - 00:00

Yuriy BOIKO: “I would export some of the gas”

There is no doubt that Yuriy BOIKO, ex-chairman of Naftohaz Ukrainy, is one of the most successful and influential managers in Ukraine. At one time he was the architect of Operation “ Reverse” on the...
24.01.2006 - 00:00

Oleksandr FELDMAN: Andrei Sheptytsky must be recognized as a Righteous among the Nations

During a meeting of the International Council of Jewish Parliamentarians in Jerusalem, Ukrainian MP (BYuT faction) Oleksandr Feldman discussed the possibility of recognizing Metropolitan of the Greek...

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