№24, (2004)

Our newspaper has been diligently writing the chronicle of a new Ukraine for eight out of thirteen years of independence. The three volumes in Den/The Day’s Library — Ukraina Incognita, Dvi Rusi ,...

The Chornobyl Sarcophagus Fund, which was set up to build a new, safe confinement (sarcophagus) with a 1997 price tag of $768 million at the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant (NPP), is several hundred...

NATO is marking its successful military cooperation with Ukraine. Concerns lest the alliance turn its back on Ukraine because of recent amendments to the Military Doctrine have proved wrong, evidence...

Kyiv has a reputation of being a well-tended city worth showing off to foreign tourists. However, “worth showing off” appears to be an overstatement, even with regard to the downtown section and all...

Ukraine’s peacekeeping efforts in Iraq have made our country well known in the Middle East. One year in the stabilization forces has brought Ukrainian servicemen extensive experience in maintaining...

It was all at sixes and sevens under the parliamentary dome: last Wednesday, as well as last Tuesday, the lawmaking process was held up not by opposition factions, which would have raised no eyebrows...

Sources of Tolerance (ST) is the name of a summer camp that for the third year in a row has hosted children and teenagers representing various ethnic groups, so that they can communicate freely,...

During his visit to Dnipropetrovsk oblast Ukraine’s President Leonid Kuchma announced that he has accepted the resignation of Defense Minister Yevhen Marchuk. He made a statement to this effect after...

Yuri Bashmet, the renowned viola-player, held a gala concert at the National Opera of Ukraine, commemorating his being awarded Ukraine’s most prestigious Outstanding Merits Order. During the press...

The European Parliament Committee for Relations with Ukraine has held its first meeting in Brussels, appointing Dr. Marek Siwec, former chief of the Polish National Security Bureau, as its chairman....

Eight years is quite a chunk of time. Two four-year cycles indicate certain maturity. In what way has Den (The Day) matured? Its intellectual level and well balanced, if somewhat ironic, tone has...

Most Ukrainians think that social conflicts involving the use of force are not likely in the immediate future, according to a recent opinion poll conducted between September 9 and 14 by the Razumkov...

Late last week the government submitted the bill “On the 2005 State Budget of Ukraine” for consideration by parliament. Even though the bill shows robust growth for all economic indicators, First...

In 1053, i.e., 951 years ago, Prince Volodymyr Vsevolodovych Monomakh (Monomachus) of Kyiv was born. He was a courageous and victorious warrior who wielded the sword during his entire lifetime,...

The government of Poland collapsed first, followed by the Czech government. Then the Hungarian prime minister resigned. The government of Slovakia lost its majority and is unstable. Within months, if...