№39, (2008)
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End of populism
The government’s Economic Committee endorsed the bill on allocating an additional 400 million hryvnias to compensate for the depreciated savings Ukrainian citizens had in the former USSR...
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The hidden Gothic of Kamianets
We invited Andrii BONDAR, a well-known poet, essayist, and translator, who was born, graduated from school and university, and debuted as man of letters in Kamianets, to speak on this city. You may...
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“Against the Vampires of the Past”
(Continued from the previous issue) Settling historical accounts and a guilt complex are Europe’s constant catharsis. In his Le Sanglot de l’Homme blanc (The Tears of the White Man, 1983), the French...
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On creativity
The head of the working group of political and economic reform of the Partnership Committee US-EU on the questions of Ukraine, ex-ambassador of the US to Ukraine Steven Pifer was one of 35 associate...
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Passions for surgeon Mykola Amosov
Mykola Amosov would have been 95 last Saturday. When it was still October, it suddenly occurred to me that I need to describe the talented medicine reformer’s professional and human traits through...
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The Party of Regions and BYuT
There is no telling what the outcome of the talks between the Party of Regions and BYuT will be. There is a difference between setting up a coalition within the comfortable confines of one’s...
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By fear United!
There are tons of paper covered with wisdoms on globalization and today’s interconnected world, but if anyone had still any doubts to what extend we are really intertwined with each other, the...
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Human Rights Require Stronger Institutions
PARIS - Sixty years ago this week, the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the first international proclamation of the inherent dignity and equal rights of all people....
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Doctor for everyone
In the past year the Crimea ranked among the top Ukrainian regions for implementing family practice with its 156 institutions of family practice, some 280 general practitioners, and over 300...
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World Bank prescribes recovery actions
The Ukrainian economy needs a prescription to overcome the crisis in its principal sectors. Troubles in the banking, building, steel-making, and chemical sectors is only the tip of the iceberg that...
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Painted theater
The art exhibit “Stage Settings. 2008 Season,” organized by the Theater Center at the Kyiv Mohyla Academy was made up of works by Kyiv drama production designers. (The author of the project is Andrii...
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St. Nicholas will make children’s dreams come true
Kyiv is hosting a charitable event, “Help St. Nicholas —Make the Child’s Dream Come True,” Ukrainska Pravda reports. The event, being held on December 5-31, is supposed to create a veritable feast...
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This week in history
Dec. 9 1918: The Directory resolved to reinstate the Ukrainian National Republic’s law on an 8-hour working day, the collective bargaining system, and the right to go on strike. 2004: The Committee...
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Merry-making competitions
For this weekend the problem of family outings was settled: the Ukrainian-Japanese Center at the Kyiv Polytechnic Institute (KPI) invited everyone to take part in a sports festival that is...
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Sponsors’ love not enough for everyone
I have seen this woman before, thought I to myself. The mother of a family with ten children stuck in my memory because she looked as if she were their oldest sister-not tall and slim as Thumbelina,...