№14, (2009)

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...

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...

This singer ranks with the world’s opera stars who represent Ukraine. She is a soloist with the Shevchenko National Opera and the Vienna Opera. Her repertoire includes the leading parts of Rosina in...

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...

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...

(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...

After a long-time “holiday marathon” it appears that one part of the country has failed to grasp exactly what we were celebrating. Many people, especially the young ones, celebrate the May holidays...

(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...

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...

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...

Ukraine has taken another step toward the European cultural space when the Kyiv-based Ye bookstore joined the BookCrossing project by launching a new shelf filled with books in foreign languages....

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...

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...

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...

Ukraine’s soccer season, one of the longest in the world, yielded quite a paradoxical result in the end: having become champions ahead of time, Kyiv’s Dynamo twice suffered defeat at home at the...