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Integration without information. Why? Less than half the Ukrainian population supports Ukraine’s integration into the European Union and NATO. And even this “smaller half” consists mostly of people who have their doubts. At the same time, the government is mostly reporting its achievements in foreign policy, such as Europe’s recognition of Ukraine as a market economy, the beginning of a dialogue with the EU on relaxed visa requirements, and a “special intensified” dialogue with NATO. So, with all these successes, why are Ukrainians not An attempt at “conservation” Fedir SHANDOR, sociologist and lecturer, Uzhhorod National University, director of the Carpathian Polling Research Center: “Bringing Ukraine closer to the EU should be accelerated” “What is your assessment of the situation in the EU and the state of the EU’s relations with neighbors at the time when Austria assumes its presidency?” Finally, a market economy The European Union has officially proclaimed Ukraine a market economy, Prime Minister Yuriy Yekhanurov announced on Dec. 24. This appears to be more than a symbolic “gift” against the background of tensions between Ukraine and Russia, especially Moscow’s attempts to draw the attention of Brussels bureaucrats to Kyiv’s alleged “non-market” behavior in the gas situation. Merry Christmas, Christians! The Day extends sincere greetings to all its readers on New Year and Christmas. Most Christians in the world celebrate Christmas on Dec. 25, according to the Gregorian calendar. Approximately two billion people of various nationalities, including Catholics and Protestants, as well as a considerable number of Orthodox believers who belong to the Constantinople, Antiochian, Alexandrian, Bulgarian, Greek, Polish, Czech and other churches, celebrate on this date. This week in history December 27 1934. The Politburo of VKP(b) Central Committee approved a decision to deport 2000 “anti-Soviet” families from Ukraine’s border territories.	An attempt at “conservation” “Bringing Ukraine closer to the EU should be accelerated” Finally, a market economy Merry Christmas, Christians! This week in history

DAY AFTER DAY

A road traffic inspector is man’s best friend It has been nearly six months since President Yushchenko issued the order abolishing the State Road Traffic Inspection. Recently the president again acknowledged that road traffic is not safe enough and called the work of the services involved in traffic control “unsatisfactory.” He has instructed the Cabinet of Ministers to study the question of creating a governmental coordinating council to oversee traffic safety. The council should include leading members of Ukraine’s Internal Affairs, Transport Politics without taboos “What is behind your decision to run for parliament?” Fewer violations of journalists’ rights in 2005 The Institute of Mass Information (IMI) and the international organization Article 19 have recorded a significant reduction in the number of violations of journalists’ rights in Ukraine in 2005 as compared to previous years. IMI expert Serhiy Taran and Article 19 representative Frederica Prina made this announcement at a recent news conference. During their 11-month monitoring of violations of free speech and journalists’ rights the experts did not record a single case of a missing or killed journalist. Temporary but absolutely indispensable Ukraine has eliminated a dangerous hotbed of domestic tension: last Tuesday the Verkhovna Rada finally passed the 2006 budget by a minimum majority of 226 votes. Unfortunately, the main refrain of the participating sides — the cabinet and parliamentary leadership and Budget Committee — was the formula that has been repeated year after year: “A bad budget is better than no budget at all.” Still, the Party of the Regions, the communists, the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc, and SDPU(O) factions abstained from Kaczynski’s start The inauguration of the new Polish president on Dec. 24 ended the long “Kwasniewski era.” A new period has begun in Polish history. The left-leaning Alexander Kwasniewski has been replaced by Lech Kaczynski, a liberal nationalist, who fears deep European integration and believes in the need to preserve Catholic values in Polish society. “American” boot in the Crimea Recently, Kyiv was once again reminded of the famous “American felt boots.” This time, however, it was no joke, as the issue is the bird flu and the felt boots are actually sanitary boots. They are made in Ukraine, not in the United States, and were purchased by USAID for affected territories in the Crimea. Included in the shipment sent to the Autonomous Republic of the Crimea were protective gloves, goggles, gowns, aprons, and several kinds of reagents for lab tests (purchased in the Netherlands). “Nonfestive background” “I would not describe the current state of relations with Russia as tension. I have a lot of experience in developing relations with the Russian Federation — since 1990, when we just started working on our first bilateral agreement. I know all the stages in the development of Russo-Ukrainian relations. The present situation is not tension. In the past we have also had periods of sharp discussions with Russia. As a rule, periods of harsh exchanges would begin with the approach of winter, and it was Seven thousand more citizens of Ukraine In 2005, 7,066 foreigners and stateless individuals were granted Ukrainian citizenship, an all-time high during the years of independence, reports Interfax-Ukraine, quoting the President of Ukraine’s press service. The new citizens represent more than 60 nationalities. The overall ethnic structure shows a traditional predominance of CIS residents: 2,580 Russians, 1,013 Armenians, 484 Azeris, 406 Moldovans, and 215 Belarusians. Between 1993 and 1999, 4,630 people became citizens of Ukraine. Comparing	Politics without taboos Fewer violations of journalists’ rights in 2005 Temporary but absolutely indispensable Kaczynski’s start “American” boot in the Crimea “Nonfestive background” Seven thousand more citizens of Ukraine

