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

№4, (2008)

05.02.2008 - 00:00

Oleksandr SUSHKO: “Tymoshenko has honestly fulfilled the MAP agreements”

Why was the Prime Minister Tymoshenko’s visit to NATO headquarters shrouded in secrecy, as opposed to her visits to various EU institutions? Will Tymoshenko really help Ukraine obtain MAP status at...
05.02.2008 - 00:00

New energy

Kyiv’s Dynamo victory in the soccer tournament in Israel may be regarded as the first small but major chord of the great symphony that should be jointly composed by our country, sports and business...
05.02.2008 - 00:00

Impetus for investors

The full house at the Ukrainian House was a clear sign of how business circles responded to the invitation to attend the forum “Government and Business Are Partners” and exchange their views of...
05.02.2008 - 00:00

“Who will defend Abel?”

Today’s Ukraine has a crying need for honest intellectuals. Although the Soviet system spared no effort to wipe out the scholarly, artistic, and spiritual intelligentsia, such people do exist. One of...
05.02.2008 - 00:00

Alexander KWASNIEWSKI: “Ukraine should show more vigor in Brussels”

Alexander KWASNIEWSKI, the former president of Poland, is a frequent guest in Ukraine and a constant observer of events taking place in our country. He has been tapped as one of the candidates for...
05.02.2008 - 00:00

This week in history

Feb. 5 1900: The last military unit — the Sich Riflemen Corps — of the Ukrainian National Republic leaves Kyiv. Regiments under the command of Mykola Shchors and Vasyl Bozhenko enter the city. 1919:...
05.02.2008 - 00:00

Special status for Euro-2012-hosting cities

The Association of Ukrainian Cities (AMU) has drafted a law on temporary status for Euro-2012-hosting cities, AMU president and Dnipropetrovsk mayor Ivan Kulychenko told a press conference in Kyiv....
05.02.2008 - 00:00

A house to replace the parental home

Until recently, five-year-old twins Mykola and Oleh lived in a run-down rooming house and were often beaten by their parents. The kids became incapacitated and spent a lot of time in hospitals. Their...
05.02.2008 - 00:00

A lesson for the government

On Jan. 29, 1918, some 530 men fought for the young Ukrainian state at Kruty, a small railroad station between Nizhyn and Bakhmach (today: Chernihiv oblast). These were soldiers and officers from A-...
05.02.2008 - 00:00

Kyiv Zoo getting ready for its 100th anniversary

The Kyiv Zoo will be marking its 100th anniversary this October, Interfaks-Ukraine reports, citing the press service of the Kyiv City State Administration (KMDA). According to Denys Bass, the deputy...
05.02.2008 - 00:00

Volodymyr OHRYZKO: “Joining NATO means bringing our society up to the highest standards”

Will Ukraine manage to join NATO’s Membership Action Plan (MAP) at the Bucharest summit, and will US support be enough for this? These and other questions are answered in The Day ’s blitz interview...
05.02.2008 - 00:00

Your turn!

For now, Yulia Tymoshenko has been showing her willingness to speak “in a single voice” about Ukraine’s foreign policy. This was confirmed by her recent visit to NATO Headquarters in Brussels. In...
05.02.2008 - 00:00

Lesia STAVYTSKA: One has to overcome own taboos

What should have happened long ago has finally taken place. Kyiv’s Krytyka Publishing House has published the book The Ukrainian Language without Taboos: A Dictionary of Uncensored Vocabulary and...
05.02.2008 - 00:00

Cool neutrality

The relationship between Ukraine and Russia has had its frequent ups and downs. A team of experts at the Kyiv Institute for the Study of Russia (KIVR) decided to ascertain how much the attitude of...
05.02.2008 - 00:00

Editorial by Michael Emerson: Ukraine starts afresh

Ukraine is hardly alone among European democracies enjoying the stresses of coalition politics. Currently Germany, Italy, Belgium and Ukraine would together have no problem in agreeing with Winston...

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