№12, (2009)

In the past years different natural disasters like earthquakes, floods, hurricanes, and violent storms have occurred worldwide with increasing frequency. Not so long ago the whole world was...

Despite all problems, aesthetics takes a special place in our life. There might be a lot of people whose greatest pleasure is flowers. For florists and phytodesigners flowers are their main job...

Information about an act of genocide against the Ukrainian people in 1932–33 keeps spreading and finds response across the world, as an increasing number of countries condemn the Holodomor. Naturally...

The topic of reviving the Ukrainian housing market is once again gaining momentum. The government promises to be its financial donor. Recently the procedures of such financing were formulated by the...

Hanne Severinsen, formerly the PACE rapporteur on Ukraine, has been an adviser to Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko for nearly a year. Previously, this Danish politician spent almost 11 yeas monitoring...

The phrase “Gogol is born” was used as a greeting at the launch of the exhibit of graphic works that are based on Nikolai Gogol’s (Mykola Hohol’s) works and executed by Serhii Yakutovych, a...

Three schools in Kyiv are soon to be named after such famous people as the Italian poet and public figure Dante Alighieri, the Ukrainian writer and civil rights champion Valerii Marchenko, and, much...

YALTA–YEVPATORIA–SIMFEROPOL — The Cabinet of Ministers of the Autonomous Republic of the Crimea recently adopted an action plan for the coming resort/tourist season. This document envisages free-of-...

Japan is the example of a country that has modernized itself still preserving its national identity. Now the Land of the Rising Sun is in a not-so-good economic situation caused by the crisis that...

Ukraine has given the world culture a lot of great figures who enriched other peoples’ cultures with their talent. Although Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840–1893) is considered an outstanding Russian...

The Day recently launched a high-profile series of publication, “What Kind of Russia Do We Love?” Within this series, The Day’s contributors, experts and readers speak on the people, culture, and...

Why are some people intellectually superior to others? This question appears especially topical for parents who see in their children the marks of a genius as soon as they are born and picture their...

The legislative assembly of Canada’s province Ontario has passed a law by a unanimous vote for the first time in its history. According to the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Vasyl Kyrylych,...

On the eve of Kvitka Cisyk’s birthday (1953–98) the Maria Zankovetska National Academic Ukrainian Drama Theater held a memorial soiree. The participants included People’s Artists of Ukraine Nina...

CHERNIVTSI — I don’t know whether our project has become anything extraordinary, but for us, the students at the departments of history, political science, and international relationships of the...