№34, (2004)
07.12.2004 - 00:00
The Price of Ukrainian Gold
The threat of a financial meltdown in Ukraine’s jewelry industry, as predicted by pessimists after the imposition of customs duty on imported bank metals (gold, silver, platinum, and palladium) and...
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A Sensation in Ukrainian Justice
It took the judges about six hours to hand down a ruling. Last Friday an emotional Anatoly Yarema, the Deputy Chairman of Ukraine’s Supreme Court, read out the court’s verdict for almost twenty...
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Children Playing And Sketching Jazz
Kyiv is seething with passions, as is the rest of Ukraine. Although children should not be aloof from grownups’ interests, they are most happy with their own little joys, thanks to adults who protect...
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This week in history
December 7. 1934. The Council of People’s Commissars of USSR passed a decision On Canceling the Rationing Card System for Bread, Flour, and Cereals. 1988. An 8-grade earthquake occurred in Armenia,...
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For Russia’s Sake
Not so long ago a number of well known Russians asked President Putin to “respect the choice made by the Ukrainian people, even if this choice does not conform to some personal preferences of the...
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The Birth of a Citizen
The recent events in Ukraine are forcing us to consider the stand that schools and parents have taken. Lately accusations have been flying thick and fast about children and students being led out on...
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Zenoviy Ketsalo’s Prayer for Ukraine
People’s Artist of Ukraine Zenoviy Ketsalo rises at eight o’clock every morning and exercises intensively, “twisting every which way,” as he says. After that he takes a cold shower and rubs himself...
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“What rift are you talking about? We’ve just united!”
The Day presents a selection of comments from the residents of the Tent City. The participants of the protest movement were asked the following questions, What made you join the protest? What is your...
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(Big) Brother’s Watching...
Russia’s foreign minister Sergei Lavrov cautioned his German counterpart Joschka Fischer against interfering in the internal affairs of Ukraine and the escalation of tensions there. At the same...
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“The World Needs an Ecological Security Council”
Sciences of Ukraine recently hosted a joint meeting of the Academy’s departments of chemistry and general biology. Scientists spoke about global warming and darkening, which many consider nothing...
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In the Rays of Chiurlionis
On a Saturday night at the National Philharmonic, a stone’s throw from Kyiv’s revolutionary Independence Square, the St. Christopher Chamber Orchestra of Vilnius City Hall performed compositions by...
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An “Antiseparatism” Package
“Ukraine: Unitarianism, Federalism or Disintegration?” was the theme of the first session of the Ukrainian Club established by political scientists who represent this country’s leading analytical...
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“Diversion:” The Communists Help Deal Another Blow to Ukraine’s Interests
Last Friday parliament was the scene of several important events that one way or another are linked to the current political crisis: a political decision to pull out the Ukrainian peacekeeping force...
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Speaking Without a Microphone
Last Saturday, on the Day of Remembrance to honor the victims of the Holodomor and political repressions, a monument was unveiled in downtown Mariupol to those who died during the lawless years of...
07.12.2004 - 00:00
Glass Stars in the Ukrainian Sky
The French writer Didier Rance compares Andriy Bokotei’s works to a waltz of burning stars, a game with glass tears or fragments of laughter. Indeed, they are like mysterious worlds. It is no...














