№16, (2005)
17.05.2005 - 00:00
Kuchma and Kuchmism As a Phenomenon
Ten years are a considerable period for a young country, especially when it marks a turning point in both domestic and world history. The Day’ s research center is proud to unveil a new project aimed...
17.05.2005 - 00:00
Eurovision to Be Broadcast in Widescreen, With New Hosts
This year’s Eurovision song contest will be broadcast in a new 16:9 format, much to the delight of widescreen set owners, according to the contest’s press service. The broadcasting partners of the...
17.05.2005 - 00:00
<I>The Day</I>’s Experts Advise New Government Not to Rush Elections
In his responses to questions from the public during the recent live television broadcast, President Yushchenko’s answers showed a noticeable lack of concreteness, but he should be commended for his...
17.05.2005 - 00:00
“Gongadze Case?” instead of “Melnychenko Case”
The online publication Obozrevatel (www.obozrevatel.com.ua) has reprinted an article by Ukrainian MP Ivan BOKIY, member of the Verkhovna Rada’s ad hoc commission investigating the murder of...
17.05.2005 - 00:00
Eyewitness Account
The gray-haired German in my train compartment turned out to be an interesting conversationalist. Lost in silence, he held an album with pictures of Dresden’s streets and squares on his lap. A...
17.05.2005 - 00:00
Seeking the Light of Kno wledge
The development of culture, education, and scholarship in 16th- and 17th-century Ukraine was greatly influenced by the progressive ideas of the Renaissance, humanism, and, partly, the Reformation and...
17.05.2005 - 00:00
Bastion of Ukrainian Freedom on the Dnipro
As part of last Thursday’s scholarly conference, Globalization and Problems of Domestic Media Space, hosted by the National University of Zaporizhia, the university’s students attended three events...
17.05.2005 - 00:00
The State Takes No Bribes
A few days ago, before a stockholders’ meeting at Ukrnafta, the skies were literally and figuratively cloudless. The Ukrainian oil company had done very well (using the price conjuncture as well) and...
17.05.2005 - 00:00
Anatoly ZLENKO: “Superfluous rhetoric is to be avoided”
“One advantage that the current Foreign Ministry has is a substantial credit of trust from the international community. Have Ukrainian diplomats managed during these 100 days to capitalize on the...
17.05.2005 - 00:00
The Church of the Tithes: A Time to Gather Stones
When Prince Volodymyr of Kyiv embraced Christianity and baptized his subjects, he first built a palladium church, a “spiritual stronghold” of the whole country, next to his princely residence. This...
17.05.2005 - 00:00
A Touch and Taste of European Integration
Tents are a common fixture on Independence Square, except that this time around the tent town in the heart of Kyiv was as symbolic as never before. Ukraine marked its Day of Europe, with every tent...
17.05.2005 - 00:00
Minister Zvarych’s Universities
Commenting on the ongoing attempts to establish his level of education, Minister of Justice Roman Zvarych said this “well- conceived, wide-scale campaign,” aimed at discrediting his “honest name,”...
17.05.2005 - 00:00
Kostiantyn HRYSHCHENKO: “It’s not enough to bank on the country’s popularity alone”
Foreign policy is a special focus of the new leadership’s efforts. The various scandals are a thing of the past, much like Ukraine’s de facto isolation in the international arena. Every day Kyiv...
17.05.2005 - 00:00
Fighting for the Right to Be
In researching and presenting the Ukrainian nation’s struggle against the German occupiers, it is essential to focus on the tried-and-true principles of objectivity, truthfulness, impartiality, and...
17.05.2005 - 00:00
This week in history
May 17, 1935. A special meeting of the People’s Commissariat of Internal Affairs of USSR approved a decision to sentence Yury Kotsiubynsky to five years of exile to West Siberia for participation in...