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, (2008)

15.07.2008 - 00:00

Cancer is curable

Doctors are convinced that it is possible to cure early-stage cancers. But they need state-of-the-art medical equipment, which is Ukraine’s number-one problem. Rinat Akhmetov’s charitable foundation...
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Lessons in children’s diplomacy

Applauding and cheering, a group of Ukrainian children between the ages of 7 and 15 formed a live corridor through which the wives of ambassadors accredited to Ukraine passed to stand in line to...
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Yahotyn loner

In national schools of art there have always been innovative individuals who have raised the creative bar and expanded stylistic horizons. Ahead of their times in many respects, they have formed...
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“If you bring young and talented people together, they will garner attention”

You could write a gripping book about the specialty publishing house Smoloskyp (The Torch). Established by Ukrainian students in France in the late 1950s and later transferred to the US in the...
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This week in history

July 15 1920: The Kyiv Higher Institute of Public Education is founded. Today it is known as Drahomanov National Pedagogical University. 1989: Miners in the Donbas and western Ukraine go on strike...
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“A war for information sources is approaching” — Richard Muller

Ecological safety, the changing climate, and alternative energy sources are the world community’s top priorities. Among the questions that are high on the world’s agenda are the effectiveness of...
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The famine in Ukraine through the eyes of foreign diplomats

In 1933 Mendel Khataevich, a member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of Ukraine (Bolshevik), declared that “a bitter struggle is being waged between the peasants and our government....
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A few words about the mechanics of power

Because of the excessive costs connected to holding elections, as well as the electorate’s bribability and its foolishness, which verges on indifference, today many Ukrainian citizens think that...
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Is there racism in Ukraine?

Another wave of immigration is taking place in the world, and Ukraine is close to it, if not smack in its very epicenter. The sociological firm Research and Branding says that Ukraine’s neighbor,...
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Postcommunist vandalism in Kharkiv

Last week a despicable incident, taken straight from the “finer” pages of the history of the Soviet era, took place in Kharkiv. A group of so-called communists smashed the plaque commemorating Josyf...
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A traffic jam or an economic bottleneck?

While the Ukrainian government pompously holds forth on effective interaction between state and business, Kyiv businesspeople have once again been plunged into an eddy of discontent. This time the...
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Kupalo would have been pleased

Kyiv has once again celebrated Ivan Kupalo Day. The eve of St. John the Baptist is one of the most popular of Ukraine’s pre-Christian feasts. A dramatized folklore extravaganza was staged in Kyiv’s...
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The French game

France took over the European Union’s presidency from Slovenia on July 1, 2008. For the next six months this country will be playing its own diplomatic cards in the EU game. France has now proposed a...
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Thought-provoking books

The books published by The Day inspire one to reflect on Ukraine’s present and future, and on the crucial periods of our history. For the past six years the newspaper’s Library Series has been...
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Ukrainian psychiatry needs to be reformed

Whenever I ventured into unfamiliar districts and saw grim buildings surrounded by high walls topped with barbed wire, I always assumed they were penitentiaries. Now I know that they are either...

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