№38, (2007)
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Premium-grade foods coming to Ukraine
Healthy soils on which grow healthy plants that are used as fodder for healthy cattle - this is not a fairytale but a pattern for the production of organic foods. The rejection of pesticides,...
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How can Ukraine resist the storm?
(Conclusion. For Part One, see previous issue) POLITICS AND COMPETENCE Yurii SHCHERBAK: Political appointees and their incompetence constitute a very difficult problem; they are a threat to society....
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Will the coalition survive?
On Dec. 11 the members of the Ukrainian parliament are expected to vote Yulia Tymoshenko into office. But the current coalition is so frail that certain doubts still remain.
Last Thursday,...
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An important moment for reflection
LUTSK — “Where’s the honey?” I couldn’t help recalling this caption to one of The Day’s photographs when I saw the crowds of people hurrying to attend the opening of the exhibit of the newspaper’s...
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New instrument
Ukrainian diplomats and international affairs experts now have a place where they can socialize informally. The Diplomatic Club opened last Wednesday as part of the celebrations marking the 90th...
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Lithuania’s Euro-enthusiasm
Lithuania joined the European Union and NATO in 2004. Why are Lithuanians still great fans of the EU? What are some of the benefits of membership? Why did the Lithuanian government recently establish...
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This week in history
Dec. 11 1991: The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine resolves to establish diplomatic relations with the countries that were once part of the former USSR. 2004: The Ukraine Channel broadcasts a telethon...
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Ukraine lacks coaches
A few days ago Ukraine’s National Olympic Committee (NOC), headed by Serhii Bubka, presented its summary of the Ukrainian sports year. The members of the NOC mentioned the enlargement of the...
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Highly dynamic relations
Relations between Ukraine and Poland are increasingly characterized as extremely dynamic and based on complete mutual understanding. There are no taboo issues between the two countries. Ukraine and...
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Arsenii Yatseniuk: “I don’t see the need to pass a new law on the principles of domestic and foreign policy”
The newly elected head of the Verkhovna Rada Arsenii Yatseniuk is also, at least for the time being, the Minister of Foreign Affairs. This means that for a short time he will be keeping his finger on...
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Dominique MENU: “Ukraine attracted the world’s attention with Eurovision and the Orange Revolution”
Today’s guest of our regular column “Ukraine through the Eyes of Foreigners” is Dominique MENU, the head of the Representative Office in Ukraine of BNP Paribas, one of the main banks in Europe and...
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Prices hitting demand
Ukrainian citizens haven’t seen the promised drop in housing prices. Both mortgage rescues and government programs have proved powerless against them. Zoia Nesterenko, the head of the Kanzas...
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Ethnic cartoon
The Bozhychi folk band introduced its first animated music video for the song “Herasym asked me” at Kyiv’s Kinopanorama Cinema. Filming lasted for nearly a year, and the video will be premiered on...
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Treasures from the sea
The end of the year is the time when archeologists complete their field studies and summarize their research. Students from the Faculty of History at Kyiv National Taras Shevchenko University, who...
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Schoolchildren in the Donbas will learn history from <I>The Day</I>’s Library Series
DONETSK — “The Country’s Development: Studying History/Creating History” is the name of the educational initiative carried out by The Day and the Foundation for the Development of Ukraine (SCM...