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

№37, (2005)

22.11.2005 - 00:00

How to get rid of antitaxation schemes and thwart new ones

Why is capital running away from Ukraine? Is it because big business is displeased by something or is afraid of somebody or something here? In our country people reflect on these matters after the...
22.11.2005 - 00:00

This week in history

November 22, 1655. Bohdan Khmelnytsky started negotiations with the Crimean Khan on his neutrality in the Cossacks’ war against the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. 1901. A mass students’...
22.11.2005 - 00:00

Frantsysk Skaryna, the first East Slavic book printer

It will soon be the 520th birth anniversary of Frantsysk Skaryna (Franciscus Skorina) the Belarusian humanist of the early to mid-16th-century, doctor of medicine, writer, translator, artist, and...
22.11.2005 - 00:00

President Yushchenko appoints judges to Constitutional Court

President Viktor Yushchenko has signed an edict appointing Volodymyr Kampo, Viktor Shyshkin, and Dmytro Lilak to the Constitutional Court of Ukraine. Prior to this the head of state met with the...
22.11.2005 - 00:00

The door is open, but still a long way off

The Ukraine-EU summit that will be held in Kyiv on Dec. 1 is not likely to be a historic event. It will mostly deal with Ukraine’s progress on the Action Plan, signed with the EU this year, and...
22.11.2005 - 00:00

Protection on paper

Khortytsia Island, an ancient and sacred place in Ukraine, whose history dates back thousands of years and reaches the roots of civilization — the legendary first states of Aratta (6,200 BC), Oriana...
22.11.2005 - 00:00

The likely “international fruits” of the Orange Revolution

In a few days Ukraine will be celebrating the first anniversary of the Orange Revolution, a significant event in the history of this country. There were revolutions in Georgia, Ukraine, and...
22.11.2005 - 00:00

How to make Europe remember?

“Ukraine had one of the most effective promotional campaigns, on which other countries spend millions of dollars. However, you failed to benefit from the results of that campaign,” a foreign diplomat...
22.11.2005 - 00:00

Social advertising festival

The 1st National Social Advertising Festival opens in Kyiv on Nov. 30. Its organizers are the Ministry of Family, Youth, and Sports; the State Social Service for Family, Children, and Youth; the...
22.11.2005 - 00:00

Maksym Berezovsky remembered in Italy

On Nov. 6 a large number of representatives of the Ukrainian Diaspora in Italy gathered in Bologna, where the Philharmonic Society hosted a soiree commemorating the Ukrainian composer, Maksym...
22.11.2005 - 00:00

The West will help us

President Viktor Yushchenko has turned for assistance to prominent political technologists John Podesta and Michael McCarry, who worked on the team of former US President Bill Clinton. The American...
22.11.2005 - 00:00

Kryvorizhstal: What to do with the money?

The resale of Kryvorizhstal, which over the past few months caused a lot of problems for the Ukrainian political community, has led to another one: What to do with the proceeds? If mishandled, this...
22.11.2005 - 00:00

A Gift from America

US has made a present to Ukraine. Even if being half of what it could have been, this kind of support extended to Kyiv is noteworthy. The US Senate unanimously voted for the repeal of the Jackson-...
22.11.2005 - 00:00

Two-digit inflation growth anticipated

The inflation rate is one of today’s puzzles that may influence tomorrow’s alignment of political forces. The latest statistics point to 0.9 percent in October and nearly 8.1 percent in the first 10...
22.11.2005 - 00:00

The Ukrainian road: long but winnable

The reshuffles in Russia’s “upper echelons” are further proof of the strengthening of the power vertical. Ukraine has chosen a different path of development based on a decentralization of power. The...

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