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

№29, (2002)

01.10.2002 - 00:00

“Neither skepticism nor gullibility know borders

An international conference took place in Kyiv, Education and the Family in Postcommunist Societies, arranged by a number of organizations, including the Kyiv Pecherska Lavra Monastery of the Caves,...
01.10.2002 - 00:00

Russia raises oil export tax rate. Gasoline will cost more

Gasoline will cost more in Ukraine since October 1, Ministry of Fuel and Energy informed Thursday, September 26. The reason is Russia’s decision to increase the export duty from $21.9 to $26.2 per...
01.10.2002 - 00:00

Pipe Debate Enters Polish Phase

Polish President Aleksander Kwasniewski said he would seriously examine the criticism of his government’s stand on cooperation with Ukraine in the project to build the Odesa-Brody-Gdansk pipeline....
01.10.2002 - 00:00

Crisis of Confidence

“We would like to hear the opinion of an experienced diplomat known in Ukraine as well as in the West and East: what is going on in US-Ukrainian relations? We still remember the triumphal visit to...
01.10.2002 - 00:00

Exposed To All Winds

Once a grain dropped on the dry stony and unplowed soil. It was hard lying there, with almost nothing to eat. Yet, the sun shone, the salubrious dew would come in the morning, while the hard soil had...
01.10.2002 - 00:00

Ukraine’s IOU

After promising the Ukrainian public credit-free relationships with IMF recently, the cabinet continues to build these relationships on quests for credits. Another round of talks with IMF is expected...
01.10.2002 - 00:00

Taras Hunczak: “<I>Ukraine Incognita</I>: a book that forms one’s world view”

Taras Hunczak, history professor at Rutgers University has long been a conspicuous figure among the learned historical circles of millions of ethnic Ukrainians constituting our diaspora and in his...
01.10.2002 - 00:00

Poland’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Supports Long-Term Visas for Ukrainians

Poland is for equal approach in solving visa questions for all its Western neighbors after its entering the European Union in 2004, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland Wlodzimierz Cimoszewicz said...
01.10.2002 - 00:00

Ihor YUSHKO: “The financial intelligence service will not be another force structure”

“In what mood is the Ministry of Finance preparing for the next FATF session?” “October 7-11 FATF will consider the question of Ukraine, because our country is on the well-known list of the...
01.10.2002 - 00:00

Anatoly ZLENKO: We Are Going neither to Keep Silent Nor to Make Up Excuses

“What did your UN meetings result in?” “First, I would like to quell passions and excessive emotions. The situation around the groundless accusations against Ukraine of breaching Security Council...
01.10.2002 - 00:00

The Den/The Day exhibition through the eyes of the young

The Den/The Day photo exhibition “A New Day: Light and Shadows,” now under way at the Vernadsky Library (Prospekt 40-Ricchia Zhovtnia, Moskovska Square, admission free), was visited the other day by...
01.10.2002 - 00:00

Cabinet Seeks To Preserve Heritage Of Karaites and Krymchaks

The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has approved measures to preserve the cultural heritage of Crimean Karaites and Krymchaks (also known as Crimean Jews — Ed.) for the period until 2005, reports the...
01.10.2002 - 00:00

120 years of “life” after the prominent physician’s death – the only such case in world science

No country with an embalmed body of its leader (e.g., Lenin, Ho Chi Minh, or Kim Il Sung) can boast such a long period of effectively preserving a human body after death as Ukraine. The remains of a...
01.10.2002 - 00:00

Ilyich over Ukraine’s Map

Whenever I watch on TV Vladimir Putin meeting another post- Soviet politician seeking his support, I cannot help recalling a wonderful Soviet times painting, Ilyich over Ukraine’s Map. In this...
01.10.2002 - 00:00

Politicians “Support” Orthodoxy before Elections

A couple of weeks ago, www.versii.com carried an interview with People’s Deputy Andriy Derkach, recorded by an Ortodoks journalist. From the story emerges a lofty figure; Mr. Derkach appears totally...

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