№2, (2005)
25.01.2005 - 00:00
Lessons from the Tsunami
There are many lessons that emerge from the tsunami that brought such devastation and loss of life to Asia. It demonstrated the power of globalization, as television brought vivid pictures of the...
25.01.2005 - 00:00
The Elections are Over. Long Live the Elections?
Sunday’s inauguration of Ukrainian president-elect Viktor Yushchenko differed from previous ones not only because it was held at the Verkhovna Rada and on the Maidan, but also because it featured an...
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Who Has the Right?
There is a lively and rather odd debate going on in this country about lustration, the political cleansing of former officials. Perhaps the point lies in the literal interpretation of a link between...
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Historiography And Ukrainian Identity
“Whoever writes history wields power” Plato, Athens, 5th-4th centuries BC
(I will venture to reverse this utterance: “Whoever wields power writes history,” which seems to hold true)
The 11th...
25.01.2005 - 00:00
<I>The Day</I>’s Question
Petro KOZYNETS, president, National Association of Credit Unions, Ukraine: “I believe the new president should immediately make every effort to legalize the gray economy. Naturally, this will require...
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Caution: Children!
It is usually adults who organize and take part in all kinds of discussions of children’s problems: they talk, draw conclusions, and decide what their sons and daughters need to be completely happy...
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This week in history
January 25. 1919. The Provisional Workers’ and Peasants’ Government of Ukraine approved a declaration On the Need to Unite the Ukrainian and Russian Soviet Republics on the Basis of a Socialist...
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“A Straight Talk”
Joining the presidential race, the now ex-prime minister Viktor Yanukovych put emphasis on social commitments of his government and generously used budgetary funds to meet these. Accordingly, the...
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A New Format: How are relations between Ukraine and the EU going to evolve?
The debate on a new relationship between Ukraine and the European Union is ongoing. On January 18, Deutsche Welle quoted the European Commission spokesperson as saying that the Ukraine-EU Action Plan...
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Device to Eradicate Consequences of “Humanitarian Disaster”
Last Wednesday a unique device for restoring and conserving damaged documents was put into operation at the State Archive of Khmelnytsky Oblast. “This invaluable tool was presented to us by the US...
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A Cup without a Commonwealth
The history of these competitions can be instructive for both athletes and politicians. The organizers of the Commonwealth Cup of soccer, held in Moscow since January 1993, saw this tournament as a...
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The Choice
The Day’s photo exhibit at the Khmelnytsky Museum of Contemporary Art ended on January 14 and the results of the audience choice contest were announced. After the public tally of the 404 ballots, it...
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Ukrainians Launch 77 Humanitarian Projects in Iraq
Ukrainian peacekeepers are providing humanitarian aid to the Iraqi people. Since October 2004, the social and material infrastructure restoration unit of Ukraine’s 7th Separate Mechanized Brigade,...
25.01.2005 - 00:00
THE POST-BATTLE LANDSCAPE
1 When I was working on my book Ukrayina: Vyklyk i Vybir (Ukraine: Challenge and Choice], published by Dukh i Litera in Kyiv in 2003) on long winter evenings in 2001-2002, I never expected that my...
25.01.2005 - 00:00
Grigory Yavlinsky: “I would like Ukraine not to lose its chance”
Not so long ago, the views that Russian political scientists held of Ukraine were often patronizing, demanding, and nearly unanimous, their political leanings notwithstanding. But times have changed...