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

№12, (2002)

09.04.2002 - 00:00

Government to Decide How Politicians Will Cash In

Many of us still remember the times when one could earn serious money on carbonated water and beer foam. The more foam in a glass or a jar, the less Soviet citizens relished the real thing. Now the...
09.04.2002 - 00:00

Elections Over: Time Remembering Who and What

Our common history and lack of any language barrier do not mean that political processes must be identical: such is the bottom line of these elections. Having flouted all recommendations from outside...
09.04.2002 - 00:00

Six reasons why the pollsters were wrong

As was correctly noted by sociologist Yevhen Holovakha at The Day’s round table prior to the election, demonizing sociology was a distinct feature of this year’s parliamentary campaign, zeroing in on...
09.04.2002 - 00:00

Hryvnia Withstands Politics So Far

The outcome of the parliamentary elections will have little effect on the hryvnia exchange rate in the near future, interbank currency market operators maintain. “The currency market is completely...
09.04.2002 - 00:00

Exotic animals in Kyiv

The Live Planet Association has named the winners of its Third All-Ukrainian Hit Parade. In the Most Exotic Animal nomination the winners were Sarah, a Manx tailless cat, two Danubian Sphinx cats, a...
09.04.2002 - 00:00

Online Consultation

An unusual event took place at the Khmelnytsky city hospital as doctors contacted their colleagues in Los Angeles, California, seeking advice on the treatment of their patient. “This first online...
09.04.2002 - 00:00

New eyes for Kyiv neurosurgeons

With children clad in Ukrainian costumes singing in the lobby of Romodanov Institute of Neurosurgery administrative building with traditional bread and salt on an embroidered towel ready, there was...
09.04.2002 - 00:00

Russians out fighting for Ukraine’s last refinery

The State Property Fund of Ukraine resolutely denied the allegations of some Russian media outlets about preparations for the privatization of the Kremenchuk Oil Refinery as part of Ukrtatnafta. “No...
09.04.2002 - 00:00

Anatoly TOLSTOUKHOV, “Those in Power Do Have Things to Ponder...”

In Ukrainian politics, it is not at all honorary and prestigious to be part of the government bloc. On the contrary, the authorities are the object of many complaints which are now also being raised...
09.04.2002 - 00:00

Rural property to be concentrated

President Leonid Kuchma has instructed the Cabinet of Ministers to study his draft decree On Protecting the Proprietary Interests of Peasants During the Reform. This document marks out the second...
09.04.2002 - 00:00

April Fools’ Justice

On April 1, at the Pechersk district court opened a closed-door hearing Judge Andriy Melnyk extended the pretrial detention term of former Ukrayina Bank Chairman of the Board Petro Mikhieyev as...
09.04.2002 - 00:00

The Ancient Sources Of Democracy

One of Winston Churchill’s most famous paradoxes reads that democracy is the worst possible form of government, except for all the others that have ever been tried. Historians claim the democratic...
09.04.2002 - 00:00

Hunting season for majority constituency nominees open

We hear about two Ukraines — East and West — and that they are strikingly different. This allegation hardly reflects all the consequences of the parliamentary elections. The campaign actually showed...
09.04.2002 - 00:00

Pavlo Tychyna: drama of the vanquished?

CLARINETS OF TENDERNESS Young Tychyna wrote in the unique language of his heart, unparalleled in the world. God bestowed on him a wonderful ability to hear the Music of Cosmic Infinity and quiet...
09.04.2002 - 00:00

Essence and Entourage

Obviously, the recent Ukrainian elections were not a global event. Headlines of the pre-election weekend and elections day itself were yet another ripening of war in the Middle East, death of the...

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