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

№11, (1998)

21.04.1998 - 00:00

THE GLITTER AND POVERTY OF TELEVISED SOCCER Random thoughts on contemporary sports journalism and journalism in sports

By Valentyn Shcherbachiov Now we all know that sports and soccer in particular are closely tied with politics. But if sports is fair play and concrete results, high politics is different....
21.04.1998 - 00:00

THE ECONOMICS OF CLUELESSNESS

Prof. James Mace, Consultant to The Day This week’s main news has nothing to do with the jockeying for the Speaker’s post in Parliament but with the government’s perpetual economic...
21.04.1998 - 00:00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Some years ago (we won't say how many, because discretion about one's age is a universal woman's prerogative) Liudmyla Humeniuk, head of The Day English language service was born. All of her...
21.04.1998 - 00:00

UKRAINIAN WOMEN AND CRIMEAN TATARS TO GET USA HELP. FINANCING OF FIRST MIGRATION PROJECTS WILL START IN MAY

By Oksana Panchenko, The Day Research conducted by the International Migration Organization has called forth various reactions in US official circles. The issue is the threatening scope of...
21.04.1998 - 00:00

MYKOLA TOMENKO: EVOLUTION OF COMMUNISTS IMPOSSIBLE

Interviewed by Oleh Ivantsov, The Day Communist slogans and rhetoric, imbibed from “reforms,” allow the Parteigenossen to confidently occupy their niche on the Ukrainian election market...
21.04.1998 - 00:00

ENTREPRENEURS PLACED UNDER GOVERNMENT CONTROL In terms of the number of roadblocks thrown up the state racket leads

By Yana Moiseyenkova, The Day The experts of International Financial Corporation will soon announce the results of the poll, involving 200 representatives of small and medium business from...
21.04.1998 - 00:00

LOOKING BACK AT THE OUTGOING PARLIAMENT

Volodymyr Zolotariov, The Day The second Parliament of independent Ukraine has ended its term. An event which is significant and routine at the same time. Routine because Parliament with its...
21.04.1998 - 00:00

WHO WILL BE SPEAKER AND PREMIER?

Although the postelection state of the Ukrainian economy is such that one can no longer discuss prospects with any degree of certainty, the political show goes on. Even though unnoticeable to an...
21.04.1998 - 00:00

FIRST TIME AS PROFESSIONAL

By Dmytro Marusenko, The Day Kyiv has not had a big-time tennis event for a long time. The Ukrainian team appearing in Davis Cup competition showed that there is great interest in this sport...
21.04.1998 - 00:00

NEW OMBUDSMAN ELECTED

Information Bureau of The Day On April 14, 270 People’s Deputies voted for Nina Karpachova, electing her the Verkhovna Rada’s Human Rights Plenipotentiary. The victor’s request to be...
21.04.1998 - 00:00

BASKETBALL

The regular season of the Ukrainian basketball super league is over. The quarterfinal games will take place April 17 and 20-21 in case of ties. Budivelnyk of Kyiv will meet with Spartak of Luhansk,...
21.04.1998 - 00:00

THE PRESIDENT KEEPS HIS DACHA IN ORDER HIMSELF

During a meeting in Dnipropetrovsk our head of our state is reported to have been criticized by the media and above all by the leaders of opposition Hromada Party for “having several dachas...”...
21.04.1998 - 00:00

LVIV COUNTERFEITERS LOSE $500,000 IN FUNNY MONEY

Law enforcement officers of the Lychakivsky district of Lviv have arrested a group of counterfeiters, seizing $477,800 in bogus US $100 bills. In addition the culprits lost three automobiles, a...
21.04.1998 - 00:00

Prisoners of their own memories

Our memory needs ritual, to give vent to the never-ending pain in our heart. One such ritual took place at the Obelisk to the Unknown Soldier in Kyiv last Saturday, the Day of Liberation of Nazi...
21.04.1998 - 00:00

THE CASPIAN CHARADE

MOSCOW. Naturally, with all the fuss about Russia’s government crisis and daily expectations of the young candidate Premier’s failure in the Duma, followed by the President’s stamping his foot and...

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