№10, (2006)

The president of Ukraine recently instructed the cabinet to formulate an ethnic policy concept. This issue is of national importance for our country, which has more than 100 ethnic groups. Against...

Politicians, journalists, and experts have unanimously found the parliamentary election campaign that has just ended to be the most uneventful and slow-paced of all campaigns in recent Ukrainian...

A fervent Euro-centrist sometimes finds life rather difficult. On the one hand, integrating into the Old World is undoubtedly a good thing to do, but on the other, this movement produces some very...

Odesa’s Maxim Gorky State Research Library hosted the presentation of three books from The Day’s Library Series: Wars and Peace, Day and Eternity of James Mace, and Klara Gudzyk’s Apocrypha. Since...

Today’s children have little interest in classical art and ancient history. If you don’t know how to occupy your child, who is solely interested in computer games and technical innovations, then it’s...

The United States should change its relations with Russia. This conclusion comes from experts at the US Council on Foreign Relations, an independent, national organization, nonpartisan research...

Last Thursday The Day carried a front-page interview with the designer Liliya Pustovit, who talked about Ukrainians’ feelings of freedom and self-identity in the European context. I don’t know about...

Ukrainian opera lovers are not having the best time. The US has a specialized Opera News magazine with information on all major international operas and new DVD and CD releases by leading operatic...

March 28, 1708. Tsar Peter I ordered that the secular print replace the Church Slavonic in Muscovy. 1999. Maiden launch of the Zenith 3SL Ukrainian missile-carrier took place from a floating platform...

A long time ago the population of a certain country became divided into groups, which in time almost ceased to understand each other. Although all the people seemed to use the same language, some...

This year there were almost no scandals or protests over the Pectoral Prize. For the first time in the 13-year-long history of this prize, experts and the members of the organizing committee worked...

Lviv now hosts Ukraine’s best bouldering wall. Not surprisingly the Lviv Cup attracted the best Ukrainian climbers. Ukraine has a number of bouldering achievements. This year’s Lviv Cup contestant,...

The European Union has decided once and for all to stop discussing the limits and timeframe of its expansion. Two weeks ago the EU’s legislative body, the European Parliament, adopted a resolution...

EBRD transport director Riccardo Puliti pointed out that passing special laws is not enough. Since all such projects are long term, some political continuity is crucial, as well as a stable policy of...

Public trust in the banking system, or in any other system, is not eternal and above all depends on the quality of its work. This became crystal clear after several commercial banks recently went...