№31, (2006)
10.10.2006 - 00:00
This week in history
Oct. 10 1932: The world’s first Lithium nuclear fission is achieved at the Physics and Technology Institute of Kharkiv. 1973: The Central Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine adopts a secret...
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“They’ll let me out in a few days. Where will I go?”
NOTE ONE. UNTITLED At first they knocked timidly. They knocked and complained quietly, “I have no water,” “Have you forgotten about me? I’ve been here almost a month...” Then the pounding and...
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A journey to the land of the Sun Feast
Zhytomyr oblast has decided to stimulate the development of local tourism, which has been eking out an existence for a long time. The aim is to reap benefits for the state treasury, the people who...
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James Sherr: “Yanukovych and his people have the wrong idea about the West”
James Sherr, fellow of the Conflict Studies Research Centre of the UK Defence Academy, is well known in Ukrainian political and expert circles that deal with matters of security and defense. This...
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Double standards
It seems that Ukraine has grown tired of making unilateral concessions to the EU as far as the readmission agreement is concerned. Kyiv believes that the European side’s proposals in this matter are...
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New prospects in Donuzlav
The fate of the western coast of the Crimea is once again on the agenda after President Yushchenko canceled an earlier decision passed on Oct. 23, 2005, to set up the Donuzlav Crimean Marine...
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Guenter NOOKE: “People themselves should strive to defend the freedoms they won”
Guenter Nooke, German Federal Government Commissioner for Human Rights Policy and Humanitarian Aid, represented the Federated Republic of Germany at the Babyn Yar memorial ceremony recently held in...
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The romance of linen
The long-awaited Ukrainian Fashion Week began on Friday, Sept. 29. This time it commenced with Trademark Defile, a parade of famous and not-so-famous trademark apparel that will soon appear in...
10.10.2006 - 00:00
They say that Our Ukraine has gone into the opposition. Finally?
It is hard to believe that the coalition is over and Our Ukraine has finally determined its status. On Oct. 4, after consultations with President Yushchenko, Our Ukraine officially announced that it...
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Price of gas for consumers to drop for next three months
Last week Prime Minister Victor Yanukovych predicted that next year gas for Ukraine will cost $130 for 1.000m3. “We’ll see in October what the price for gas will be. But we have grounds to think that...
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Two “heavyweights” of politics and business through the eyes of Ostroh Academy students
Everyone has their own idea of a “weekend,” a word that has become popular in Ukraine. For some, it means watching all kinds of TV programs, usually of rather poor quality. For others, it is reading...
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Rhythms of the “Hutsul Paris”
For their capital city the festival organizers chose Rakhiv, a small town in Transcarpathia, where Ukrainian, gypsy, Romanian, and Hungarian cultures harmoniously intersect and mutually enrich each...
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Does Ukraine hear her children?
For three days Kyiv hosted the forum “The State That Hears Its Children.” Last year this nationwide children’s forum was dedicated to the 15 th anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the...
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Urgent help to ministers
The drafters of the bill “On the Cabinet of Ministers” have requested the president to submit this document for urgent parliamentary discussion, but the head of state is in no hurry. For the eighth...
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International hopak
Traditionally the International World Ballet Stars Festival features masters of choreography and talented new dancers. This year Dmitry Simkin, the principal dancer of the Wiesbaden Ballet and...















