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, (2005)

22.02.2005 - 00:00

A Fiance in a Sack

Fewer and fewer Ukrainians want to marry foreigners. According to the Justice Ministry, every year their numbers are shrinking by 5%. While 864 Ukrainian nationals registered marriages with...
22.02.2005 - 00:00

Ukrainian Question Posed to Brussels

President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko is off on his second European trip after inauguration, this time visiting Brussels and Strasbourg. He is taking part in a Ukraine-NATO Commission summit...
22.02.2005 - 00:00

Dnipropetrovsk Asking for “Orange” Governor

A tent camp has been set up on Dnipropetrovsk’s central square, where “Orange” protesters have been demanding the dismissal of Governor Serhiy Kasyanov for several days. The camp’s superintendent...
22.02.2005 - 00:00

Sampling Error

As a result of the presidential elections, the Ukrainian sociological community has suffered losses that amount to a credibility gap and a crisis within arbitration entities. The conflict that...
22.02.2005 - 00:00

This week in history

February 22, 1994. The official opening of a Ukrainian diplomatic representatives took place in Cuba. 1997. An order was issued by President Leonid Kuchma to create a Political Council under the...
22.02.2005 - 00:00

At Close Quarters

During the formal part of his visit President Yushchenko was supposed to deliver a ten-minute speech, but instead talked with representatives of the Lviv community for nearly two hours. “I am proud...
22.02.2005 - 00:00

SBU Will Not Spy on the Opposition

Ukraine’s Security Service, known as the SBU, has launched criminal proceedings in connection with the illegal taping of phone calls of former opposition leaders, in particular Viktor Yushchenko and...
22.02.2005 - 00:00

Access Way to God

Early last week saw the presentation of the book The European Human Rights Convention: Fundamental Principles, Practice of Application, and the Ukrainian Context, compiled by the Union of Ukrainian...
22.02.2005 - 00:00

A Vital and Enduring Alliance

In recent years, many experts and commentators have said that the Atlantic Alliance would crumble or become irrelevant. As a former ambassador to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), I can...
22.02.2005 - 00:00

Where Did the Poison Come from?

Last Friday Sviatoslav Piskun, Prosecutor-General of Ukraine, said that his office knows whose voices are recorded on tapes that allegedly feature two agents of Russia’s Federal Security Service...
22.02.2005 - 00:00

Integration Leitmotifs

What should be the informational background of Ukraine’s integration into the European Union? World information standards in the epoch of globalization require Ukraine to formulate clear and succinct...
22.02.2005 - 00:00

Russia’s Road to Isolation

Next week, Presidents Putin and Bush will meet in Slovakia. Mounting authoritarianism in Russia and Ukraine’s Orange Revolution seem to have ended the honeymoon the two men had enjoyed. Sergei...
22.02.2005 - 00:00

Yevhen Marchuk: Politics is Driven by Principles, not Ideology

Every issue must be treated with an eye to its background, legal framework, and expert estimates — three components of Mr. Marchuk’s inherently professional attitude as a politician with a keen...
22.02.2005 - 00:00

A Kryvorizhstal for Every Boss

On February 14 Ukraine’s State Property Fund chairman Mykhailo Chechetov admitted that there were “procedural violations in restricting the competition during the privatization of Kryvorizhstal.” Now...
22.02.2005 - 00:00

Byrd: If Not Volodymyr, Then Vitaliy

International Boxing heavyweight champion Chris Byrd said in an interview at http://www.boxingtalk.net that Volodymyr Klychko [in the West, the Ukrainian boxing brothers are known as Wladimir and...

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