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

№74, (2011)

20.12.2011 - 00:00

On the “demarcation line”

Many people are trying to compare Maidan and Triumphal Square and find out why we were not able to do this, and if they will be able to. I have got several observations on this matter. Ukraine...
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Ironic rebuses

One sees great things at a distance. It’s been almost a year now since Andrii Lipatov passed away. When my soul is afraid to sing I open the album of Lipatov’s art works and emerge...
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A double-edged pipe

Continued from the previous issue “RUSSIAN DOLL PRINCIPLE” The energy problem may become a lever for drawing Ukraine, fully or partially, into the Eurasian Union. As experience...
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Pitfalls in Ukraine’s energy sector

Talks on lower gas prices for Ukraine appear to have entered a phase that doesn’t serve the Russian monopolist’s interest. “There will be no Christmas gifts, Gazprom’s CEO...
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Kuchma’s case is the reason for lustration

The film Zmova [The Collusion. – Ed.] shown at ICTV [last week] polished the decision of the Pechersk СCourt concerning Kuchma’s case. It was a kind of “dessert” after the...
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Neither failure, nor success

Last night’s Ukraine-EU jubilee summit ended in achieving a compromise of sorts as Ukraine’s actual membership remained questionable until the very last moment. The Ukrainian side...
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Havel’s time will never pass

The last resonant Havel’s article was about Ukraine. Regrettably, it was not optimistic. His article published last summer in The Moscow Times read that Ukraine had come to a crossroads and...
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This day in history

1616: The first dated book is printed at the Kyiv Pechersk Monastery of the Caves. 1720: Peter I of Russia orders Kyiv Governor Golitsyn to impound the ancient scrolls, chronicles, and books stored...
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Creativity lacking

Overall 132 members of the Kherson State Maritime Academy’s faculty have recently joined the Party of Regions. The party’s primary organization at the academy now includes vice-rectors, professors,...
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Uniting to promote culture

The Friends Club of Mystetsky Arsenal met on December 14 to receive gratitude of the institution’s leadership for its contribution to the development of the museum complex. For the first time...
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Maria Zankovetska Charitable Foundation has resumed working in Lviv

The foundation’s goals and objectives were in the cultural development field, and foremost of them were supporting theatrical art, helping individual theaters, actors and other artists, The Day was...
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Vaclav Havel’s life in truth

Topic continued from TITLE PAGE PRAGUE – Long before Czechoslovakia’s communist regime collapsed in 1989, Vaclav Havel was one of the most remarkable figures in Czech history –...
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Land sales have been postponed for a year

MPs propose to extend the moratorium on sale of farmland until Janu-ary 1, 2013, the bill No. 9586 reads. It has been submitted to the parliament by leader of the Party of Regions’ faction Oleksandr...
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Did “other Russians” turn out?

What is going on with the Rus-sian society and in the Rus-sian society? Are the protest actions really unexpected or were they predictable? This is what The Day discussed with Vladimir MAGUN, head of...
20.12.2011 - 00:00

Tragedy in Liege

Four dead and nearly 120 wounded. This is the outcome of the shooting spree and grenade attack at a Christmas fair in the center of Liege, Belgium. The attacker Nordin Amrani, 32, committed a suicide...

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