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

№35, (2002)

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This week in history

November 12: 1772. The Crimea was proclaimed independent from the Ottoman Empire. 1992. The kupon-karbovanets was put into circulation in Ukraine. November 13: 1708. Russian troops under...
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The Cost of Parliamentary Paralysis

On November 4 the International Center for Policy Research (ICPR) announced it was revising its outlook for Ukraine’s economic development in 2003-2004. ICPR experts believe the economy is faltering...
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Diplomats are convinced Kyiv will weather bitter Competition

Afghanistan is called today a genuine gold mine. It was decided earlier this year that Kabul would receive $10 billion in aid in the next five years. The United States has promised $297 million,...
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Teodor Rezvoi dedicated his passage across the Atlantic to the rescuers who died under the World Trade Center wreckage in New York

There are people for whom the sensation of risk and danger are akin to complacency and a sedentary lifestyle of the overwhelming majority of other mortals. Such people once were the first to climb...
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Lab Terminology: Material Available, Analysis Unfavorable

On November 5, an international round table, Power and Opposition: The Technology of Cooperation, was held courtesy of the European Institute for Political Culture (EIPC) and the embassies of Russia...
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Petro TRONKO: “Before the war Kyiv had 950,000 inhabitants and after liberation about 100,000”

Kyiv was cleared of the Nazi Germans by Soviet forces on November 6, 1943. The Battle of the Dnipro started in September 1943, stretching along a 750 km front line from Loyiv to Zaporizhzhia. Pitched...
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WTO membership pluses and minuses assessed by government

The Ministry of Industrial Policy has produced an outlook for developments in various branches of the Ukrainian economy in case this country joins the WTO. It is expected that the removal of customs...
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The IMF is ready to barter money for political will and signals to investors

As the IMF two-week mission to Ukraine came to an end, its head Emanuel van der Mensbrugge claimed on November 5 that the International Monetary Fund regretted the delay in privatization of regional...
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Back wages and arrears on social payments still exist

People at the Ministries of Finance, Agrarian Policy, Labor and Social Policy are alarmed by the current situation with all kinds of arrears on payments in the regions. Enhancing state control over...
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Army to be cut by 24,000 men and 900 pieces of equipment

“Ukrainian citizens, who pay taxes to ensure the state’s defense capability, must be convinced that the army presents no threat to anyone...” Addressing the annual session of the Ministry of Defense...
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New project at the Gelman Gallery in Kyiv

Blue is a very popular color in life and daily practices. Its utilitarian function is that of a purity certificate, also a sensation of vigor. Even faded blue makes one want to immediately revive it...
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Distribution of income not received continues

The ancient Greeks before making a decision of state importance thought it obligatory to consult the gods. History knows cases when the gods’ opinion varied, depending on the oracles’ mood (getting...
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The Right Direction

The first Ukrainian Theatrical Platform on the stages of drama companies in Kyiv and Kharkiv is hard to describe as a festival. They showed rather fresh yet well-known productions, performed more...
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War on Prince Hamlet

A hero of a famous book by Benedict Yerofeyev, Moscow — Pietushki, being in a state of agitation, suggested a war be declared on the Danes, who had slain their prince, Hamlet. This incident,...
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New flu expected in late January

Scientists believe the world could soon find itself in the grip of a pandemic. The gripp.ru site forecasts that in Russia alone 120 million will be infected, 60 million fall ill, 500,000 hospitalized...

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