№40, (2002)
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The Tough Love of Afanasy Fet
Conclusion. For beginning see Ukrayina Incognita in The Day № 39
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First Steps
On December 11, the government of Viktor Yanukovych opened its first session followed by the premier’s first press conference. Reflecting on the future action plan of the new government, Viktor...
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No Finishing Strokes for McCline...
On the Sunday before last, Volodymyr Klychko successfully defended again his WBO superheavyweight champion’s belt in a bout against Jameel McCline. The crammed Mandala Bay arena in Las Vegas...
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Mykola AMOSOV, “I know that death causes no fear. The fear comes when intellect fades away”
On the evening of December 12, Mykola Amosov, undoubtedly one of Ukraine’s most illustrious people, came to the end of his life’s journey. The stroke that occurred earlier this year and the aortal...
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Who wants the Crimean Tatars to get radical?
The populace is used to rallies gathering thousands of Crimean Tatars in the center of Simferopol and elsewhere on the peninsula. The one on December 10, however, proved different in terms of...
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Love Nets
A Ukrainian-American-Slovak-Russian project would best describe the film, Blood Ties, which Oleh Harenchar, an American film director of Slovak descent, started shooting recently. It is a romantic...
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Ukrainian relics await their return home
December 11 marked the closing day of the first stage of the project, To Know the Past for the Sake of the Future, courtesy of the Intellectual Development Fund, Ukraine — XXI Century. The ceremony...
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Authorities promise to put the monument in order
They will shortly surround the St. Sophia of Kyiv historical-cultural preserve with attention and care. Good news, of course, after all those years of underfunding and lack of understanding of the...
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Dynamo Kyiv 0, Besiktas Istanbul 0
There was no miracle. Dynamo Kyiv did not break with the tradition of failing to qualify at least once (!) for the next European cup round after losing the first match with a two-goal difference. It...
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Freedom in Exchange for “Order”
General discontent. This is how the International Foundation for Election Systems (IFES) assessed the Ukrainian public mood in 2002 by holding a nationwide survey in mid-September (1200 individuals...
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Ukrainian market is getting attractive
President Leonid Kuchma and Premier Viktor Yanukovych met in Moscow with President Vladimir Putin and Premier Mikhail Kasyanov, December 9. They discussed trade and economic cooperation, fuel-and-...
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Persian color point from Odesa named the Cat of the Year
Buying an elite-bred kitten these days is as expensive as an elite puppet. $300 or thereabouts for a small mewing fur ball sounds quite reasonable. And this despite the fact that a cat will never...
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The Intermediate Finish of Foreign Policy
On December 10, two state secretaries at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Oleksandr Chaly and Yury Sergeyev, summed up - by request of journalists — Ukraine’s foreign policy in 2002. The...
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The Russian embassy in Kyiv held a rather unusual music soiree, presenting a new cycle dedicated to outstanding Slavic cultural figures
The first concert was dedicated to the famous Russian composer Igor Stravinsky, whose 120th jubilee had been celebrated across the world this year. His talent was extremely diversified. In fact, his...
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Giving Finance, Taxes, and Customs Into the Same Hands
President Leonid Kuchma expects the new head of the State Tax Administration to use all his professional experience in order to perform the tasks the STAU has been entrusted with. On December 10,...













