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

№7, (2000)

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Are Nuclear Power Plant “Treated” Effluents Hazardous?

The state of Ukraine’s power sector calls forth great alarm. And perhaps this is why the necessity of urgent extraordinary measures is being discussed. But how can this be done within this country’s...
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This week in history

February 29: 1657. A delegation arrived in Chyhyryn from Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand III with a proposal for peace with the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. 1944. General of the Army Nikolai...
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President says no early elections

The President’s traditional annual message to this Parliament could perhaps be described as nontraditional, considering that the chief executive proclaimed a new course (something that had to be...
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Another Exam: With What Grade?

Ukraine is once again being inspected by the Council of Europe (by now standard procedure) to see how this country is coping with its commitments undertaken over four years ago. This time, however,...
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Two Nine Balls in One Day

A nine ball women’s pool championship has been held for the first time in the history of independent Ukraine. The tournament was held on February 17-20 in the club of Kyiv’s Rostok Company, so...
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Western Aid?

The Day proposed those favoring and opposing Western aid to voice their views on its pages and will carry them starting with this issue. Hopefully, readers will join in the discussion. Please contact...
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Potable Water Could Run Short in Ukraine

According to the State Statistics Committee, polluted discharges in surface bodies of water increased by one-third in 1998, with sewage registering an almost 2.4 time increment in the fresh water...
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ARMY LOSES BUDGET WAR

Ukrainian military servicemen have been called on to tighten their belts. The 2000 budget provides for no concessions which would make service in the Armed Forces even minimally attractive. Despite...
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Hryvnia Allowed to Float Free

The Cabinet and National Bank announced the hryvnia’s floating rate in a joint statement which failed to make headlines, meaning it was most likely for the IMF missionaries as this official 2000...
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How Much Will an Exclusive in Parliament Cost?

Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Freedom of Speech and Information Committee Oleksandr Zinchenko (SDPU{o} fraction), thinks that the daily televised “Parliamentary Diaries” is the best form of covering...
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The “Average” Ukrainian as Social Basis of Uncivil Society

The creation and consolidation of postcommunist uncivil society was a completely natural sociological phenomenon for Ukraine in the late twentieth century: it is precisely in it that the social...
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Tamara YEROFIEYEVA: “Compete, but don’ t bring the competition into everyday life”

Tamara Yerofieyeva, first-year stu dent in the Sports Department of the National Physical Culture University of Ukraine, is in for busy days. The bronze medal winner in the exercise with the rope in...
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Will Ukrainian AN Aircraft Become Europe’s Corps Carriers?

The Antonov Research and Production Aircraft Company together with Britain’s Air Foyle Charter Company stand a good chance to win the tender for a low- cost and reliable transport craft to carrying...
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Honest Nestor

It has already become customary to imagine this Old Rus scribe from Mark Antokolsky’s well- known sculpture Chronicler Nestor . But we should be precise. They never wrote on a table in twelfth...
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Teachers and Pupils

On February 24 Saint Petersburg buried Anatoly Sobchak, a prominent post-Soviet politician who had become one of our television heroes, a man to whom we had long got used to precisely like we now get...

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