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

№40, (2006)

12.12.2006 - 00:00

Ukraine and Austria form a single postal space

Ceremonies marking the first day covers of a stamp dedicated to the 750th anniversary of Lviv took place simultaneously in two city halls — Vienna and Lviv. It was a great day when Mayor Michael...
12.12.2006 - 00:00

Hopes pinned on Baloha

For a long time both rank and file party members and the honorary president of Our Ukraine have insisted that the party needs a new leader. The motive behind this is that the party, which until...
12.12.2006 - 00:00

Miners inaugurate literary parlor

A literary parlor was recently opened at the Oles Honchar Center of Ukrainian Language Culture in National Mining University (NHU), one of Dnipropetrovsk’s leading higher educational establishments....
12.12.2006 - 00:00

It was yours, now it’s ours

As a rule, folk wisdom is superior to the minds of sluggish government officials. The same day that Prime Minister Yanukovych answered The Day’s question by saying that his government is aware of the...
12.12.2006 - 00:00

Inflation curbed too late

The November decrease in the price of non-food consumer goods (0.2 percent) and the moderate increase in food prices (0.6 percent) and services (6.5 percent) led to a decrease in inflation in...
12.12.2006 - 00:00

Guillaume de Beauplan and “the land of the Cossacks”

When a child is born, its destiny is known only by the higher power and, perhaps, the mysterious goddess Fortune. Who could foresee that a boy, who was born in Normandy in 1600 into a noble family of...
12.12.2006 - 00:00

This week in history

Dec. 12 1818: The Institute for Young Ladies of Noble Birth opens in Poltava. 1988: The first test flight of the AN-225 (Mria) cargo aircraft takes place in Kyiv. Dec. 13 1941: The Nazis arrest...
12.12.2006 - 00:00

Friends, gathered by <I>Camouflage</I>

Ukraine’s Armed Forces marked their professional holiday on Dec.6. After the meeting with the President and all the necessary honors some defendants of the Fatherland went on celebrating in the...
12.12.2006 - 00:00

The last game and no victory

Kyiv Dynamo’s last match of the UEFA Champions League group tournament against Madrid Real was no different from the same teams’ game two years ago on the same ground in the same tournament. The...
12.12.2006 - 00:00

Budget totalizator

On Dec. 7 Prime Minister Yanukovych confidently declared that President Yushchenko will sign the 2007 state budget bill passed by the Ukrainian parliament. Earlier, the Ukrainian president made...
12.12.2006 - 00:00

Wagner and Ukraine

The works of Richard Wagner opened a new chapter in the history of world drama and musical art. It has long surpassed the limits of space and time. Today this composer is being written and argued...
12.12.2006 - 00:00

Report on Yanukovych visit to the US

Last week Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych reported to President Viktor Yushchenko on the results of his four-day visit to the US. As the president’s press service announced, during the meeting on...
12.12.2006 - 00:00

My Kamianets

After Lviv, Kamianets-Podilsky is one of my favorite cities, so I enjoy every visit. The residents are not certain when their city was founded, although everyone agrees that it is one of a handful of...
12.12.2006 - 00:00

Relics do not burn

The recently opened exhibit at Dormition Cathedral is dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the National Kyiv-Pechersk Historical-Cultural Preserve and the 995th anniversary of the founding of the...
12.12.2006 - 00:00

Kernel of the problem

The Ukrainian Grain Association proposed an evaluation of the grain export situation during a meeting of the National Security and Defense Council. “The decision to curtail exports has notably...

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