№30, (2004)
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
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
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...
09.11.2004 - 00:00
Does Anybody Want Stars to Fade Away?
Usually a great stickler for punctuality, Petro Symonenko was almost 25 minutes late for a press conference at the Interfax-Ukraine news agency because of gridlock outside the Verkhovna Rada. At last...
09.11.2004 - 00:00
Doomed to Come To Terms
The presidential campaign of 2004 is proof that the government and the opposition have failed to steer a middle course in the event that the opposition candidate becomes the next president. Hence the...
09.11.2004 - 00:00
Twelve Against Nine
There are matches won by teams and those that are won by coaches or individual players. There are very few other kinds of scenarios. Yet these “scenarios” occur with enviable regularity whenever...
09.11.2004 - 00:00
“You Can’t Eat and Drink the Living Wage”
The living wage for 2004 (UAH 386.73 for the able-bodied) was established by law this past May. Obviously, this doesn’t mean that it is paid out to Ukrainians at pay desks, since basically it is...
09.11.2004 - 00:00
New World, Less Order
Looking back to the revolutions that shook Europe and the world 15 years ago this month, we should rejoice in what has been gained — freedom, democracy, and transcendence of Europe’s 40-year division...
09.11.2004 - 00:00
Taking Aim at Profiteers
Last Friday it was reported that the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) lowered the upper limit of the hard currency cash that banks can buy during the trading session on the interbank stock market from...
09.11.2004 - 00:00
Figuring out the Reasons
We have to face up to the challenge of international terrorism at the turn of the twenty-first century. Of course, we cannot expect to win this struggle without figuring out the ideas and motives of...
09.11.2004 - 00:00
This Week In History
November 9. 1976. The Ukrainian Public Group to Support Implementing the Helsinki Agreements was founded. 1977. The Ukrainian Helsinki Group made public its Manifesto of the Ukrainian Human Rights...
09.11.2004 - 00:00
14,000 Ukrainian Women Suffer from Breast Cancer
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the breast cancer rate is not decreasing. One million women throughout the world suffer from this disease, 14,000 of whom live in Ukraine. The...
09.11.2004 - 00:00
“We Must Remember That We Are Representing A Great Nation”
The most complete illustrated history of the outstanding politician and historian Mykhailo Hrushevsky, which until now has been part of Kyiv’s Mykhailo Hrushevsky Historical Memorial Museum, is now...
09.11.2004 - 00:00
Presidential Administration Believes There Is More “Common Sense” Now
The presidential elections demonstrated that Ukraine is a democracy, said deputy chairman of the Presidential Administration Vasyl Baziv last Friday. According to him, the first round indicated the “...
09.11.2004 - 00:00
“Red Letter Day”
This year’s November 7 marks an anniversary of what is known as either the Great October Socialist Revolution or the Bolshevik October coup — depending on how you look at it. Be that it may, the...