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

№20, (2002)

18.06.2002 - 00:00

German Stimulus

The idea of an international natural gas transit consortium has been given a new German impetus. Presidents Leonid Kuchma of Ukraine, Vladimir Putin of Russia, and Federal Chancellor Gerhard...
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Small business lacks knowledge of legal self-defense

Much is said about the arbitrariness of officials toward traders in the bazaar. But a survey conducted by the State Committee for Entrepreneurial Activity reveals another, quite shocking, side of the...
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Berlin: City of Bears and Barracks Architecture

(Continued from the previous issue) At 7 a.m. the bus pulled over at a German filling station. A trailer nearby displayed a giant puppet of a cabaret singer clad in a low-necked red uniform,...
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UN Confirms that Ukraine Never Sold Arms to Iraq

An official letter UN Secretary General Kofi Annan sent to Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Anatoly Zlenko says that a UN inquiry has spotted no facts that Ukraine has illegally supplied arms...
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No One Will Clean House For Us

Valery CHALY, international programs director, Razumkov Center: Our studies show that Ukraine’s integration into the European Union, proclaimed by the political leadership as a top foreign policy...
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Love, Not Parades

A monument to all lovers will be erected in Kharkiv. It will represent a young man and a girl flying and uniting in a kiss. Statues of angels and cherubs will surround them. There are plenty of ideas...
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Says US Institute of National Strategic Studies

The long-awaited visit to Ukraine by a delegation of the US Institute of National Strategic Studies took place in the wake of the May 23 session of Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council...
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Shadow Property

Tired of playing hide-and-seek, the Cabinet of Ministers advised enterprises that it has a state-owned interest to “honestly” paid dividends to the state budget. The government will determine the...
18.06.2002 - 00:00

Petro ZAVADOVSKY in the service of three Russian emperors

(Continued from previous issues) Immediately after the church wedding ceremony in the summer of 1775, Empress Catherine II and Grigory Potemkin arrived in Moscow on the eve of celebrations in...
18.06.2002 - 00:00

What Do You Dream of?

Vitaly MARHULIS, general director, the Association of Consulting Firms of Ukraine: “Like anybody, I have both personal and general dreams. I dream of a prosperous and happy future for my...
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Anatoly Kinakh: the Size of Ukrainian Budget Is Humiliating

The overall reserve of Ukraine’s state budget, excluding privatization revenues, reportedly increased by 28% in January to May 2002 compared to the same period of 2001, reaching UAH 12.95 billion....
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Parliamentary Government Versus Revolutionary Expediency

Our nation’s history shows that unity, coherence, and civil harmony in society have always presented an urgent problem for Ukraine by force of this country’s geographic and geopolitical situation,...
18.06.2002 - 00:00

Oksana Bilozir’s Roman Holiday

Around ten thousand Ukrainians came from various Italian cities to Oksana Bilozir’s concert in St. Sophia Square in Rome. In this way our compatriots together with the popular singer celebrated...
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Ukrainian horsemen show class at Kyiv Derby

Competition may be severe, but it can also be graceful — this was something most those attending Kyiv Derby at the National Architecture and Daily Life Museum last Saturday understood. Jumping the...
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President Soon to OK Ukraine-NATO Relationship Strategy

A draft, “Strategy of the Relationships between Ukraine and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization,” is ready, currently being deliberated by the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine. The...

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