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, (2004)

25.05.2004 - 00:00

This week in history

May 25. 1811. The Feodosiya Museum of Antiquities, now Feodosiya Local History Museum, was founded. 1994. The Ministry of Justice of Ukraine registered the Human Rights Party. May 26. 1648....
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Kyiv’s intellectual team, Er. J. Orchestra, releases a new CD

An exciting event recently took place in Kyiv’s music scene. A group of modest but very talented musicians, who are extremely popular among jazz professionals and devotees, is back in the saddle,...
25.05.2004 - 00:00

George Bush Sr.’s call to improve democracy

Last Friday George Bush, the 41st US president, ended his two-day trip to Kyiv. Although this was a private visit, the level of meetings (with President Leonid Kuchma and Prime Minister Viktor...
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The travel season is off to a good start

The nation is still rejoicing over Ruslana’s Eurovision victory. On learning the results of the voting, the jubilant singer invited everyone to Ukraine, the next venue for the 50th Eurovision Song...
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The Americans are more disappointed by Ukraine than tired of it

During his visit to Zhytomyr oblast, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to Ukraine John Herbst had official meetings with the head of the Oblast State Administration,...
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America Confronts Old and New Europe

US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld’s petulant remark of last year about “old and new Europe” was right for the wrong reasons. He meant it to refer to Europe’s divisions, but in May, ten...
25.05.2004 - 00:00

Ulas Samchuk: author, journalist, patriot

The people of Rivne oblast recently celebrated the 99th birth anniversary of the outstanding Ukrainian man of letters Ulas Samchuk. Unfortunately, even today, in the thirteenth year of Ukraine’s...
25.05.2004 - 00:00

A Trade War in the Skies over The Single Economic Space

The West is casting suspicious glances at Eurasian integration to which Ukraine is a party. The well-known US political scientist Zbigniew Brzezinski, who recently visited Kyiv, predicted in this...
25.05.2004 - 00:00

Is it worth giving preferential treatment to this country’s television manufacturers if their products have lost the trust of buyers?

THE PATIENT IS MORE DEAD THAN ALIVE There are now twenty-three enterprises of various forms of ownership licensed to produce televisions in Ukraine. Yet, most of them use essential components...
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Upcoming Ukraine Presidential Elections Concern the U.S

The October presidential election in Ukraine is critical to the future of Ukraine, US- Ukrainian relations, and to the very security of Europe. It is also crucial that all presidential candidates be...
25.05.2004 - 00:00

Kyiv Book Fair: Unspectacular As Usual

The Fourth Kyiv International Fair Knyzhkovy Sad-2004 (Book Garden 2004) opened at the Ukrainian Home with due pomp at 11 a.m. on May 19. With trumpets sounding, it was announced that Taras...
25.05.2004 - 00:00

Participants of the Petro Jacyk competition are perfecting their knowledge of the Ukrainian language

On Saturday before last the winners of the Fourth Petro Jacyk International Ukrainian Language Competition were awarded prizes at the Ivan Franko Kyiv National Academic Theater. For more than six...
25.05.2004 - 00:00

Another season begins at Constituency #136 in Odesa

In the past these hunting grounds were the sole ownership of Serhiy Kivalov, leader of the Ukrainian Maritime Party and president of Odesa’s National Law Academy, who traded in his parliamentary...
25.05.2004 - 00:00

Ukraine’s WTO accession plans could be foiled by its own parliament

Integration issues dominated a recent two-day seminar on Ukraine’s WTO accession in Pushcha-Ozerna outside Kyiv. This time, however, no dates for Ukraine’s joining the WTO were discussed, and every...
25.05.2004 - 00:00

What’s behind the “Odesa skinheads case”?

The news that foreign students are being physically assaulted in Odesa was first heard approximately a month ago, when hundreds of students attending Odesa State Medical University, mostly from the...

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