№5, (2002)
12.02.2002 - 00:00
Parliament Agreed to Replace Drach with Chyzh
Verkhovna Rada agreed on February 7 to dismiss Ivan Drach as chairman of the State Committee for Information Policies, Television, and Radio and to appoint People’s Deputy Ivan Chyzh to this office....
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Mikhail Bulgakov and the many faces of Kyiv
Mikhail Bulgakov and Kyiv, the city in White Guard and Sergei Maksudov’s homeland in Black Snow: A Theatrical Novel; portrayals of the Dnipro spring flood, with the water “merging with the horizon”...
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World Bank Loans For Polissia Backwaters
On February 1, talks were held in Zhytomyr to discuss the issue of starting a Social Investment Fund project in Zhytomyr oblast. The talks were attended by a Ukrainian Social Investment Fund...
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Question of <I>The Day</I>
Yury RYBCHYNSKY, author of the White Raven rock opera:
The white raven notion can be applied to politics and society, as politics is a part of society. In general, anything exceeding the...
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This week in history
February 12: 1960. The first Ukrainian nuclear research reactor was put into operation.
1991. Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine passed a decision to renew the Crimean Autonomous Republic.
February 13...
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Return of Violino
The National Philharmonic Society on February 1 housed the performance of Violino, a youth violin orchestra celebrating its 25th jubilee this year. In 1994, the Germans called the young violinists...
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Investigation into Property Redistribution Continues
“Do the prosecutors have sufficient grounds to detain the chief executive of a Kyiv district?”
“As of today, we have done all the main investigative procedures that confirm her implication in...
12.02.2002 - 00:00
Woman artists against men’ s privatization of erotic themes
The Mystets Gallery on Velyka Vasylkivska Street opened a traditional exposition timed to St. Xenia’s Day. Also traditionally the exposition represented four woman artists: Oksana Milovzorova, Oksana...
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The US Ambassador on Ukraine’s problem spots and tremendous potential
It has turned out that the United States and Ukraine have recently been practicing the epistolary style in their communications. We recall Ambassador Pifer’s signature under the Letter of the Four,...
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Recognizance Flight
US Undersecretary of State for Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky’s visit to Kyiv was yet more evidence in support of what has been repeatedly stressed by observers: Washington is closely following the...
12.02.2002 - 00:00
Star Wars?
“...as we gather tonight, our nation is at war, our economy is in recession and the civilized world faces unprecedented dangers. Yet the state of our union has never been stronger... Our war on...
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Police detain some officials guilty of Ukrayina bankruptcy
At his February 5 press conference, Deputy Prosecutor General Oleksiy Bahanets briefed journalists on the investigation by his office of the Bank Ukrayina bankruptcy. Among other things, he mentioned...
12.02.2002 - 00:00
Small Armored Car Vs. Banality
An event took place, traditionally ignored by big-time TV channels and prestigious printed media, but enjoyed by people fond of good music. Ania Gerasimova, better known as Umka [name of an extremely...
12.02.2002 - 00:00
SDPU(o) leader on the specifics Of Ukrainian politics
“Following the 1999 presidential elections, Hryhory Surkis told The Day the time of transparency was approaching. Do you think the elections have produced the conditions for greater transparency in...
12.02.2002 - 00:00
Miller’s Visit: Demonstration Of Continuity
The flying visit of Polish Prime Minister Leszek Miller could be appraised from more than one point of view. First, the new Warsaw government is clearly determined to show Kyiv that the new...











