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

№6, (2001)

20.02.2001 - 00:00

German border guard authorities present another shipment of software to Ukraine

Colonel General Borys Oleksiyenko, head of the State Border Guard Committee (Derzhkomkordon), had a working meeting with his German counterpart Walter Sperner, in the course of which a shipment of...
20.02.2001 - 00:00

Does Cabinet Favor Veto of Election Law?

Head of the Presidential Administration Volodymyr Lytvyn says the law passed on elections to Verkhovna Rada on the basis of proportional representation elections runs counter to the Constitution and...
20.02.2001 - 00:00

What caused the defeat of the Ukrainian Revolution of 1917—1920

Two major events occurred in Ukrainian history almost eighty years ago. A small detachment of the anarchist peasant leader Nestor Makhno crossed the Romanian border by the river Dnister in late...
20.02.2001 - 00:00

Not Our Debts

Russia did eventually change its mind and will now pay its debts to its Paris Club creditors. After a puerile attempt to avoid payment of last month’s installment and Europe’s sharp reaction to it,...
20.02.2001 - 00:00

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20.02.2001 - 00:00

Floating Examination as a Weapon of Information War

Interfax Ukraine quotes London’s Independent to the effect that Ukrainian physician Valery Ivasiuk, who took part in examining the Tarashcha body, has sought political asylum in Great Britain. Dr....
20.02.2001 - 00:00

Leonid KUCHMA: “I’ll never under any circumstances use force”

The cassette scandal has become a control situation for many processes in Ukrainian politics. The president of Ukraine has on more than one occasion made statements on the subject, yet no one has...
20.02.2001 - 00:00

National Bank Says It Controls Market

Real GDP registered 9.1% growth in January 2001, National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) Governor Volodymyr Stelmakh announced disclosed on February 15. Inflation was 1.5%, a threefold drop from January 2000...
20.02.2001 - 00:00

Glory and Shame of the Ukrainian Beau Monde

Strolling in the picturesque alleys of Sofiyivka Park in Uman, you cannot avoid thinking of the man who designed this masterpiece, one of Europe’s best English parks. Ukraine once was described as a...
20.02.2001 - 00:00

Who Does GUUAM Threaten?

Against the background of the typically Ukrainian internal crisis currently unfolding in this country, the news that the GUUAM summit has been postponed somehow escaped the spotlight. The GUUAM...
20.02.2001 - 00:00

COLUMBUS’S COEVAL

A visit here is especially enjoyable in mid-summer when one can swim in the Styr River, which at this time of the year is a problem for one and all, as there is water in the cellar even on Christmas...
20.02.2001 - 00:00

Globalization dictates a new approach to the application of space technologies

The current globalization has given rise to the necessity of commercializing the space industry and making it just another sector of the economy, Director General of the National Space Agency of...
20.02.2001 - 00:00

EU interested in chartering Ukrainian aircraft

On February 13 a three person delegation from the European Union came to Ukraine. The team included Sweden’s Foreign Minister Anna Lind, Belgium’s Deputy Foreign Minister Luois Michel, and EU supreme...
20.02.2001 - 00:00

This week in history

February 20: 1919. The Council of People’s Commissars (Sovnarkom) of the Ukrainian SSR ratified a decree on civil marriage and introduced forms for civil registration. 1986. The first Sevmorput...
20.02.2001 - 00:00

Dangerous Obsession

Needless to say, we are faced with countless acute and complicated problems, problems that must be solved without delay or things will get even worse. Simultaneously, there are people obsessed with...

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