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, (2003)

24.06.2003 - 00:00

NATIONAL SECURITY: Fine tuning the priorities

On June 19, Verkhovna Rada amended the Concept of Ukraine’s National Security (Fundamentals of the National Security Policy), with 319 of the 439 deputies present supporting this decision. The...
24.06.2003 - 00:00

Ukrainian Ballet Star Vadym PYSARIEV Wanted to Quit Dancing at Thirteen

Vadym Pysariev, legendary Ukrainian choreographer, gifted organizer, art director of the Solovyanenko Academic Opera and Ballet Theater of Donetsk, premiered with Tchaikovsky’s Sleeping Beauty during...
24.06.2003 - 00:00

So-called patriots are also supporting the idea of reversing the Odesa-Brody oil pipeline

Liubomyr Buniak, former manager of the Druzhba Oil Pipeline and current mayor of Lviv, has suddenly supported using the Odesa-Brody oil pipeline in the reverse mode, which means the pipeline, instead...
24.06.2003 - 00:00

Golden-domed Kyiv Choral Fest: A Cultural Motive Force

Cultural events involving choirs make one think above all of folk music, although they actually involve far more. The repertoire of such choirs includes old Ukrainian religious music and modern...
24.06.2003 - 00:00

Is It Difficult to Reject the President’s Proposal?

On June 20, President Leonid Kuchma submitted to Verkhovna Rada a new version of his draft law on changes to the Constitution. The president said in his televised address to the Ukrainian people last...
24.06.2003 - 00:00

Russia Incorporated

What is today’s Russia? What possibilities does it give Ukraine and what problems does it create? What can we, in our turn, offer Russia and how can we help it? What kind of Russia do we need? With...
24.06.2003 - 00:00

Affirms General Richard Meyers

The main subject discussed by Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Richard Meyers and Ukraine’s Defense Minister Volodymyr Shkidchenko together with Chief of Staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces...
24.06.2003 - 00:00

Seasons of Charity

A team of Ukrainian fashion designers, together with Iryna Movchan, president of the Ukrainian Reform Educational Center, and Marta KOLOMIYETS, member of the board, UREC and Ukrainian Women’s Fund,...
24.06.2003 - 00:00

Ukraine Among Top Ten Arms Exporters

In the years 1998 through 2001, Ukraine exported $2.7 billion worth of arms. Thus far no official data on Ukraine’s arms sales receipts in 2002 have been released. However, according to the Ukrainian...
24.06.2003 - 00:00

Venice: Memoirs of the Future

This is the title of Anhelina Sidenko’s personal show displayed at Gallery 36 on Andriyivsky uzviz. Without doubt the Kyiv artist is in love with Venice, although this love seems unrequited. The...
24.06.2003 - 00:00

Ukraine comes closer to having single economic space with Russia, Belarus, and Kazakhstan

First Russian Vice Premier Viktor Khristenko declared there was a possibility to make certain concessions in terms of exported oil and natural gas duties for Ukraine after creating a united economic...
24.06.2003 - 00:00

Ukrainian cardiac surgeons perform 16-20 unique operations a day in modest circumstances for still more modest pay

FROM THE DAY’S FILES: Hennady KNYSHOV, director of the Amosov Institute of Cardiovascular Surgery, full member of the Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine, corresponding member of the Ukrainian...
24.06.2003 - 00:00

Turkish president favors Ukraine in NATO

Even a person who has no interest in foreign events would understand that recently Kyiv was expecting an important guest from Turkey. Red flags with star and crescent were erected in virtually all...
24.06.2003 - 00:00

Kyiv is one of the world’s most expensive cities

Tokyo is the world’s most expensive city, while Kyiv has entered the European top ten in terms of cost of living. These are the results of the Living Standards 2003 survey conducted by Mercer...
24.06.2003 - 00:00

Three Secrets of Turandot

The Ukrainian National Opera hosted Puccini’s opera Turandot, June 14-15, played to packed houses. The premiere was broadcast live by UT-1 channel to Italy. The international project became a...

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