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

№10, (2003)

25.03.2003 - 00:00

Chersoneses Could Be Destroyed

General Director of the Chersoneses of Taurica National Preserve Leonid Marchenko claims that a number of monuments of world culture located in Sevastopol could be lost forever unless the preserve is...
25.03.2003 - 00:00

British Prepare Ukrainian Officers For Civilian Life

On March 19 Khmelnytsky saw the first graduation ceremony at the Ukrainian-British Retraining and Resettlement Center for Retired Officers of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. How to live on is a sore...
25.03.2003 - 00:00

Miners think otherwise

The results are anything but cheerful. According to the ministry, coal production during the first two months of 2003 declined by 11% from the same period of last year, with the extraction of coal...
25.03.2003 - 00:00

Concerning the parliamentary hearings on problems of the Ukrainian language

One should not overly dramatize the likely ratification of the Charter of Regional and National Minority Languages, for Ukraine will continue to be Russified in any case. Yet, it does not seem fair...
25.03.2003 - 00:00

A Decent Minimum Wage: How Much?

The discussion continues among Ukrainian economists and politicians about whether the minimum wage should be raised to UAH 237 as of July 1. In particular, the Ministry of Labor and Social Policy...
25.03.2003 - 00:00

Who Will Get Stuck With Chornobyl?

Zhytomyr oblast authorities are serious worried by information that agencies of the Ministry for Emergency Management and those responsible for protecting people from the consequences of the...
25.03.2003 - 00:00

Musings on the Ukrainian art business

I would like to start with something beautiful and unforgettable. Italy, for example. Who has failed to marvel, even if from afar, at the luxury of its cathedrals, museums, palaces, the magic beauty...
25.03.2003 - 00:00

On March 20 Mykola Trehub would have been sixty

Mykola Ivanovych Trehub was born on March 20, 1943, in the village of Mykhailivka, Kyiv oblast. He died when he was still young on March 23, 1984. He was author of over 1000 works in the graphic arts...
25.03.2003 - 00:00

A Thousand Copies For a Prize

This year’s Shevchenko Prize ceremony provided many surprises. There is nothing to worry about, as the committee has performed its functions properly. Nor were the nominees and winners idle, creating...
25.03.2003 - 00:00

Our Sad Church Affairs

There is probably not a single conscious Ukrainian indifferent to the matters of Ukrainian Orthodoxy, no matter what faith he adheres to. Evidence of this are frequent calls to the editorial office...
25.03.2003 - 00:00

Hold on, Volodia, we Ukrainians are with you!

In the not so distant past, a popular belief was that whites could not sing rap, play basketball, or box, for these were the domains of Black singers and athletes. Today white Eminem is one of the...
25.03.2003 - 00:00

But stronger beverages

The biggest fans of beer are working married men with higher than average incomes who spend their leisure time with friends and colleagues and live in big cities. This category forms 49% of beer...
25.03.2003 - 00:00

The celebrated Kuban Cossack Choir tours for two weeks to packed houses

The State Academic Kuban Cossack Choir (named for the Kuban River region, where Russian Empress Catherine II resettled the Zaporozhzhian Cossacks after destroying their fortress in Ukraine) ended a...
25.03.2003 - 00:00

Can Crimean Museums Take More Visitors?

The number of museum visitors in 2002 in the Crimea rose by 14% over the previous year, totaling 2,144,600. Last year 18 museums were operating there, including five literary, four arts, three local...
25.03.2003 - 00:00

This July Kyiv to Host Brazilian Carnival

Last Wednesday Director of the Central Administration for Foreign Economic Contacts and Investment at the Kyiv City Administration Mykhailo Pozhyvanov announced that a carnival in honor of Brazil has...

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