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

№18, (2000)

06.06.2000 - 00:00

President Kuchma “spanks” Yushchenko’ s Cabinet Virtual Reforms, Real Debts

Few could suppose that the eighth congress of the Ukrainian League of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (ULIE), held last week, would subject the reformist Cabinet of Prime Minister Viktor Yushchenko...
06.06.2000 - 00:00

This week in history

June 6: Day of the Journalist of Ukraine; 1768. A people’s liberation anti-feudal uprising, referred to as Koliyivshchyna , began in the Right- Bank Ukraine against the Polish nobility’s yoke...
06.06.2000 - 00:00

Sudden death of a songwriter sparks off local tensions

Ihor Bilozir, a noted songwriter from Lviv, officially recognized as a People’s Artist of Ukraine, died in the emergency ward of Lviv hospital on the night of May 27-28 as a result of injuries...
06.06.2000 - 00:00

Parliamentary By-Elections — a Time To Wheel and Deal

Before the parliamentary elections two years [March 1998], political parties from the right, center and left began to appear like mushrooms after the rain, and the election ballots looked as big...
06.06.2000 - 00:00

BEST IN UKRAINE, BEST AT HARVARD

The future of any country depends on the progress of its younger generation. But the youth of Ukraine has much more to think about than the choice between Pepsi and Coca-Cola. It has to decide...
06.06.2000 - 00:00

Or a Roman Holiday

The Day’s correspondent Klara Gudzyk has received an invitation from the Vatican’s information service to visit the Vatican and take part in the Holy Year festivities devoted to the 2000th...
06.06.2000 - 00:00

MODERN, MOBILE, BATTLEWORTHY AND AFFORDABLE...

“We are building the Armed Forces to effectively secure our defenses and for enthusiastic applause from the West,” Ukraine’s Defense Minister General of the Army Oleksandr Kuzmuk declared in Kyiv...
06.06.2000 - 00:00

SUPERSTAR CLINTON MIRRORS UKRAINIAN LIFE

Everybody looked forward to his visit and the latter was promoted like an eight wonder. It was constantly on the air and front pages. The whole thing reminded one of Soviet publicity campaigns...
06.06.2000 - 00:00

MAYOR OLEKSANDR OMELCHENKO: IN FIVE YEARS WE WILL BE IN EUROPE

In any country the capital city is the center of gravity for monetary currents, topnotch specialists, and the latest political trends. The capital on one hand, is a catalyst, and on the other, a...
06.06.2000 - 00:00

56 Ukrainian to Leave for Lebanon: $550 a Month, $130,000 to Family in Case of Death

The Southern Operational Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is hastily training specialists to be sent to Lebanon. This is what Yevhen Horbylev, chief draft officer of Zaporizhzhia oblast, told...
06.06.2000 - 00:00

Integrating Ukraine in Europe

Premier Viktor Yushchenko’s visit to Brussels left Kyiv feeling optimistic. Subsequent official statements sounded hopeful; some day the doors to the European Union would open to Ukraine, it would...
06.06.2000 - 00:00

Fundamental Reform for Future Integration

A draft program of Ukraine’s membership in the European Union is to be discussed by the Cabinet of Ministers in upcoming sessions, revealed acting Minister of Economics Viktor Kalnyk. According...
06.06.2000 - 00:00

World Bank Criticizes Privatization Schemes in Ukraine

As it has already been reported, World Bank director for Ukraine and Belarus, Luca Barbone, has arrived in Ukraine to discuss the further pattern of cooperation between this country and the World...
06.06.2000 - 00:00

The Government Is Only Unanimous In the Absence of S. Tulub and S. Tyhypko

Last Wednesday, addressing the Verkhovna Rada Committee on the Fuel- and-Energy Complex, Nuclear Policies and Nuclear Safety, Vice-Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko submitted the draft law On Amending...
06.06.2000 - 00:00

CATHEDRAL BROUGHT BACK FROM OBLIVION

St. Michael’s Cathedral was consecrated May 28. The ceremony was attended by the President, Prime Minister, numerous MPs, ministers, and Kyiv Mayor Oleksandr Omelchenko. The rite was performed by...

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