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

№22, (2004)

14.09.2004 - 00:00

True Land Prices Expected

The Derzhkomzem Land State Committee of Ukraine admits that the situation with the application of the laws on the land is far from normal, as more than 149,000 transgressions have been registered...
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Cashing in on Eurovision

The Kyiv City Administration intends to offer loans to companies that make souvenirs to ensure their work for the Eurovision song contest to be held in 2005 in the capital of Ukraine, said Viktor...
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The Last Inmate Of Majdanek

This energetic, gray-haired gentleman, who looks much younger than he actually is (he turned 80 on September 4), is a living legend indeed. Loftiness is quite justifiable in this case. The Zhytomyr-...
14.09.2004 - 00:00

Is There Economic Growth in the Provinces?

Ukraine’s real gross domestic product has grown 13.5% in the past seven months of 2004 against 9.4% over the same period last year. What is more, inflation was running at a mere 4.3% in January-...
14.09.2004 - 00:00

Secrets of the Wild Garden

For the past fifteen years local archeologists have been digging on the site of an ancient settlement on the elevated left-bank terrace of the River Ingul, several blocks away from the historic...
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“Lest There Be Another War...”

The Ukrainian version of The Day continues to publish readers’ responses to the question, “What should the future president do for Ukraine?” Residents of Khmelnytsky, Zhytomyr, Rivne, Kharkiv, Lviv,...
14.09.2004 - 00:00

Yury BILONOH: I’ll be aiming for gold in Beijing

Ukrainian shot putter Yury Bilonoh earned international fame as Olympic champion in the final days of August. At the cost of superhuman exertions he managed to outdistance US athlete Adam Nelson and...
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No Debts

Ukraine has paid all its outstanding debts to Russia. This means Ukraine can now build a relationship of equals with Russia, said Viktor Yanukovych, Prime Minister of Ukraine and presidential...
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Dmytro Tkachenko: The Violin Most Closely Approaches the Ideal of Beauty

Somehow we have grown accustomed to the widespread, albeit misleading, concept that we cannot influence the so-called developed world; that everything has long been established and said there; that...
14.09.2004 - 00:00

Father Bought a Car

A car can mean a luxury or collector’s item, a hobby, or an opportunity to join the international movement of vintage car enthusiasts, representing years of work and thousands of hryvnias....
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Economic Growth by Conservative Estimates

In drawing up the 2005 state budget, Ukraine’s Ministry of Finance proceeds from a conservative estimate of GDP growth-8.6%, said Vice-Premier and Minister of Finance of Ukraine Mykola Azarov on...
14.09.2004 - 00:00

Russia’s Tragedy Must Serve to Unite Ukrainians

The struggle against terrorism will be a major point on the agenda of the CIS summit scheduled for September 15-17 in Austria, said Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma (currently Chairman of the CIS...
14.09.2004 - 00:00

Playing at Life

Last week was the sixteenth time that we marked International Gun Destruction Day. Once a year children in practically every country in the world can exchange a broken toy gun for a cookie and a...
14.09.2004 - 00:00

The Ukrainian Paganini

Vasyl Vatamaniuk plays with inspiration, artistry, and virtuosity. The foreign media have often described the tsymbaly player as a Ukrainian Paganini and they go into raptures over his unusual...
14.09.2004 - 00:00

This week in history

September 14. 1995. An official ceremony of approving the Individual Cooperation Plan between Ukraine and NATO took place in Brussels. 1996. The World Chechen Congress and All-Ukrainian Vainakhs...

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