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

№24, (2000)

19.09.2000 - 00:00

This week in history

September 19, 1670. An anti-feudal peasant and Cossack revolt led by Dzykovsky started in Slobidska Ukraine. 1941. After 72 days of defense the Soviet Army left Kyiv. September 20, 1919. The...
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Will it be the sign for national democrats to unite?

It was officially announced at a parliamentary press conference on September 13 that Oleksandr Lavrynovych was joining (or, according to Hennady Udovenko, returning to) the Popular Movement (Rukh) of...
19.09.2000 - 00:00

<I>The Day</I>’s Exhibition in City N

Winners of the second international photo contest called Faces, Destinies, Day, Century, conducted by the newspaper Den/The Day and Kodak-Ukraine have been announced. The grand prize was awarded to...
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New Tax Code to Come into Force as of January 1, 2002

In his speech at the meeting devoted to working out of next year’s draft budget Mykola Azarov, head of the Ukrainian Tax Service, said that the new tax code will come into full effect on January 1,...
19.09.2000 - 00:00

PARLIAMENT VS. GOVERNMENT: ADMINISTRATIVE REFORM IN A FREE ZONE

First Vice Premier Yuri Yekhanurov, addressing Verkhovna Rada on September 12, said that the central executive bodies had practically completed the first stage of their structural reorganization. “...
19.09.2000 - 00:00

The Olympics and Nationhood

Distinguished British historian E. J. Hobsbaum has written that when growing up in interwar Austria, a country he described as at the time having little in common except that most of its citizens...
19.09.2000 - 00:00

IMF Mission Releases Preliminary Findings

By the end of this week the IMF mission will make its final conclusions about whether resuming the Extended Financing Facility Program for Ukraine is appropriate. After meeting two hours with Viktor...
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Fuel-and-Energy Complex Supplies Minuses

The theme of preparing the 2001 budget, discussed the Monday before last at a meeting attended by the President, was raised again two days later at a press conference of Mykola Azarov, chairman of...
19.09.2000 - 00:00

Internal Affairs Deputy Minister Dies in Plane Crash

Colonel General Leonid Borodych, Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs, perished in a plane crash Saturday when performing a group flight acrobatic number at the Aerosweet Twenty-First Century...
19.09.2000 - 00:00

The Price of Strategic Partnership

The campaign began threateningly. Beaming with satisfaction, Russian gov ernment representatives went about making public announcements to the effect that there already are a number of routes for its...
19.09.2000 - 00:00

Russia and Ukraine: Who’s Who in the Conflict of Interests?

The Day continues the debate on Ukrainian-Russian relations. The article we publish today is interesting for the author’s perspective on the sources of Ukrainian-Russian political conflicts and our...
19.09.2000 - 00:00

Without Pathos

I tensely await the moment when our country unveils a new, or should I say next, monument. No, I do not consider myself a pessimist, and I believe that Ukraine does have many talented architects and...
19.09.2000 - 00:00

THERE CANNOT BE TWO KINDS OF CHARITY

Our society has never exactly been kind even to representatives of the species Homo Sapiens, nor has it displayed benevolence toward our four-legged friends (and Ukraine has not yet signed the...
19.09.2000 - 00:00

Week Without Dorenko

I cannot say that I am delighted as a spectator. I watch Sergei Dorenko’s show very seldom, but I am convinced that he is one of the best television professionals I have ever seen onscreen. Still I...
19.09.2000 - 00:00

LESS SLOGANS, MORE ACTION

The Ukrainian-European Union summit in Paris was, as foreseen, full of various kind words, optimistic declarations, and well-wishing. However, it is still questionable if Ukraine came even one inch...

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