№14, (2005)

Ukraine doesn’t intend to renew the Russian Black Sea Fleet’s (RBSF) presence on its territory, say representatives of the Ukrainian government at different levels. No official statements on the...

Among the latest important developments is not only the sharp decline in the “Ukrainian” dollar’s rate, but also two other outwardly less newsworthy events. Ukraine’s richest citizen Rinat Akhmetov,...

“I’m not going to name the newspaper only because this is not the first nor the last instance of this kind” — declared one Kyiv journalist, commenting on the European Court of Human Rights ruling of...

If you had a thousand dollars tucked away for a rainy day, last week you ran short of about 300 hryvnias. After the government dealt a series of budgetary blows to small-scale business (ostensibly to...

The 1st International Ukrainian Documentary Film Festival “Contact” began last Sunday. This standard phrase actually contains several new aspects. It is really the first of its kind in Ukraine,...

26 April. The Day of Chornobyl Tragedy. 1986. An accident took place at the Fourth Bloc of the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Station. 1996. President Leonid Kuchma issued an order On Creating the...

Despite numerous attempts, interruptions, the blocking of access to the rostrum, and the efforts of parliamentary vice speaker Adam Martyniuk (photo), the parliamentary parties of the SDPU (united)...

The start of the trial of two police officers accused of killing journalist Heorhiy Gongadze is being delayed by the lack of two key elements: police general Oleksiy Pukach whose whereabouts are...

Last Friday Myroslava, widow of assassinated journalist Heorhiy Gongadze, appeared before her fellow journalists in the new role of published author. In collaboration with her Radio Liberty...

The laying of the cornerstone of the future Nikitino Zaporozhian Sich memorial on April 16 in the southern Ukrainian city of Nikopol marked the beginning of the Historic Revival program funded by the...

Three years ago, on May 23, 2000, Ukraine for the first time openly declared its intention to join NATO. What has happened in the rather complicated intervening period? There was the Prague Summit,...

The saga of Justice Minister Roman Zvarych, who had suddenly tendered his resignation, had hardly abated when an investigative article appeared in the press, revealing a number of inaccuracies in his...

Figuratively speaking, history is memory boundlessly unfurled. So those who have suffered a temporary or final, disastrous, defeat on the historical battlefield and are keenly aware of this...

Efforts to simplify the visa procedure are at the top of the agenda in the Ukraine-EU relationship, a high-ranking European Commission (EC) official told The Day in Brussels. Both Ukraine and the EU...

Last Wednesday a Kyiv-based mobile border security unit officially presented some waterborne vehicles and rescue equipment to coast guard and border security servicemen. The Coast Guard Fleet will...