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

№1, (2007)

16.01.2007 - 00:00

20,000 hryvnias barely scraped up

Every day three children are diagnosed with cancer in Ukraine. Specialists say there is no proper equipment or expensive drugs in children’s cancer wards. But there is a way out of this situation:...
16.01.2007 - 00:00

Stanislav KULCHYTSKY: “I am an orchestra performer”

On the occasion of the 70th birthday of the well-known historian Dr. Stanislav KULCHYTSKY, The Day, along with his numerous colleagues and disciples, congratulated this long-standing loyal friend of...
16.01.2007 - 00:00

Profile of Lviv Academy of Arts

The idea of establishing an art academy in Lviv arose more than 100 years ago, and this educational institution, which represents one of the most interesting sectors of higher education in Ukraine,...
16.01.2007 - 00:00

“Ever since we got married we have been decorating Christmas trees together”

Ambassador Taylor’s wife Deborah, who is a religion scholar, also took part in the interview. The talk was not about strategic, political, or international matters linked to Ukraine (these...
16.01.2007 - 00:00

Computer class of hope

The students of the National Bank of Ukraine’s Banking Institute in Lviv organized the charity action Auction of Hope on behalf of the pupils of the Horodok School of Social Rehabilitation, to whom...
16.01.2007 - 00:00

Christmas reminiscence in a foreign land

Today, on the eve of Epiphany, I am presenting an abbreviated version of a story by the journalist Anatol Kurdydyk, entitled “I’m Going for a Christmas Tree,” which glows with inextinguishable love...
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Long-overdue bill

A constitutional majority of 339 parliamentarians in the Verkhovna Rada passed a bill about the foundations for developing an information society in Ukraine in 2006-16 and voted in favor of adopting...
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Response to energy dependence

The European Union is facing new challenges in a traditional way — by drawing up corresponding documents. No exception has been made for Brussels’s approach to shoring up the EU’s resistance to...
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Whom have we elected?

The second session of the Verkhovna Rada ended on Friday and the parliament is in recess. This session started in September 2006 and dealt with more then 200 various issues. Even though the...
16.01.2007 - 00:00

Kyiv Fortress demolished: historic sites in Ukraine’s capital continue to disappear

The Day has often written about the so-called “Kyiv phenomenon,” the term used to describe construction in the city’s historic quarter. Whereas in the past investors could only get their paws on...
16.01.2007 - 00:00

Three gems to choose from

I sympathize with the honorable members of the Shevchenko Prize committee. They will have a hard time choosing the best of three gems. Three plays staged by drama theaters have been nominated for the...
16.01.2007 - 00:00

Day of triumph — or beginning of new election saga

The shocking news last Friday was another presidential veto and parliament’s repeated success in overriding it. The main consideration here is not even the possibility that the law on the Cabinet of...
16.01.2007 - 00:00

Silly noses and angels

Yevhenia Hapchynska calls her new private exhibition in the Russian Art Museum “Children’s Gardens.” The painter’s droll and charming world needs neither changes nor improvements. This is a sweet...
16.01.2007 - 00:00

Holocaust Denial, Nuclear Denial

What connects Iran’s nuclear ambitions and Holocaust denial? With equal fervor, Iran’s president, Mahmoud Ahmedinejad, defends his country’s right to develop its nuclear capacity (though denying...
16.01.2007 - 00:00

Creating an imperial elite

(Continued from The Day, No. 42, 2006)The Cossacks were a considerable regional problem for Nikolai Repnin. Harsh measures were used to resettle them to the south in 1820. The Cossack settlers left...

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