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, (2012)

12.04.2012 - 00:00

Pawel Kowal: There are four or even five legal options for solving Tymoshenko’s problem

Pawel Kowal, chairman of the EU Parliament Delegation in the EU-Ukraine Parliamenatary Cooperation Committee and his assistant Aleksander Grabczewski visited the former prime minister Yulia...
12.04.2012 - 00:00

Going along with gas blackmail?

The latest from Ukraine-Russia’s gas front presents a strikingly controversial picture. Gazprom’s spokesman Sergei Kupriyanov has openly threatened Ukraine with rerouting some supplies...
12.04.2012 - 00:00

How I crossed the border

KYIV-SHEHYNI-KYIV — I recently met with a couple of friends in Lviv. One of them had just received the Schengen visa and talked us into crossing the border at Shehyni [a village in Ukraine, located...
12.04.2012 - 00:00

Reaction primitivism

Recent events in the world – the series of revolutions called Arab Sping in North Africa and in the Middle East, as well as mass protests in Russia, which were called “White Revolution...
12.04.2012 - 00:00

Volodymyr OLIINYK: The system should be changed for everyone, not just for one person

What do the government officials think about the ways to solve the Tymoshenko situation? The Day asked Volodymyr OLIINYK, people’s deputy (Regions Party), to comment on this.“The Europe itself has...
12.04.2012 - 00:00

Easter at the family postcard album

There is no need to say that in the Soviet time the Easter topic was prohibited. However, our mom always cooked kutia [boiled wheat with raisins and honey. – Ed.] and uzvar [dried fruit...
12.04.2012 - 00:00

Lukianivsky Pre-Trial Detention Center’s “everlasting deputy head” removed

A film by TVi channel journalist Kostiantyn Usov about the custody conditions in Kyiv Pre-Trial Detention Center (SIZO) did “move” the government. On April 10 Yevhen Dombrovsky,...
12.04.2012 - 00:00

From vigorous communication to high quality thinking

Every year since 1995 the program brings together the best young people from all over Ukraine, who, so to say, passed the test for erudition and professionalism (selection takes place in several...
12.04.2012 - 00:00

A living library

Within the framework of the Docudays UA film festival, which has recently ended, the Living Library, a brainchild of the Danish NGO “Stop Violence,” started its work in Kyiv’s...
12.04.2012 - 00:00

This day in history

1912: Plast, as Ukraine’s boy- and girl-scout organization, is established in Lviv. 1922: Soviet Ukraine’s Executive Committee grants an amnesty for all who fought against Soviet...
12.04.2012 - 00:00

Gross: revived, joyful, and big

He was roaming around the city’s suburbs, near summer cottages, in the places of dogs’ unhappiness, where people throw thousands of animals into the streets, without a tiny bit of mercy...
12.04.2012 - 00:00

Return of bioethanol

Azarov government is trying to introduce new rules in the oil products market that would improve the country’s trade balance by reducing the cost of imported crude oil and oil products as well as...
12.04.2012 - 00:00

“There is no safety cushion for an economic accident”

Are the president’s social initiatives going to improve the well-being of Ukrainians? This question is a topic of numerous discussions now, and their conclusions are not positive for the most...
12.04.2012 - 00:00

Concerning the dialogue between the power and the opposition

The members of the Party of Regions are actively pushing forward, amendment after amendment, their draft Code of Criminal Procedure. All warm feelings to the opposition aside, they offer quite...
12.04.2012 - 00:00

Les Kurbas’ descendants

Large-scale international conference “Les Kurbas and International Theatrical Context” took place in Kyiv. This event organized by the Les Kurbas National Center for Theater Art is just...

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