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

№30, (2009)

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Student mobility in Europe

Hundreds of students annually leave Ukraine to study abroad. The Ministry of Science and Education does not have accurate statistics, but the firms that arrange for such studies claim that their...
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“We want to be different!”

Kyiv–Chernivtsi–Kyiv — “It is a pity that we are not in a position to show today’s meeting live on television,” Den/The Day editor in chief Larysa Ivshyna said as the session of the Ostroh Club of...
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<I>Huchnomovets</I>

This time Huchnomovets, our music column, tells the story of one of Ukraine’s most interesting independent rock bands, Nameless (Ternopil) and looks at St. Petersburg’s celebrated NOM and the little-...
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Mykhailo Drai-Khmara and Ukrainian national idea

Continued from previous issue Mykhailo Drai-Khmara’s literary and scholarly heritage — particularly his monograph Lesia Ukrainka. Zhyttia i tvorchist (Lesia Ukrainka: Her Life and Works, 1926)...
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Will Kyiv be left without Molodist?

Andrii Khalpakhchi, the veteran head and currently artistic director of the Molodist Festival does not rule out that the festival may move elsewhere. The reason is traditional and banal: lack of...
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Political reforms fail to bring immediate changes

Kyiv hosted the CE Forum for the Future of Democracy. Politicians discussed the advantages and disadvantages of the various European electoral systems. Ukraine was advised to adopt the best of the...
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Test reveals illiteracy among school students

Dnipropetrovsk — This academic year 260 pupils of Dnipropetrovsk elementary schools have taken part in the charitable educational project Free English. The event was masterminded by the Arystokratka...
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Myths and the truth

Continued from issue nr. 28 This editorial used data provided borrowed from NKVD memorandums. Among other things it was stated that Poles constituted only 60 percent of the population, with the...
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British Council offers a new technique of studying English

While endless debates on the dominance of Russian or Ukrainian are underway in Ukraine, Europe is going through a language revolution. Europeans are changing their attitude to foreign languages. Now...
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Ake PETERSON: The way to the EU lies via the Council of Europe

Many Ukrainian politicians have recently expressed doubts about whether the existence of the Council of Europe is justified, taking into account the fact that this organization is gradually losing...
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Jose Mourinho’s bad luck

Milan–Kyiv — The debate about whose soccer championship, Ukrainian or Russian, is more powerful, has been raging since both countries’ teams stopped playing in the USSR championship. Within the...
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EVENT

Dnipropetrovsk volunteers help British soccer fans Dnipropetrovsk — Dnipropetrovsk Mayor Ivan Kulichenko presented the young volunteers with certificates and souvenirs. These young people helped...
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This week in history

Oct. 27 1659: In Pereiaslav Yurii Khmelnytsky and the Muscovite government sign an agreement regulating the political and legal status of Cossack Ukraine in the Muscovite state. Oct. 28 2004: On the...
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The reverse side of educational reforms

Lviv — Reforms in education were discussed at a press conference held as part of the debate on amendments to the Law of Ukraine “On Higher Education” proposed by the Ministry of Education and Science...
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Are “mud baths” always salubrious?

It seemed that a series of latest scandals, such as the Lozynsky case and the Artek affair, would explode society. But it did not. What is this? Overall apathy? Emotional atrophy? Total...

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