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

№14, (2005)

26.04.2005 - 00:00

Intruders to Be Caught Faster

Last Wednesday a Kyiv-based mobile border security unit officially presented some waterborne vehicles and rescue equipment to coast guard and border security servicemen. The Coast Guard Fleet will...
26.04.2005 - 00:00

Smile, You’re at Customs!

After his visit to Europe, Ukraine’s State Customs Service Chief Volodymyr Skomarovsky decided to extend both hands to big Ukrainian and international business. At least this is what he said during...
26.04.2005 - 00:00

Who Needs a Cheap Dollar?

If you had a thousand dollars tucked away for a rainy day, last week you ran short of about 300 hryvnias. After the government dealt a series of budgetary blows to small-scale business (ostensibly to...
26.04.2005 - 00:00

A Mysterious Confession

Figuratively speaking, history is memory boundlessly unfurled. So those who have suffered a temporary or final, disastrous, defeat on the historical battlefield and are keenly aware of this...
26.04.2005 - 00:00

A Raw Nerve: Myroslava Gongadze’s New Book

Last Friday Myroslava, widow of assassinated journalist Heorhiy Gongadze, appeared before her fellow journalists in the new role of published author. In collaboration with her Radio Liberty...
26.04.2005 - 00:00

The Visa Process

Efforts to simplify the visa procedure are at the top of the agenda in the Ukraine-EU relationship, a high-ranking European Commission (EC) official told The Day in Brussels. Both Ukraine and the EU...
26.04.2005 - 00:00

Ukrainian “Prohibition Law” Will Affect Bread and Milk Prices

According to the new budget, the cost of a yearly license for selling alcoholic beverages and tobacco products has increased 2 to 5 times. Licenses for manufacturing these goods are now 5 to 62.5...
26.04.2005 - 00:00

A Precedent for All to See

“I’m not going to name the newspaper only because this is not the first nor the last instance of this kind” — declared one Kyiv journalist, commenting on the European Court of Human Rights ruling of...
26.04.2005 - 00:00

Spring Chronicle

We all use calendars that more often than not omit some important and joyous events concerning people, regardless of their age, social status, or education, and which are thus more important than...
26.04.2005 - 00:00

What Still Needs to Be Done to Try Gongadze’s Killers?

The start of the trial of two police officers accused of killing journalist Heorhiy Gongadze is being delayed by the lack of two key elements: police general Oleksiy Pukach whose whereabouts are...
26.04.2005 - 00:00

Naval Problems

Ukraine doesn’t intend to renew the Russian Black Sea Fleet’s (RBSF) presence on its territory, say representatives of the Ukrainian government at different levels. No official statements on the...
26.04.2005 - 00:00

Future Generations Will Speak Ukrainian In the Donbas and Crimea

As an old friend of The Day, I would like to share some of my ideas and impressions. One day, thanks to your column “Ukraine Incognita,” I plunged into the unknown pages of Ukrainian history. This...
26.04.2005 - 00:00

Take Away and Divide

Among the latest important developments is not only the sharp decline in the “Ukrainian” dollar’s rate, but also two other outwardly less newsworthy events. Ukraine’s richest citizen Rinat Akhmetov,...
26.04.2005 - 00:00

Ukraine, Poland, and the “Battle for Europe”

As The Day has already reported, the week before last another page was inscribed in the history of relations between this newspaper and the National University of Ostrih Academy. On the eve of...
26.04.2005 - 00:00

Denial for Denial

Despite numerous attempts, interruptions, the blocking of access to the rostrum, and the efforts of parliamentary vice speaker Adam Martyniuk (photo), the parliamentary parties of the SDPU (united)...

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