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

№8, (2006)

21.03.2006 - 00:00

“History needs lob bying support”

Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv recently hosted the Fourth International Conference “Shevchenko’s Spring.” The history session featured a presentation of books from The Day’s Library...
21.03.2006 - 00:00

All four vectors

In the current election campaign political forces are bombarding Ukrainians, like never before, with catchy slogans that one way or another are related to foreign policy. Some politicians maintain...
21.03.2006 - 00:00

Who awards, wins, and deserves the Shevchenko Prize today?

President Viktor Yushchenko has signed a decree to award the 2006 Shevchenko Prize, this country’s most prestigious decoration. The prize, instituted during the Soviet era (1961) and conferred this...
21.03.2006 - 00:00

Parliament bans Nikopol privatization again

The Verkhovna Rada has once again banned the privatization of a 50-plus-one percent interest in the Nikopol Ferroalloy Works of Dnipropetrovsk, which will be owned by the state in 2006-07. Two...
21.03.2006 - 00:00

Will the Ukrainian language survive?

The closer we get to the elections, the greater our desire to isolate ourselves from all that informational muck spilling every day from television screens, radios, publications, and Web sites. We...
21.03.2006 - 00:00

Plaque honouring Welsh journalist, Gareth Jones, to be unveiled at University of Wales

On Tuesday, May 2, 2006, a historical plaque honouring the Welsh journalist, Gareth R. V. Jones, will be unveiled at The University of Wales, Aberystwyth. Jones was one of the first Western...
21.03.2006 - 00:00

Tax pressure renewed

As reported earlier, the State Statistics Committee of Ukraine made corrections to 2005 GDP computations. Thus, it is estimated that last year’s GDP growth rate was 2.6 percent, with nominal GDP...
21.03.2006 - 00:00

What lies behind pre-election promises?

We are living in a time when intentions can be discussed without any restrictions. The only question is to what extent they are realizable. The Ukrainian Society of Financial Analysts has examined...
21.03.2006 - 00:00

Institute of Rome open to all

The Vatican news service ZENIT recently interviewed Sister Marie Laetitia, Ph.D., the principal of St. Dominic’s Institute of Rome. The discussion centered on the possibility of normal inter-...
21.03.2006 - 00:00

Lviv Mozartiana

Lviv is the only Ukrainian city closely associated with the name of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart whose youngest son Franz Xaver lived in the capital of Halychyna for 30 years. The celebrations in Lviv...
21.03.2006 - 00:00

<I>Orpheus, the Illegal Alien</I> visits Kyiv

Yuri Andrukhovych’s Orpheus, the Illegal Alien, is a joint project by the Kyiv Young Theater, Politeama Garibaldi Theatre (Palermo), and the Dusseldorfer Schauspielhaus. The stage director is Anna...
21.03.2006 - 00:00

Against NATO on all fronts

Ukrainian MPs Leonid Kravchuk, Volodymyr Zubanov, Yuriy Solomatin, and Heorhiy Kriuchkov have prepared a bill concerning Ukraine’s bloc-free status. “This bill has been prepared. It doesn’t contain...
21.03.2006 - 00:00

Oil pipeline bottleneck makes little sense according to European charter

An energy strategy for Ukraine was adopted at a cabinet meeting on March 16. This is a timely decision, all things considered, for if the current situation continues, Ukraine will in all likelihood...
21.03.2006 - 00:00

The price of recognition

Efforts to revive Ukrainian national cinema by the most radical means continue. Last Thursday the project of a new film tentatively called The Kobzars was unveiled at Kyiv’s Cinepalace. According to...
21.03.2006 - 00:00

The invisible finger of fate

If all the bills drafted by this statesman had been enacted, Russia would have had a completely different system of government at the beginning of the 19th century. However, his reformist activity...

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