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, (2009)

19.05.2009 - 00:00

Switzerland comments on Yushchenko’s visit

Bern — Commenting on the visit of Viktor Yushchenko to Switzerland, the local press says bluntly that the Ukrainian president came to Bern to ask for financial aid. But it used to be just the...
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Lessons from Melbourne meetings

(Continued from previous issue)4. KILLING BY FAMINEThe reconstruction of killing by famine needs to involve thorough study of concealed details. When the death toll spells millions, there are always...
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Old holidays, new opinions

After a long-time “holiday marathon” it appears that one part of the country has failed to grasp exactly what we were celebrating. Many people, especially the young ones, celebrate the May holidays...
19.05.2009 - 00:00

Keeping ancient freedoms intact

(Conclusion. For beginning see The Day No. 13) It should be stressed that Pyotr Rumiantsev was trying to draw up an imperial project to reform the Hetman state. The Little Russian Collegium, as a...
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No turning back

Last week I had a pleasure to accompany President of the European Parliament for the inauguration of the Eastern Partnership in Prague.When the summit began on 7th May, many doubted Eastern...
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This week in history

May 19 1861: The first Ukrainian Sunday school was opened in Sumy. 1945: The Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR, Council of People’s Commissars of the Ukrainian SSR, and Central...
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BookCrossing in Ye

Ukraine has taken another step toward the European cultural space when the Kyiv-based Ye bookstore joined the BookCrossing project by launching a new shelf filled with books in foreign languages....
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<I>The Day</I> at Lviv Polytechnic Institute

Lviv Polytechnic Institute is the oldest technical university in Europe. This year it marks its 165th anniversary. The Day used this festive occasion to get to know its students and lecturers. The...
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EURO-2012 coming soon

The UEFA has officially announced four Polish cities and the capital of Ukraine to be host cities of Euro-2012 soccer games. The UEFA will make its final decision on the remaining Ukrainian cities...
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Looking for a book

Lviv — Lviv has hosted the third annual book fair Publishers Forum to Children. This event, the only one of its kind in Ukraine and one of the few in Europe, is completely devoted to children’s...
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Two key defeats for Dynamo

Ukraine’s soccer season, one of the longest in the world, yielded quite a paradoxical result in the end: having become champions ahead of time, Kyiv’s Dynamo twice suffered defeat at home at the...
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Clay and our identity

Clay is a simple but at the same time a very mysterious material. It has accompanied the human race for thousands of years. Nowadays people buy ceramics to meet their esthetic needs or for everyday...
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No elections in October

October 25 is an unlawful date to hold the presidential elections. This is the verdict of the Constitutional Court delivered last Tuesday. Now the ball is in the Verkovna Rada’s court, and it has two...
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Ukrainian, independentist, nationalist

An entire book can be written about him, but today three words will suffice: Ukrainian, Independentist, and Nationalist. He lived in the turbulent period from 1873 to 1924, but he remained faithful...
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“Journalism has always been around”

A commemorative plaque was unveiled in Kyiv on May at 19a Suvorov St., where Oleh Sytnyk, a prominent Ukrainian journalist, lived. Sytnyk was widely known as editor of many publications in the Soviet...

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