№20, (2007)

The 16th annual Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe was called to order in Kyiv on July 5. This forum, a first-time event in Ukraine’s capital, lasted...

The international festival Melpomene of Tavria was initiated by Oleksandr Knyha, the managing and artistic director of the Kherson Kulish Music and Drama Theater. All the undertakings and plans as...

Adrian SEVERIN, a member of the European Parliament, is the chairman of the Delegation to the EU-Ukraine Parliamentary Cooperation Committee. He often visits Ukraine and firmly believes that our...

The American Independence Day festivities at the residence of US Ambassador to Ukraine William B. Taylor in the Podil district of Kyiv were marred by the whims of the weather, but...

No one hates the arts as much as our Ukrainian bureaucrats, who demonstrate their negative attitude on every occasion. Right now they are homing in on Andriivsky uzviz in Kyiv. Artists who have had...

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), over a million people worldwide are killed in traffic accidents every year. Experts offer disheartening forecasts: unless the situation improves, the...

As the 2012 European Soccer Championships keep getting closer, problems continue to pile up in Ukraine. On the initiative of the European Business Association, our government officials, diplomats,...

On July 6-8 Kyiv’s Spivoche pole (Singing Field) hosted the 4th international ethnic festical Kraina mrii, or Dreamland, initiated by the charismatic Oleh Skrypka. This year’s Dreamland occupies a...

Caesarea, one of the active founders of the young Christian Church. This prominent theologian and writer was the first to attempt to create a multi- volume history of the church. Eusebius (264-340)...

Starting on July 15, 2007, Ukraine will see the beginning of entrance exams to higher educational institutions, a tense time for applicants, parents, and teachers. Unfortunately, higher education...

Mykola Azarov, First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance of Ukraine, is satisfied with the nation’s tax collectors whose performance he praised in his speech dedicated to their professional...

Ukraine is actively introducing various alternative renewable energy sources, including biofuel, which is being used on a small scale, mostly in small populated areas. The Verkhovna Rada recently...

The Museum of the Soviet Occupation, which opened in Kyiv in the first half of June, sparked a furor in society. In its 19 June 2007 issue The Day carried an article by the historian Yurii...

The greater the temporal distance from the times of Hryhorii Skovoroda (1722-1794), the more majestic and attractive his figure appears. In Skovoroda’s theological and ethical doctrine and his poetic...

July 10 1968: The Maksym Rylsky Literary Museum opens in Kyiv. 1994: Leonid Kuchma is elected president of Ukraine in a second round of elections. July 11 1925: The Ukrainian National Democratic...