Archive for December, 2010

Ukrainian Gay Liberation in the 90th

Ukrainian Gay Liberation in the 90th

Since 1931 in the Soviet Union male homosexuality was illegal and prosecuted by USSR Penal Code. Consensual male homosexual anal intercourse was punished by imprisonment of up to three years (Article 122 of the Penal Code of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic). Lesbian sex did not constitute a

12.24.2010 | Top Stories |

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A Price Panic for Christmas

A Price Panic for Christmas

State officials assure that there will be no price fever in Ukraine before the New Year. Mykhailo Rusynsky, the deputy minister of economy, voiced this opinion at the end of last week. “The market is full. In my opinion, if someone raises prices without reason, no one will buy their goods. There a

12.23.2010 | Kyiv |

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Ukraine with One Foot in Europe

Ukraine with One Foot in Europe

After the Orange Revolution many Ukrainian gay boys hoped that the political changes taking place in their country would promptly lead to EU membership talks. At the very least they expected that the pro-Western course proclaimed by the Yushchenko administration would see Ukraine move towards Europe

12.16.2010 | Ukraine |

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Ukrainian Army Turns 19

Ukrainian Army Turns 19

The Armed Forces of Ukraine celebrated this year’s anniversary with a blast, literally. On December 6 in nine cities of Ukraine: in the hero-cities of Kyiv, Kerch, Odesa, and Sevastopol, as well as in Dnipropetrovsk, Vinnytsia, Zhytomyr, Lviv and Rivne, festive fireworks and salutes (20 salvos) we

12.14.2010 | Ukraine |

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Serge Lifar Competition is Being Revived

Serge Lifar Competition is Being Revived

Vadym Pysariev, art director of the Solovianenko Academic Opera and Ballet Theater in Donetsk, informed The Day about the competition’s revival, and that the Serge Lifar International Ballet Competition will take place on March 27 – April 2, 2011 in Donetsk. We remind our readers that the comp

12.14.2010 | Lifestyle |

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“Loads of Bull” According to Tihipko

“Loads of Bull” According to Tihipko

Deputy Prime Minister Serhii Tihipko, in charge of economic reforms ex officio, has aroused scathing criticism by saying that “you should not listen to ordinary people, as far as economic reforms are concerned” and “a nationwide debate on the Tax Code is a load of bull.” Soviet peasants h

12.2.2010 | Ukraine |

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