№16, (2005)

Last Thursday saw the second stage of the fulfillment of Viktor Yushchenko’s election promise to pull out the Ukrainian peacekeepers from Iraq. This time about 70 soldiers have come home. By...

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...

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...

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...

So far the government’s attempts to curb inflation have produced only modest results: in the past four months it has reached 5.1%, an appalling figure if you take into account the official forecast...

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...

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,”...

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...

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...

Tony Blair has achieved a remarkable third successive electoral victory. But his sharply reduced majority in the House of Commons, and his damaged personal reputation, mean that his political...

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...

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...

“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...

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...

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...