№11, (2006)

The first international scholarly conference entitled “The Diaspora as a Factor of Ukraine’s Confirmation in the International Community” helped citizens of Ukraine discover the Ukrainian Diaspora,...

As springtime comes, more and more urban dwellers are going to the countryside to hear birds chirp, breathe fresh air, and take time off from their hectic daily routine. However, big cities disregard...

The ancient city of Kamyanets-Podilsky recently hosted two events organized by The Day: a presentation of the latest books of The Day’s Library Series, which turned into a well attended readers’...

A citizen is formed in school. This maxim was confirmed by a recent session of the “Kyiv Children’s Parliament,” where youngsters from many regions of Ukraine addressed by no means childish problems...

A lot has been said and written about the parliamentary elections. There is no denying the Party of Regions’ victory. It is based on loyalty to the principles formulated in 2004 by the presidential...

April 4, 1936. The Experimental Ophthalmology Research Institute was founded in Odesa. 1996. The Supreme Council of the Crimea passed the law On the Autonomous Republic of the Crimea. April 5, 1992....

Any lineup of people waiting to buy something indicates a deficit. The elections to the Verkhovna Rada and councils on all levels, which are finally over, not only confirmed this Soviet trait, but...

The Ukrainian president recently issued an order “On Individual Measures to Develop Book Publishing in Ukraine.” Unfortunately, the title of this order only further perpetuates the traditional...

Ukraine is gradually approaching a new political reality. The recent parliamentary elections are another stage of the constitutional reform adopted by the so-called package vote in the heat of the...

Last Friday the sociologists who conducted exit polls on March 26 summed up their survey. In fact, the only pleasant outcome is that they were not mistaken and no one, except for certain outspoken...

The Italian parliamentary system is considered one of the most unstable in the world. Over the past 50 years parliamentary elections have taken place in Italy almost every other year. Why has Italy...

Given the temporary absence of sports shows, the live broadcast of the champion league’s quarterfinals was a very entertaining event. The fact that there were no Ukrainian teams made it possible to...

Diplomats seldom resort to issuing harsh statements about other countries’ domestic situation. There are exceptions to this rule. A few weeks ago US State Secretary Condoleezza Rice said that Our...

European politicians are stating with satisfaction that the issue of Ukraine’s admittance or nonadmittance to the European Union is no longer on the agenda. At least this is the opinion of leading...

The Ivano-Frankivsk-based group Gryndzholy is releasing its debut album “Let It Be So” in Russia with the M2 BA/Music World label. Incidentally, the Russian version of this group’s name is Green...