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

№32, (2000)

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The travails of a Swiss philanthropist and Ukrainian scholar-translator to publish a unique book

Kyiv’s Osnovy Publishers has issued Pilgrimage to the Holy Places of the East From 1723 Through 1747 by Vasyl Hryhorovych-Barsky. The translation of the text from Old Ukrainian was done by Professor...
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This week in history

November 14: 1925. The League of Ukrainian Nationalists was founded in Podebrady (Czechoslovakia). 1939 . The Verkhovna Rada of the Ukrainian SSR ratified the law On Western Ukraine’s Entering...
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Party Next To Power

Every year after November 7 I want to look the Communist leaders in the eye. Fine. They might have been fanatics sincerely devoted to their great idea of rescuing humanity by costs of mankind itself...
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Prodi Promises to Plug In Ukraine

President of the European Commission Romano Prodi has paid an official visit to Kyiv. The Eurocommission president’s visit was only discussed within the context of a joint project by Russia’s Gazprom...
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Will Udovenko Lead Rukh in Coming Elections?

“Despite recent reports by some media outlets, Hennady Udovenko has no intention of resigning as chairman of the People’s Movement (Rukh) of Ukraine (NRU), at least not in the immediate future. He...
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UEFA Demands Transparent Bookkeeping in Soccer Clubs

The funding of Ukrainian clubs is for some reason considered an issue closed to discussion, with club bosses, coaches and team players mainly referring to euphemisms in talks about money. Should one...
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Contemporary Art’s Tug of War

The Ukrainian Ministry of Culture has held a press conference on the presentation of contemporary art Ukrainian at the 49th Venice Biennale next summer. The question of Ukrainian representation...
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Who Was Behind Attempt on Vitrenko Not Named

The Monday before last the hearing of the case concerning PSPU (Progressive Socialist Party of Ukraine) leader Natalia Vitrenko assasination attempt during her unsuccessful election bid opened in...
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George SOROS: Our foundation can support people but not act in their place

Last Tuesday George Soros, on a visit in Kyiv timed to coincide with the tenth anniversary of the International Renaissance Foundation, met unofficially with journalists and the public during a 1+1...
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QUESTION OF THE DAY

There is a tradition of public servility in Ukrainian society: what do you think are the roots and the remedies for this illness? Leonid KRAVCHUK: Turning to Ukraine’s history, one can...
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Wonderland, Or Escape From Censorship

The week before last new US Ambassador to Ukraine Carlos Pascual, met with the Ukrainian Internet community (I picked up this term from one of our newest programs). Ukrainian journalists spoke at the...
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Feline Fete

The International Cat Show held by the Ukrainian Cat Fanciers’ Association gathered as usual feline representatives from Lutsk to Simferopol. In addition to such large cities as Dnipropetrovsk,...
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German Lutheran Church Consecrated in Kyiv

“The truth always steps slowly” The Vedas In late October an important and happy event took place in the life of the Kyiv community of the German Evangelical Lutheran Church, the consecration...
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Steel Makers Demand Preferential Electricity Rates

Managers of Ukraine’s top six steel plants with a 50% plus 1 share of electricity in their production cost have made another effort to talk the president, government, and Council for National Defense...
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America Entertains Ukraine

Like the rest of the world, Ukraine is laughing at the spectacle of the American Presidential elections and how a relative handful of voters in Florida will decide who will be the leader of the world...

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