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

№15, (2001)

22.05.2001 - 00:00

In the Shoes of The Fisherman

Until the last minute the Orthodox world did not believe that this could happen: the Vicar of Christ visiting Athens, the Areopagus, received by the episcopate of the Greek Orthodox Church. Even now...
22.05.2001 - 00:00

Tax authorities focus on Naftohaz Ukrayiny

The Naftohaz Ukrayiny National Joint Stock Company (do not let the name fool you: the state owns it, but it takes stock in “private” companies; could we call this de-privatization?) intends to...
22.05.2001 - 00:00

Voronin Is Not Against GUUAM If GUUAM Is Not Against CIS

On May 17 President Vladimir Voronin of Moldova arrived in Kyiv on an official visit. The press conference of Presidents Leonid Kuchma and Vladimir Voronin the following day revealed very few...
22.05.2001 - 00:00

This week in history

May 22: 1861. Taras Shevchenko’s body was reburied at the Chernecha (Monk’s) Hill in Kaniv. 1940. The Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR ratified a decision on establishing insignia for...
22.05.2001 - 00:00

EIGHTEEN UNFORGETTABLE DAYS OF MUSIC

The Fourth Vladimir Horowitz International Contest of Young Pianists is over, after featuring performers in the medium and senior groups (68 contestants from eleven countries). 18 unforgettable days...
22.05.2001 - 00:00

Horror Stories from the Left

May 17 witnessed several simultaneous actions of protest staged in front of Verkhovna Rada. Some 200 members of the All-Ukrainian Union of Workers, Communist Party, and Zubr Association gathered in...
22.05.2001 - 00:00

TEMPTATION OF SCIENCE

DECLINE OF SCIENCE? Who does not know about the desperate situation of Ukrainian scientific research? Who has not read newspaper articles by indignant scientists appealing and complaining to the...
22.05.2001 - 00:00

1500 New Bureaucrats

The Ukrainian government extended the personnel limit of ministries, other central executive bodies, and their subordinate regional bodies of government by 1452 persons. The personnel limit was among...
22.05.2001 - 00:00

Ukraine and Russia: <BR>TRIAL BY GLOBALIZATION

Ukrainian-Russian relations and the attitude toward them in both countries on the part of the general public and various social groups make it obvious that both the ruling elite and ordinary people...
22.05.2001 - 00:00

Bankruptcy of state enterprises has become a variety of shadow privatization

Three consecutive scandals in the past month over the debt recovery privatization of state-run enterprises has forced this country’s leadership to deal with this problem. President Leonid Kuchma has...
22.05.2001 - 00:00

Serhiy Krymsky’s monologues about wisdom and life

THE WORLD IN A STATE OF ENDLESS MIRACLES AND DISASTERS Orthodox theology proceeds from the idea of woman-mediated communication with the Lord. The Divine Absolute prevails over everything earthly...
22.05.2001 - 00:00

QUESTION OF THE DAY

Valentyn NETUDYKHATA, culture studies specialist: “In my opinion, Europe begins with national mentality. In this respect, Ukrainians differ from other Europeans (Germans, Frenchmen, Englishmen,...
22.05.2001 - 00:00

AND THROUGH THE AGES FLOWS THE OREL

Like a clear tear flows the River Orel across the Dnipro steppes. The water of the Orel, the primordial code of our people’s existence, reflects the transparent Ukrainian soul in the vault of the...
22.05.2001 - 00:00

Rukh leaders believe a broad Yushchenko election coalition is still possible

In light of the latest Rukh congress, regarded by many as a conservative victory within the popular movement, and Viktor Pynzenyk’s statement about a congress unifying Reforms and Order (PRP) and...
22.05.2001 - 00:00

UKRAINIANS ACCUSED OF SMUGGLING COCAINE

Another scandal involving Ukrainian sailors surfaced near the American port city of San Diego, when the US Coast Guards confiscated a thirteen ton consignment of cocaine, an all-time record. The...

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