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

№18, (2003)

03.06.2003 - 00:00

GUUAM Revives on the Basis Of Mutual Security

On May 24-25 a meeting of foreign ministers of the GUUAM member countries took place in Tbilisi. This was a preliminary meeting before the summits first on the level of parliaments heads (June 3,...
03.06.2003 - 00:00

EU Attaches Strategic Priority To Odesa-Brody Project

LIFE AFTER ATTEMPTS TO REVERSE COURSE The Brussels meeting was not altogether sunny for the Ukrainian delegation. It will be recalled that on the eve of the Brussels conference The Day carried a...
03.06.2003 - 00:00

“A Part of This Country”

A photo exhibition dedicated to the memory of Ukrainian journalists Heorhy Gongadze, Serhiy Naboka, Oleksandr Kryvenko, and Taras Protsiuk was opened May 23 in the gallery of Kyiv’s Bukva [Letter]...
03.06.2003 - 00:00

Endangered Species, Endangered Peoples

The recent Second Congress of Karaites of Ukraine, held in the Crimea, represented 740 citizens of Ukraine who are members of a community numbering only about 2000 in the entire world. They are Jews...
03.06.2003 - 00:00

The Livadiya Palace Could Enter the World Cultural Heritage

An international seminar to define potential objects of world cultural heritage for UNESCO protection was held in the Crimea under the aegis of UNESCO assisted by the Crimean Republic Committee to...
03.06.2003 - 00:00

Side by Side With Amosov

Friday, 30.11.68 Yesterday: surgery; subject: female, aged 35; repeated operation. First one 3 years ago; [diagnosis] mitral and right atrioventricular stenosis; insufficiency still there. [My...
03.06.2003 - 00:00

France Expresses Interest In Gas Consortium

The management of Gaz de France has submitted proposals for its participation in the project to create an international gas transport consortium. According to Interfax-Ukraine, Ukraine’s Prime...
03.06.2003 - 00:00

This week in history

June 3: 1906. The Ukrayinsky visnyk [Ukrainian Courier] magazine, organ of the Ukrainian parliamentary community and State Duma began publication in St. Petersburg. June 4: 1630. A battle took...
03.06.2003 - 00:00

Yehor from a Sect Of Kryvy Rih Artists

Twice a year (on Kyiv Day and Independence Day) Andriyivsky uzviz gathers artists, potters, sculptors and other masters of the decorative and applied art from all parts of Ukraine. Passing on Kyiv...
03.06.2003 - 00:00

Amosov and Kavaleridze

May 28 saw the unveiling of the bust of Mykola Amosov in the lobby of the Research Institute of Cardiovascular Surgery named in his honor. The unveiling ceremony was held in a businesslike atmosphere...
03.06.2003 - 00:00

First results of the Fifth Pan-European Conference of Environment Ministers

The event had long been anticipated, for more than two years. When the V Pan-European Conference of Environment Ministers at last opened in Kyiv, the words of many of our compatriots (mostly members...
03.06.2003 - 00:00

Why Sign the Protocol?

Ukraine will not operate the Odesa-Brody pipeline in the reverse mode since the primary route offers the best prospects for further development of the project, Ukrtransnafta Chairman of the Board...
03.06.2003 - 00:00

The head of the state is concerned with the prospect for the next presidential elections

Last Wednesday’s press conference of President Leonid Kuchma was rather optimistic, although it began on a somber note. “Unfortunately, we can’t but dwell on the tragic events with the Ukrainian...
03.06.2003 - 00:00

A French marquis and shipbuilding in Ukraine

Ivan Ivanovich de Traversay was a man of an unusual, if not unique, destiny. The circumstances of his life can serve as a backdrop for a most interesting historical novel pivoting on the key...
03.06.2003 - 00:00

First publication of excerpts from the great scientist’s diary

M. M. Amosov not only founded the but also raised Ukrainian thoracic surgery and anesthesiology to a qualitatively new level; he was the first to perform open-heart operations in this country. The...

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