№30, (2004)
09.11.2004 - 00:00
The Giving Hand Shall not Falter
In 2004, Ukraine’s Justice Ministry registered a record low number of charitable organizations. Until recently, Ukraine had an annual average of seventy organizations with international status and...
09.11.2004 - 00:00
Pressure at the Exit
A juicy scandal has erupted among Ukraine’s sociologists. What is more, it erupted (or, to be more precise, continued) at a press conference, where the National 2004 Exit Poll Consortium disclosed...
09.11.2004 - 00:00
The Heavy Burden of Reconciliation
Continued from The Day No. 29
THE RELIGIOUS QUESTION
Adam Kysil shouldered the incredibly heavy burden of fulfilling the Treaty of Zboriv, especially the Cossacks’ demand to abolish the Uniate...
09.11.2004 - 00:00
Ukraine — Poland: Without Stereotypes
Little over a month has passed since the publication in Ukrainian and Polish of the third book of The Day’s Library Series, Viyny i Myr [Wars and Peace], under the general editorship of Larysa...
09.11.2004 - 00:00
Kwasniewski Speaks out for Televised Debates in Ukraine
Polish President Alexander Kwasniewski wants to see more observers monitoring the runoff elections in Ukraine, a ProEurope correspondent in Warsaw quotes Kwasniewski as saying during his televised...
09.11.2004 - 00:00
A Shortage of Families
Ukraine is currently home to nearly ten million children. But not all of them are growing in well-to-do families. Children from problem families are raised in orphanages, boarding schools, and foster...
09.11.2004 - 00:00
Orange Colored Sky
In the past three weeks there hasn’t been a single weekend without an opposition rally in Kyiv. The past Saturday was no exception, as tens of thousands of Kyivans flocked to the main city square for...
09.11.2004 - 00:00
Molodist-34: Victories and Autumnal Moods
Last weekend, Kyiv’s Ukrayina Palace hosted the traditional ceremony launching the 34th Kyiv Molodist Film Festival, which culminated in the screening of Kira Muratova’s Nastroyshchik [The Tuner]. Of...
09.11.2004 - 00:00
Muscle Traction
On April Fool’s Day the journalists at one Kyiv publication published a spoof declaring that because of the tense traffic situation, trishaws will soon appear in Ukraine’s capital. The hoax proved...
09.11.2004 - 00:00
Dual Citizenship with Russia Irrelevant — So Far
The question of dual citizenship with Russia and granting Russian the status of second official language is not relevant for the time being, said Justice Minister Oleksandr Lavrynovych in a November...
09.11.2004 - 00:00
On the Benefits of a Healthy Rhythm
Fortunately or not, economic analysts cannot keep pace with their peers in politics, who normally air their conclusions immediately after an event. Economic statistics, and resulting economic...
09.11.2004 - 00:00
Voting Secrecy Guaranteed
I would like to voice some reservations about Ukrainian society’s failure to discuss the method of anonymous polling, which was used in the exit poll in the first round of the October 31 presidential...
09.11.2004 - 00:00
Not in Mazepa’s Shadow
Last Friday the National Opera of Ukraine staged a new version of Tchaikovsky’s Mazepa [Mazeppa], which showcased a young cast, in keeping with the aims of director Dmytro Hnatiuk and orchestra...
09.11.2004 - 00:00
Budget with A Risk Factor
The 2005 budget bill was again voted down by the Verkhovna Rada. Even when the six “striking” factions and groups of people’s deputies returned to the hall, the 226 yeas required to pass the bill...
09.11.2004 - 00:00
Together to a Better Future
On November 1, 2004, Cardinal Liubomyr Huzar, the head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, and Maryan Yavorksy, the head of the Roman Catholic Church in Ukraine celebrated a liturgy for the dead...