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

№24, (2003)

02.09.2003 - 00:00

The Nation’s Cement

Polls over the years show that an increasing number of Ukrainian citizens believe that the nation’s Independence Day is really something to celebrate, rather than just another officially granted day...
02.09.2003 - 00:00

Ethnic Minority Voice

Have you ever heard of an international festival of television and radio programs meant for ethnic minorities, known as “ Miy Ridny Krai” [My Native Land], held in Uzhhorod for the fifth consecutive...
02.09.2003 - 00:00

Daily Bread, the Way It Is

Ukraine has witnessed a rise in bread grain prices, owing to low market demand, sluggish grain imports, and foreign market cost ratios. The government is struggling to solve the problem. The cabinet...
02.09.2003 - 00:00

Consortium for One

Last month’s forecast by Russia’s premier Mikhail Kasyanov saying that September will be “deadline” for preparing a project on creating the international gas transport consortium and its business...
02.09.2003 - 00:00

Ukrainian assault rifle in seeks markets

Months ago information surfaced that one of Ukraine’s twenty-some specialized design bureaus is developing a modernized version of the Kalashnikov automatic rifle. This was confirmed on August 28....
02.09.2003 - 00:00

Ukrainian Orthodox Churchgoers and... Moscow Riot Police

Among those who participated in the eighth World Congress of Ukrainians, held in Kyiv the week before last, was Adrian, Metropolitan of Moscow, Bogorodsk, Dnipropetrovsk, and Kryvy Rih (Ukrainian...
02.09.2003 - 00:00

Center of Europe

A few miles outside the town of Rakhiv in Zakarpattia on the highway to Uzhhorod, a sign marking the geographical center of Europe commands the travelers’ attention. It lies halfway between the Ural...
02.09.2003 - 00:00

PHOTO FACT

The Day’s information
02.09.2003 - 00:00

Hans Joachim KERBER: “We see opportunities rather than risks in Ukraine”

Ukraine has a positive view of Ukrainian-German business cooperation, Premier Viktor Yanukovych stressed at a recent meeting with Metro AG CEO Hans Joachim Kerber. This German company recently...
02.09.2003 - 00:00

A Time to Please Voters And the IMF

National Bank Governor Serhiy Tihipko’s August 29 announcement that Ukraine intends to pay back International Monetary Fund loans worth $1.8 billion including interest before the end of this year,...
02.09.2003 - 00:00

WITH GOGOL IN SOROCHYNTSI

“You must have heard at times the rumble of a distant waterfall... Isn’t it the same feeling that overwhelms you in the hurly-burly of a village fair?.. Outcries, curses, bleating, roaring —...
02.09.2003 - 00:00

Parliament Also Can Elect the President

Answering journalists’ questions on August 26 in Novhorod-Siversky where Ukraine’s president came on a working visit, Leonid Kuchma expressed his preparedness to support the idea of electing...
02.09.2003 - 00:00

Shadow Integration

The latest discussions of the Common Economic Space and the gas pipeline consortium with Russia should really not come as much of a surprise to anybody. As elections approach, the national democrats...
02.09.2003 - 00:00

Poem in Stone Recalls Chernihiv’s Golden Age

Chernihiv occupies a unique place in the history and culture of Eastern Europe. It is only here that you can still see a series of pre-Mongol- invasion monuments that represent all the consecutive...
02.09.2003 - 00:00

Experts Note Dwindled Interest in Schooling

Four hundred thousand first-graders stepped over the school’s threshold for the first time yesterday, while a total six million pupils entered classrooms all over the country. Are they going to study...

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