CLOSEUP

“We are different” Today Ne tak is not simply a formula of negation but also a proper name. To be more precise, it is the name of an opposition election bloc formed last Sunday by four political forces: the Social Democratic Party (United) of Ukraine, “Women for the Future,” the Republican Party of Ukraine, and the All-Ukraine Association “Center.” The unifying convention took place at Kyiv’s Russian Drama Theater. Some of the drama company personnel said later that they had never witnessed such standing ovations, Yevhen Marchuk’s bloc proposes “adult” policy The first convention of the newly established electoral bloc “Yevhen Marchuk — Yednist [Unity]” was held in keeping with all the classical rules of party meetings, against the background of a “show business-style” policy being waged by the party’s forces. The speeches by the leaders of the three parties that united to take part in the 2006 elections contained no indiscriminate criticism of “everyone and everything” or empty reflections on 50 percent of the seats in the next parliament. There was Rock-’n’-roll in a henhouse The civic bloc PORA-Reforms and Order [PRP] has not developed any symbols. Next to Cinema Ukraina, where an interparty convention was taking place, you could see young people holding party flags, some backing PORA and others, the PRP. Hanging inside the hall was a large yellow banner covered with popular, positive slogans, like “fair play,” “experience,” “PORA/ high time,” and “order.” However, the legendary reform and order bee was missing. Indeed, beekeeping is currently associated with a different Old songs “about the main thing” The roster of Volodymyr Lytvyn’s Bloc, one of the largest in the current parliamentary campaign, popularly known under the code name “My” [We], has finally been approved — most likely a last- minute decision made “off the cuff,” as Lytvyn put it. How else can one explain the fact that the secretariat had no time to prepare the final copy of the roster by the end of the press conference, let alone the bloc’s meeting? Was it because of the leadership’s bad organization or an outside attempt to tamper	Yevhen Marchuk’s bloc proposes “adult” policy Rock-’n’-roll in a henhouse Old songs “about the main thing”

ECONOMY/SOCIETY

Will 2006 be the “Year of the Countryside?” 2005 was proclaimed the Year of Microcrediting in Ukraine, although experts believe that practically nothing has been done to this end. Next year will be the Year of the Ukrainian Countryside, but experts are afraid that this spells more of the same: empty promises. One flew over Pavlivka’s nest Kyiv’s Pavlov Psychiatric Hospital is the largest in Europe and dates back some 200 years. During these centuries buildings have been torn down, new ones erected, asphalt roads laid, and power lines connected. The only thing that has remained unchanged is the stereotypical fear that sane citizens feel with regard to the premises and its inmates. Kyivans avoid being here on their own, and what information they have about mentally ill people comes from films and books, often blood-chilling stories Protection for plant protection products Ukrainian agriculture suffers not only from a lack of plant protection products and the high costs of their production, but also from counterfeit products that have appeared on the market. A bill entitled “On Changes to Certain Laws of Ukraine to Prevent Counterfeit Plant Protection Products, Pesticides, and Agrochemicals” will soon be submitted to the Ukrainian parliament. Its author, Ivan Tomych, chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Agrarian Policy and Land Relations, notes that the proposed What should the Institute of National Memory be like? Of the three spheres of activity of the Institute of National Memory the most obvious is historical and fact-finding activity. It involves collecting documentary materials pertaining to the Holodomor, which can still be found in archives and special repositories. To ensure the effectiveness of this process, the institute would have to be granted unlimited access to all archival data on Ukrainian territory. In some countries, particularly Poland, similar institutions have full access to such information.	One flew over Pavlivka’s nest Protection for plant protection products What should the Institute of National Memory be like?

