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

№6, (2004)

17.02.2004 - 00:00

Just Plain Wrong

Politics is not about designing some ideal computer program, feeding in all the data, and coming up with the “optimal” solution to every conceivable question of public policy. According to what...
17.02.2004 - 00:00

“Films that keep you watching even after you run out of popcorn”

When life flies at a maddening pace and time is not on our side, news is what little we manage to watch, dozing off twenty minutes into a late-night movie. Even if you want to watch an interesting...
17.02.2004 - 00:00

Ukraine’s next president: public expectations and risks

The current situation, in which no one is sure about Ukraine’s further official course, is already producing markedly dangerous phenomena threatening our national sovereignty and territorial...
17.02.2004 - 00:00

How Ukrainians cooked borscht in Iraq

The peacekeeping mission in Iraq is not all military service, but also a unique opportunity to experience first hand the organization of food supplies in various forces of the multinational division...
17.02.2004 - 00:00

This week in history

February 17. 1919. The Direktoriya approved its Declaration to the Governments of Entente and the US requesting support to fight the Bolsheviks. 1943. The Third Conference of the OUN (Bandera)...
17.02.2004 - 00:00

A Story of Loss

Eimuntas Nekrosius’s production of Chekhov’s Cherry Orchard is something one finds difficult to watch but fascinated nevertheless. On the face of it, what could be simpler than to stage a play that...
17.02.2004 - 00:00

Hryvnia and foreign trade can influence each other in a positive way

The currency market is showing signs of a strengthening hryvnia. Judging from the latest data, is this a steady trend or mere fluctuation of the hryvnia exchange rate? There is no simple answer. In...
17.02.2004 - 00:00

NATO supports Ukraine’s military ambitions

On Friday the NATO delegation headed by Chairman of the NATO Military Committee Colonel Harald Kujat completed its visit to Kyiv. The Brussels guests focused their attention on Kyiv’s attainments in...
17.02.2004 - 00:00

Chornobyl veterans will seek justice at the European Court

In early February a group of currently disabled former members of search and rescue teams that participated in liquidating the Chornobyl catastrophe, residing in Zhytomyr oblast, began preparing...
17.02.2004 - 00:00

Once Upon a Time In Munich

One fact from the history of twentieth century Ukrainian literature is the Ukrainian monthly journal, Arka [The Arch], specializing in literature, art, and criticism, published in Munich, from July...
17.02.2004 - 00:00

LESSONS OF AN UNDECLARED WAR

On the eve of the fifteenth anniversary of withdrawal of the Soviet troops from Afghanistan Ukraine’s leaders laid flowers on the memorial to Ukrainians who perished in the Afghan War. The ceremony...
17.02.2004 - 00:00

Untying the hryvnia from the dollar is bound to cause problems

Formerly, NBU Governor Serhiy Tihipko expressed his confidence that by the end of 2004 the euro-dollar exchange rate will begin to decline. Tihipko is convinced that even though the euro is...
17.02.2004 - 00:00

Meeting Churchill at the Livadiya Palace

The Livadiya Palace in Yalta, which hosted the 1945 Yalta Conference of the Big Three, has opened a memorial room dedicated to Sir Winston Churchill, the great Prime Minister of Great Britain and...
17.02.2004 - 00:00

How does one use the Kyoto Protocol?

Verkhovna Rada has finally ratified the Kyoto Protocol, according to environmentalists, a most useful international treaty, which calls for industrialized nations to reduce their emissions of...
17.02.2004 - 00:00

Tourist boom in the Carpathian Mountains

Once you find yourself in the Carpathian Mountains, something happens inside, you begin to marvel at the beauty of life, the land, love...Is it the intoxicatingly clear air with the pungent pine...

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