№40, (2005)
13.12.2005 - 00:00
Diagnosing democracy
On December 10 Ukraine observed the International Day of Human Rights. Five years ago the Ukrainian leadership ratified the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms,...
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Happy ending: gas talks set to start
The Ukraine-Russia gas talks registered a noticeable shift on Dec. 8, and we were persistently warned about this for some time. Lately, optimism and a great deal of confidence have become the...
13.12.2005 - 00:00
Indian-Ukrainian variations
For the first time viewers are seeing the heroes of the Indian epic on the Ukrainian stage. Stage director Andriy Prykhodko has based his production on the Mahabharata and the plays of Kalidasa. With...
13.12.2005 - 00:00
Discussions in Brussels
European Parliament members still cherish the hope that Ukraine will some day join the European Union, while European Commission and EU Council bureaucrats are refraining from this kind of forecast....
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What is microtonal music?
The Kyiv branch of the National Composers’ Union of Ukraine hosted a press conference devoted to the preparations for the Nicola Visalli Microtonal Music Competition.
The competition is organized...
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Instilling dignity in children
On Dec. 8 the Academy of Pedagogical Sciences (APN) hosted a meeting to discuss how to raise children and youth in a moral and ethical fashion in today’s complicated social conditions. Raising...
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This week in history
December 13, 1918. An uprising took place in Kyiv against the hetman’s rule, and the Directory entered the city. 1941. The Nazis arrested prominent Ukrainian intellectuals who were active OUN members...
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Agents needed
Oleksandr Filoniuk, president of the League of Insurance Organizations of Ukraine, complains that the insurance business, while being actively developed here, is increasingly feeling the lack of...
13.12.2005 - 00:00
“I am better off alone”
It appears that the epistolary genre is gradually becoming a thing of the past, giving way to mobile means of communication. Phone calls and short messages vanish without a trace, and researchers of...
13.12.2005 - 00:00
President issues instructions to perpetuate the memory of James Mace
President Viktor Yushchenko has signed Directive No. 1260/2005-rp, dated Dec. 2, 2005, on measures to perpetuate the memory of James Mace, who was a public figure and researcher of the 1932-1933...
13.12.2005 - 00:00
The third try, or Schiller on the Street
The Molodyi Theater is the last of the capital’s drama companies to start the new season, but there were objective reasons for this: major renovations to the structure, which considerably delayed the...
13.12.2005 - 00:00
The stork has come!
Maryna Zamyatina, editor of the English-language digest of The Day, and Viktor Zamyatin, a well-known journalist specializing in foreign affairs, are the proud parents of a baby boy. They say that...
13.12.2005 - 00:00
<I>Day Seven</I> — maybe not the last one
We are living in a truly revolutionary period. It is strange that such an unforgettable event passed unnoticed by the media and cultural circles. For the first time in the history of independent...
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Cities ask for money, but government says no. Who will win?
It is a worldwide practice that budget funds are distributed, fairly or quasi-fairly, by lobbyists. In our country this respected occupation is often left up to parliamentarians who, by force of...
13.12.2005 - 00:00
An air balloon and a fiver
I’m in the subway on my way to see a new movie. It’s not like I was in a hurry. I was engrossed in an article with a next-day deadline. I amended the draft as I reread it on the train. As I was going...











