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

№39, (2005)

06.12.2005 - 00:00

“We’re the same as you”

“Fifteen years ago I became wheelchair-bound. That’s the way it is: yesterday I was a healthy guy, and today my elderly parents are taking care of me. To me it seemed that I was Ukraine’s first...
06.12.2005 - 00:00

Why did Stalin exterminate the Ukrainians?

In November 2003, on the eve of the 70th anniversary of the 1932-1933 Holodomor in Ukraine, the distinguished scholar James Mace proposed lighting candles in tribute to the memory of the victims of...
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Community for responsible choice

The constituent forum of the Democratic Choice Community ended last Friday. The initiative to create this group came from the presidents of Ukraine and Georgia during the Borzhomi summit last August...
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Time to eap satisfaction

The 3rd International Decor and Giftware Exposition was held in one of KyivExpoPlaza’s exhibition halls. There was nothing superfluous here, just little trinkets that are absolutely...
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“We recognize privatization from the early 1990s”

Business and the government are partners. Politicians and entrepreneurs keep repeating this phrase like a mantra. At a roundtable entitled “Ukraine at the Crossroads?” held last Tuesday, business...
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Step by step

It doesn’t take a Nostradamus to realize that Ukraine will not be admitted into the European Union any time soon. However, it doesn’t take a “more than a well informed realist” to turn this into a...
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Cry, the newborn baby

Each year, four million babies die in their first four weeks of life — over 10,000 deaths a day. Most of these neonatal deaths go unrecorded and remain invisible to all but their families. Virtually...
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An irreversible signal

Last week’s historic achievement was as important as the sale of the Kryvorizhstal Steel Mill. The Ukraine-EU summit announced that Ukraine will be granted market economy status. European Commission...
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“It’s hard to play Chopin with pop coming through your window”

They say that the 21st century will be dominated by women in all walks of life. Even now we see a number of examples where women, tender and fragile as these representatives of the fair sex are...
06.12.2005 - 00:00

Stop being afraid!

December 1 marked World AIDS Day. Countless events, conferences, and exhibits are held every year — then silence descends. In Ukraine, despite the fact that the numbers of HIV-infected people are...
06.12.2005 - 00:00

A “donor” for abroad?

The world’s leading countries are living in a so-called knowledge society with which all other countries are trying to play catch-up. As a result, something along the lines of a cold war of knowledge...
06.12.2005 - 00:00

This week in history

December 6. Day of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. 1932. The Council of People’s Commissars of Ukrainian SSR and the CP(b)U Central Committee passed a decision on blacklisting the villages, ‘maliciously...
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Everybody’s dancing, including the horses

“I don’t like my music, but what is my opinion against that of millions of others?”Frederick LoeweSt. Petersburg director Vadim Malkov first worked on the musical, but couldn’t cope with the material...
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Fed up to the gills with elections

TOTALLY UNPREPARED Although the parliamentary election campaign has begun in Ukraine, political parties and voters are equally unprepared for it. This is the conclusion of experts at the Razumkov...
06.12.2005 - 00:00

Miners up in arms: whom are they setting out to defend?

Coal production at state-run mines has fallen by four million tons. According to Mykhailo Volynets, MP and chairman of the Independent Union of Ukrainian Miners, this deficit may reach five million...

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