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

№5, (2008)

12.02.2008 - 00:00

The price of beauty: murder

A couple of weeks ago Kyiv’s animal rights activists staged a rally in front of the Sports Palace under the slogan “Animals Don’t Wear Others’ Furs, or Manka’s Tears.” Their action was another...
12.02.2008 - 00:00

This week in history

Feb. 12 1921: The Standing Council on the Struggle against Banditry is formed under the Commander of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. 1960: Ukraine’s first experimental nuclear reactor becomes...
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Ukraine needs a new intellectual stratum

During a recent roundtable dedicated to a discourse on sociology Yevhen Holovakha, deputy director of the Institute of Sociology at the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (NANU), The Day’s...
12.02.2008 - 00:00

The geopolitical vector and language

Two weeks ago one of Ukraine’s top universities hosted a high- profile academic gathering to summarize the results of last year’s research. One of the participants of Science Days was the Kyiv...
12.02.2008 - 00:00

Time witnesses

On Feb. 4, The Day’s photography show opened at the Rivne Regional Academic Ukrainian Music and Drama Theater. Local photographers Anatolii Mizerny, Oleksandr Kharvat, and Anatolii Pokhyliuk — past...
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Security Service of Ukraine reveals documents that unmask Soviet myths about the OUN

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has uncovered documents that indicate that the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN) was not implicated in anti-Jewish actions in Lviv in July 1941....
12.02.2008 - 00:00

Ukraine getting a pure economic effect from its cooperation with NATO

NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer believes that the Bucharest Summit will be a wonderful occasion to re-consider relations between Ukraine and the Alliance. He said this in Vilnius after...
12.02.2008 - 00:00

Kerch’s “fuel oil mine”

SIMFEROPOL — The Crimean government is concerned about the 55,000 tons of fuel oil mixed with sand and algae in the seaport of Kerch, which were collected following the shipwreck of Russian tankers...
12.02.2008 - 00:00

A varied circle of interests

With her famous last name, Olha Bohomolets could not help becoming a doctor. She is an excellent physician, and her achievements are known far beyond the borders of our country. Owning her own clinic...
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NATO — what does Ukraine want?

It has become a bad habit that each new Ukrainian government creates unnecessary confusion in regards to Ukraine’s NATO membership. When Victor Yanukovich came with his first official visit to...
12.02.2008 - 00:00

Liberation of an occupied spirit

The quintessence of a nation’s historical experience is probably the best way to describe the 1,000-page study entitled Ukraina: politychna istoriia Ukrainy XX — pochatku XXI stolittia (Ukraine:...
12.02.2008 - 00:00

Wax figures of celebrities to go into storage

The capital of Ukraine no longer has its unique Wax Museum. In early February it was forced out of its building on 11 Pushkinska Street, and the wax figures of politicians and celebrities were placed...
12.02.2008 - 00:00

False Dimitrii

At the very beginning of the 17th century tsarist Russia experienced a very difficult period, known as the Time of Troubles. This historical period is marked by the sudden rise of False Dimitrii I...
12.02.2008 - 00:00

Ivan Franko Theater’s founding father

For decades Hnat Yura’s name symbolized the stability of the Ivan Franko National Academic Drama Theater and, to a certain extent, its conservative approach. For many theatergoers the actor would...
12.02.2008 - 00:00

Majority of Ukrainians do not trust the courts

It smells of paint and quicklime inside the Ministry of Justice at 13 Horodetsky Street after recent renovations. On a small pedestal in the stairwell is a statue of Themis holding a sword in her...

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