№14, (2009)

May 19 1861: The first Ukrainian Sunday school was opened in Sumy. 1945: The Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR, Council of People’s Commissars of the Ukrainian SSR, and Central...

(Conclusion. For beginning see The Day No. 13) It should be stressed that Pyotr Rumiantsev was trying to draw up an imperial project to reform the Hetman state. The Little Russian Collegium, as a...

The topic of the guilty and the World War II victims has been discussed for decades. In fact the tragedy is that it is very complicated to draw a line between these two categories. Ukraine, as well...

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has held a new public hearing to publicize declassified documents on the “Bykivnia Archipelago,” which the Soviet government had established to systematically...

October 25 is an unlawful date to hold the presidential elections. This is the verdict of the Constitutional Court delivered last Tuesday. Now the ball is in the Verkovna Rada’s court, and it has two...

The UEFA has officially announced four Polish cities and the capital of Ukraine to be host cities of Euro-2012 soccer games. The UEFA will make its final decision on the remaining Ukrainian cities...

Last week I had a pleasure to accompany President of the European Parliament for the inauguration of the Eastern Partnership in Prague.When the summit began on 7th May, many doubted Eastern...

Bern — Commenting on the visit of Viktor Yushchenko to Switzerland, the local press says bluntly that the Ukrainian president came to Bern to ask for financial aid. But it used to be just the...

Last Thursday President Viktor Yushchenko made a two-day visit to Switzerland, which recognized Ukraine’s independence in 1991. Today this country belongs to the top ten investors in Ukraine’s...

An entire book can be written about him, but today three words will suffice: Ukrainian, Independentist, and Nationalist. He lived in the turbulent period from 1873 to 1924, but he remained faithful...

Lviv — Lviv has hosted the third annual book fair Publishers Forum to Children. This event, the only one of its kind in Ukraine and one of the few in Europe, is completely devoted to children’s...

Lviv Polytechnic Institute is the oldest technical university in Europe. This year it marks its 165th anniversary. The Day used this festive occasion to get to know its students and lecturers. The...

(Continued from previous issue)4. KILLING BY FAMINEThe reconstruction of killing by famine needs to involve thorough study of concealed details. When the death toll spells millions, there are always...

Cambridge — President George W. Bush was famous for proclaiming the promotion of democracy a central focus of American foreign policy. He was not alone in this rhetoric. Most American presidents...

A commemorative plaque was unveiled in Kyiv on May at 19a Suvorov St., where Oleh Sytnyk, a prominent Ukrainian journalist, lived. Sytnyk was widely known as editor of many publications in the Soviet...