№47, (2010)
14.09.2010 - 00:00
NEWS
Cherkasy up in arms over price hike
Cherkasy has seen ordinary people putting… yokes on their necks. Not just yokes, but the yokes of new prices. Some representatives of national patriotic...
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Is GUAM back?
“Is Belarus going to take the place of Ukraine in GUAM [the as yet toothless association of Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan and Moldova, aimed at balancing Russian power in the region]?” I...
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The 1+1 Studio anounces the start of its Soccer Talk Show on TV
Once, the president of FC Dynamo Kyiv Ihor Surkis stated in an interview that he planned to create a new soccer show which could disrupt the TRK Ukraina’s Soccer Weekend’s hegemony in the television...
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The sea, stars, and jazz
The forum’s venue was Blue Bay holiday hotel, and its organizers managed to attract world jazz stars and create a warm festive atmosphere for both the guests and the participants. The...
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Viktor SHENDEROVICH: Ukraine must assert the rules of the political game under Yanukovych
Assessing political events in Ukraine after the new government took office, one is reminded of a roundtable of Ukrainian and Russian intellectuals, back in 2009, entitled “Moscow-Kyiv Dialog...
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Imitators and Realists
The Day discusses the presidential team’s six months in office, possible amendments to the Constitution, the peculiarities of local elections, the parliament’s problems, and Ukraine...
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Get up and run!
On September 10 Ukraine marked The Day of Physical Culture and Sports. But few even know about this holiday. It was established by a presidential decree back in 1994. Perhaps if this day was...
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Third try
The destiny of Luhanskteplovoz will finally be determined soon. The buyer, Bryansk Machine Works, can choose between paying for the stocks, accepting the fines and thus amicably solving the problem,...
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The poet and the martyr
Todos Osmachka (1895–1962) is an author with an unusual fate. He had to go through NKVD torture chambers, the bitterness of emigration, and the horrible loneliness of the artist. His Lviv...
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Taxis coming out
The second Ukrainian congress of taxi drivers was held recently. Approximately 500 businessmen came to the House of Trade Unions of Ukraine to meet with Serhii Tihipko, vice-prime minister for...
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Nalyvaichenko ready to rebuild the country
Respected political analysts once seriously argued that the former head of the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) Valentyn Nalyvaichenko could head Our Ukraine party. But Nalyvaichenko went another...
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Natalia ZABOLOTNA: Today, even art needs “presidential guarantees”
Natalia Zabolotna headed the Ukrainian House for nearly six years. During this relatively short period of time the Ukrainian capital was enriched with a number of interesting artistic events (Art-...
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Small businesses stripped off the dignity
Dnipropetrovsk tax police found a clandestine mini-factory of toilet paper in a suburban storehouse. The enterprise, which worked at nighttime only, employed ten workers. The production line included...
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Anti-Soviet encyclopedia
A book has come off the presses in Ukraine, destined to attract all those interested in Ukraine’s 20th-century history. Its Ukrainian title reads Opposition Movement in Ukraine, 1960-90. It...
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This day in history
1829: The Peace Treaty of Adrianople (also called the Treaty of Edirne) is signed, ending the Russo-Turkish War of 1828-29 between Russia and the Ottoman Empire. 1937: The Nyon Agreement is signed in...












