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

№25, (2004)

05.10.2004 - 00:00

Seeking Legal Help at a Clinic

In late September, representatives of the First Nationwide Congress of Legal Clinics of Ukraine gathered at the assembly hall of the Verkhovna Rada committee. Legal clinics are associations of law...
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Political Reform: A Resuscitation Attempt?

The parliamentary majority coordinator Stepan Havrysh told journalists last Thursday that it was quite possible that he and the Socialist leader Oleksandr Moroz would propose in the nearest future...
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Rating Wars

Last week Ukraine’s information space received a massive infusion of opinion poll ratings. They came from both supporters and staffs of presidential hopefuls, and from sociological companies that...
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Creating an Environment of Inclusion

“Creating Centers of Excellence for the Inclusive Education of Children with Special Needs” is the title of a new TACIS partnership program, whose aim is to guarantee children with special needs...
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Mykola Shrah: My Conscience is Clean

Mid-May this year marked the 110th birthday of Mykola Shrah, who was a typical representative of the 1890s generation, but also a man whose life story deserves special notice. He lived a life that...
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Transition Hardships

Evaluating Ukraine’s progress, from both a domestic and international perspective, in implementing the political reforms necessary to achieve the country’s ultimate stated goal — membership in NATO...
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Making Globalization Work for All

We are now in a one-year countdown to establish a new approach to globalization. In September 2005, world leaders will meet at the UN to review the progress made since the Millennium Assembly in...
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Coming Elections Worsening East-West Confrontation in Ukraine

This author has repeatedly stressed that the technologies of conflict being applied by the principal presidential candidates are dangerous. Their direct result is political tension that is mounting...
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A Prayer For the Blind

Ukraine’s first religious book for blind people, a prayer book in Braille, has been published in Lutsk with the assistance of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church’s (UOC) Volyn Diocese. This prayer book may...
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This week in history

October 5. 1933. The People’s Commissariat of Education of the Ukrainian SSR passed a decision on the Berezil Theater, discharging Les Kurbas (later shot) from the post of its artistic director. 1993...
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Europe Day Celebrated on Lenin Square

Dnipropetrovsk celebrated Europe Day for the first time this spring, with the festivities taking place on the city’s main square that still bears Lenin’s name. At the foot of the statue dedicated to...
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With Money and Deeds

The presidential elections are just around the corner in Ukraine, with Viktor Yushchenko and Viktor Yanukovych clearly positioned as the two frontrunners. What is your assessment of the future...
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110 Glimpses of a Single Year

Last Thursday the exhibition traveled first to Kherson and then on to other cities in Ukraine. The exhibition, which features 110 of 750 submitted works, presents a more-or-...
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Technical Victory

Caution dominated in the camp of the Atlanta 1996 Olympics heavyweight boxing champion Volodymyr Klytchko before his Sunday bout with DaVarryl Williamson. Speaking at a news conference, Volodymyr...
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The Military-Technological Space

The current meeting between Ukrainian and Russian defense officials and arms dealers, held this time in Sevastopol, could have been even more fraternal than the previous ones, but for a single fact...

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