№2, (2005)

Apart from the deep-seated belief that Hetman Pavlo Teteria, one of Bohdan Khmelnytsky’s successors, ruled in 1663-1665, there is also a theory that he officially received the mace in October 1662,...

Petro KOZYNETS, president, National Association of Credit Unions, Ukraine: “I believe the new president should immediately make every effort to legalize the gray economy. Naturally, this will require...

Last Wednesday a unique device for restoring and conserving damaged documents was put into operation at the State Archive of Khmelnytsky Oblast. “This invaluable tool was presented to us by the US...

Not so long ago, the views that Russian political scientists held of Ukraine were often patronizing, demanding, and nearly unanimous, their political leanings notwithstanding. But times have changed...

The Guinness Book of Records includes the name of the outstanding Ukrainian gymnast Larysa Latynina, who won the most medals in Olympic history: a total of 18 medals, including 9 gold, which were won...

“Whoever writes history wields power” Plato, Athens, 5th-4th centuries BC (I will venture to reverse this utterance: “Whoever wields power writes history,” which seems to hold true) The 11th...

The debate on a new relationship between Ukraine and the European Union is ongoing. On January 18, Deutsche Welle quoted the European Commission spokesperson as saying that the Ukraine-EU Action Plan...

1 When I was working on my book Ukrayina: Vyklyk i Vybir (Ukraine: Challenge and Choice], published by Dukh i Litera in Kyiv in 2003) on long winter evenings in 2001-2002, I never expected that my...

Bandinelli Palace would not be the major attraction of Lviv’s Rynok Ploshcha [Marketplace Square] if not for the painstaking restoration work being done on the premises, which initially literally “...

There is a lively and rather odd debate going on in this country about lustration, the political cleansing of former officials. Perhaps the point lies in the literal interpretation of a link between...

Joining the presidential race, the now ex-prime minister Viktor Yanukovych put emphasis on social commitments of his government and generously used budgetary funds to meet these. Accordingly, the...

Ukrainian peacekeepers are providing humanitarian aid to the Iraqi people. Since October 2004, the social and material infrastructure restoration unit of Ukraine’s 7th Separate Mechanized Brigade,...

The Fifth Petro Jacyk Ukrainian Language Competition, administered by the League of Ukrainian Philanthropists, is picking up pace. Over the years it has been gaining in popularity among school...

Sunday’s inauguration of Ukrainian president-elect Viktor Yushchenko differed from previous ones not only because it was held at the Verkhovna Rada and on the Maidan, but also because it featured an...

The Day’s photo exhibit at the Khmelnytsky Museum of Contemporary Art ended on January 14 and the results of the audience choice contest were announced. After the public tally of the 404 ballots, it...