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

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

“In the Tsarist Embrace:” Muscovy’s Diplomacy Aimed At Legitimizing Treaty Of Pereyaslav

Today it is an undisputed fact that the 1654 Ukrainian-Muscovite treaty, generally known as the Treaty of Pereyaslav, had a considerable impact on the military and political situation in...
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

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...
22.02.2005 - 00:00

Hostile Business Environment

Most small and medium businesses (57.4%) expect conditions for doing business in Ukraine to improve in the near future. According to 45.7% of managers, current conditions are unfavorable, and only 22...
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

Legendary Kobza Group Celebrates Its 35th

Back in 1969, Volodymyr Kushpet, Heorhy Hrabar, Kost Novytsky, and Oleksandr Zuyev, then Kyiv Conservatory students, put together a folk rock group that was destined to become one of the most...
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

A Glade of Tulips

In between the two “floral” holidays (Valentine’s Day and March 8), The Day asked some women who traditionally receive the most flowers about their most memorable bouquet. Ada ROHOVTSEVA, actress:...
22.02.2005 - 00:00

Responsible “For Everything”

“This minister will be responsible to the people for absolutely everything,” Prime Minister Yuliya Tymoshenko said, introducing Vyacheslav Kyrylenko as the new Minister for Labor and Social Policies...
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

Visions of Freedom

An exhibit by the celebrated Lithuanian art photographer Rimantas Dichavicius was first held in Kyiv in the late 1980s. His works were a revelation for hundreds of thousands of visitors in the...
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

Kyiv Forever

This is no rhetorical question. There are problems, but they are being resolved, except that there is no time for a slow start, with the international song contest only two and a half months away. “...
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...

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