CULTURE

Lina Kostenko’s native village of Rzhyshchiv “I was born in the same year as Charlie Chaplin, Tolstoy’s Kreutzer Sonata, the Eiffel Tower, and Eliot, I think,” Anna Akhmatova wrote in one of her autobiographical notes. “At first I was afraid to pick up the conductor’s baton” “Maestro Kotorovych, how did it all begin?” Eternal river of life According to a time-honored truism, man becomes what he is through exposure to adverse circumstances and struggle with an alien environment. The young, 24-year-old retired Second-Lieutenant Aleksandr Kuprin, who arrived in Kyiv in August 1894 with the goal of devoting himself to journalism and especially literature, experienced this eternal truism firsthand. Life itself was his teacher. Archipelago of Ukrainian islands On Dec. 20 the Actors’ Building in Kyiv hosted Tempora Publishers’ gala concert program Sribna nyzka spivu (Silver String of Songs) attended by its many partners, supporters, and readers. “For a number of years, toward the end of the summer and on New Year’s Eve, our friends have traditionally gathered at the publishing house to socialize with friends and colleagues, to sing and dance,” says director Yulia Oliynyk. “Before it was a spontaneous event; now that we have a steadily increasing number	“At first I was afraid to pick up the conductor’s baton” Eternal river of life Archipelago of Ukrainian islands

TIME OUT

Children helping children On the eve of St. Nicholas, the galleries located on Kyiv’s Kostiolna Street (Griffin, Watercolor, Family Home, Kolta-A, Nile, and the Art Center on Kostiolna) hosted the “Children to Children” art project. More than 200 pupils, aged three to fifteen, from Kyiv’s art schools as well as children undergoing an art therapy course at the Pediatric Department of the Ukrainian Institute of Oncology took part in this exhibition/competition of children’s art works. By far the most interesting highlight of Dancing the rumba in Truskavets The international sport dance competition “Ukraine Titles ‘05” was held recently in the resort town of Truskavets. This traditional competition, organized by the Ukrainian Dance Council, features Ukraine’s top dancers. The qualifying round to select the Ukrainian dancers who will be competing in the European championships took place this year in Truskavets. Together with Ukrainian experts, the jury included distinguished specialists from Germany, Russia, the US, and Scotland. The main competition Whose borshch? Borshch is a special dish. It is without a doubt the favorite food of Ukrainians and it occupies a place of honor on daily and festive menus. Even if a number of other dishes await guests, a hostess usually says, “Please sit down, the borshch is ready.” Borshch long ago became a symbol of our people in the world. It’s gratifying to know that borshch is a favorite dish in many countries. Restaurants in Brighton Beach, NY, highlight borshch on their menus and it is as popular as it was decades back Spirituality and freedom from inhibitions According to one school of thought, only gifted children should play music, i.e., those with an ear for music, a sense of rhythm, and a talent for creating music. In reality, this is not true. Every child needs music in order to develop successfully. Research proves that playing or even listening to music develops memory, attention, and intellect. Children should be introduced to music as soon as possible, better yet — before birth.	Dancing the rumba in Truskavets Whose borshch? Spirituality and freedom from inhibitions

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Integration without information. Why?

An attempt at “conservation”

“Bringing Ukraine closer to the EU should be accelerated”

Finally, a market economy

Merry Christmas, Christians!

This week in history

A road traffic inspector is man’s best friend

Politics without taboos

Fewer violations of journalists’ rights in 2005

Temporary but absolutely indispensable

Kaczynski’s start

“American” boot in the Crimea

“Nonfestive background”

Seven thousand more citizens of Ukraine

“We are different”

Yevhen Marchuk’s bloc proposes “adult” policy

Rock-’n’-roll in a henhouse

Old songs “about the main thing”

Will 2006 be the “Year of the Countryside?”

One flew over Pavlivka’s nest

Protection for plant protection products

What should the Institute of National Memory be like?

Lina Kostenko’s native village of Rzhyshchiv

“At first I was afraid to pick up the conductor’s baton”

Eternal river of life

Archipelago of Ukrainian islands

Children helping children

Dancing the rumba in Truskavets

Whose borshch?

Spirituality and freedom from inhibitions

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