# 41 (769) 24 — 30 October 2009
 

The Zoo of the Giddy Disregard Period

Author: Andriy KAPUSTIN

In front of a  fenced-in barrack where the monkies live during the summer, an unusual sculpture has been put up. A female human-like monkey (perhaps chimpanzee) is cradling a child.  For some reason this sculpture is named “Monkey Madonna”, imitating Holy Mary with Jesus.  This work was installed for the zoo centennial with support of a certain company...

Mykola Prodanchuk: Investigation has no claims to vaccine (There are no claims to vaccine at the investigation)

Author: Andriy KAPUSTIN
#24 (752) 27 June 2009

On Wednesday, while adjudicating the claim about admission of illegality of criminal case institution against Mykola Prodanchuk, the director of the Medved’s Institute of Ecohygiene and Toxicology, the former chief sanitary officer of Ukraine, at the Pechersk Court, the representatives of the General Prosecutor’s Office confessed the Indian measles and rubella vaccine was of good quality...

Coercion to Action

Author: Serhii RAKHMANIN
#43 (722) 15 November 2008

As is widely known, the anticipation of a war is more unnerving than the war itself. The one who plans an attack and the one who braces for defense are both prisoners of conventionalities...

European Integration is for the Worthy

Author: Andriy VESELOVSKY
#43 (722) 15 November 2008

I always keep up with the publications on Ukraine’s relations with the European Union, not in the line of duty but, rather, out of sheer interest. I will remain interested in European integration even when I retire from diplomatic service, as Ukraine’s membership in the EU will ensure high living standards for the people, civil rights and freedoms, personal and national security...

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