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

№54, (2010)

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A brave new wired world

Like it or not, the Internet has had an impact on your life. Whether you live in a global metropolis or the deepest corner of the Amazon jungle, chances are that the latest of humanity’s...
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Those Who Came in 2000s

The name of the exhibition “Those Who Came in 2000s” emphasizes the intention of the organizers to find and demonstrate the generational change in modern domestic art. The M17...
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The time to give back!

Millions of citizens receive social aid in Ukraine: families in critical situations, orphans, persons with disabilities, pensioners, the homeless, infirm people and other underprivileged categories...
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Patriotism test

I remember when the Verkhovna Rada prolonged the Black Sea Fleet stay in the Crimea. On the following issue of Savik Shuster’s “Freedom of Speech,” the people’s artist of...
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Ukraine: Unanswered Questions

Throughout the two-day Yalta European Strategy forum, delegates from Europe and other parts of the world had a unique opportunity to listen to most prominent Ukrainian politicians: President Viktor...
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Europe’s silence

Coincidentally or otherwise, Ukraine’s constitutional reform took place precisely when the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) was deliberating functional democracy in this country...
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Diplomatic exchange

Kostiantyn Hryshchenko, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, met with Thorbjorn Jagland, Secretary General of the Council of Europe, in Strasbourg. He informed him about Ukraine’s CE...
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The putinization of European politics

Krystyna Kurczab-Redlich, a prominent Polish journalist, spent 14 years in Russia working as a correspondent for various Polish media. After arriving in Moscow in 1990, she quickly immersed herself...
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This day in history

1571: In a naval clash near Lepanto the Holy League (Spain and Italy) defeats the Ottoman flotilla. This is the last major naval battle involving rowing boats. 1619: An agreement limiting the number...
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Requiem for our lesser brethren

Animal rights activists held a protest action called “Zoocide Is Unlawful,” on October 5 in front of the Verkhovna Rada, This nationwide action also took place in Sumy on October 2, and in Mykolaiv,...
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Economic priorities

Ukraine intends to become one of the world’s top seven suppliers of agricultural pro­ducts, Serhii Liovochkin, head of the Presidential Administration of Ukraine, told journalist in New York last...
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Fortepiano for two

That is how Larysa Okhrimenko and Tetiana Falina decided to call their exhibit. The latter defines her technique (which features embroidering with gold or silver and weaving) as painting with...
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Why China takes interest in Belarus

One of The Day’s recent issues (No. 51 of September, 28, 2010) carried an article which adduced numerous convincing arguments to the effect that the Russian economy, despite all the “modernization”...
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EVENT

Commonwealth games in DelhiThe President of India Pratibha Patil and the Prince Charles of Wales have opened the international sporting event, the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi. Prince Charles read...
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“Aladdin’s mountains”

The “coal mining capital’s” Mayor Oleksandr Lukianchenko had to admit recently that the much-hyped local spoil pit sales program was not working. In his words, no one wanted to take part even when...

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