№22, (2006)

Deputy Minister for Humanitarian Affairs Viacheslav Kyrylenko believes that in a few years Ukraine will be a leader in the development of rural tourism. On July 4 the cabinet adopted an action plan...

(Conclusion. For Part One, see The Day, No. 21) PREACHER Mykola Ge’s meeting with Leo Tolstoy signaled the beginning of a spiritual turning point in the artist’s career. Ge, who was tormented by...

On July 7-9 the capital’s Spivoche Pohle (Singing Field) was the venue of the third ethnic festival Country of Dreams, initiated by Oleh Skrypka. This event is evolving with every passing year. It...

To say that Ukrainian politicians are stunned by the latest events in parliament is to say nothing. Some of them feel lost and depressed, while others are searching for a place in the new system of...

Ukraine recently played host to Kabanychbek ISABEKOV, the deputy speaker of the Zhogorku Kenesh, the parliament of the Kyrgyz Republic, who arrived on a working visit. His main objective was to study...

July 11 1925: The Ukrainian National Democratic Alliance (UNDO) is founded in Lviv. 1960: The world’s largest continuous steel-casting installation begins operations at the metallurgical plant in...

Finland took over the European Union presidency on July 1. The presidency program emphasizes four main directions: the EU’s future, competitiveness, international relations and domestic policies, and...

For the first time, on the night of July 7 Kyiv celebrated the feast of Ivan Kupalo on Trukhaniv Island. Once a pagan fertility rite associated with The Day of the summer solstice, this yearly...

Russia is getting ready for the G8 summit to be held later this week in St. Petersburg. The political establishment seems to be sparing neither effort nor expense to boost the country’s image and...

The World Summit of Religious Leaders, initiated and organized by the Moscow Patriarchate’s external religious affairs department, ended in the Russian capital on July 5. The Moscow media write that...

US Ambassador to Ukraine William Taylor has sharply criticized the pattern of gas supplies to Ukraine. The current system of gas transportation from Russian and Central Asia to Europe “is difficult...

The fighting spirit that was evoked by the Orange Revolution and then spread to the field of Ukraine-Russia gas relations by the two last governments of Ukraine has finally fizzled out. Such a...

Acting Justice Minister Serhiy Holovaty voiced this rather nonstandard view, given today’s situation, during a press conference on July 6. According to the minister, Ukrainian parliamentarians must...

Kuwait has just held its eleventh parliamentary election since independence in 1961. Though Kuwait is a monarchy, its parliamentary history has not been placid, and the election campaign reflected...

The Department of Religious Studies at the Hryhoriy Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy of the National Academy of Sciences was founded 15 years ago. Those were the years when not only Ukraine was...