RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty: It’s time for Ukraine to get real
"It’s not for us, this foreign Moscow time." So went a song by a popular Ukrainian bard in the late 1980s, a time of growing national awareness in Ukraine.
It would appear that his song was heard. Ukrainian authorities decided that Moscow time was, indeed, not for them and opted to be closer to Europe by a whole 60 minutes. But now they’ve changed their minds. Not completely, but almost. Ukraine's parliament, seemingly motivated by a 62 percent increase in heart and circulation problems during the first week of going over to daylight saving time, and by a 130 percent increase in children’s ailments, has decided to do away with the change completely. Read the story here.
It would appear that his song was heard. Ukrainian authorities decided that Moscow time was, indeed, not for them and opted to be closer to Europe by a whole 60 minutes. But now they’ve changed their minds. Not completely, but almost. Ukraine's parliament, seemingly motivated by a 62 percent increase in heart and circulation problems during the first week of going over to daylight saving time, and by a 130 percent increase in children’s ailments, has decided to do away with the change completely. Read the story here.