№24, (2004)
28.09.2004 - 00:00
Pioneer Diplomats
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...
28.09.2004 - 00:00
The Whole Shebang
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...
28.09.2004 - 00:00
Being Different Doesn’t Mean Being Worse
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,...
28.09.2004 - 00:00
What Yuri Bashmet Holds Dear
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...
28.09.2004 - 00:00
Another Signal
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...
28.09.2004 - 00:00
Committee of Ukraine’s Image Makers
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....
28.09.2004 - 00:00
From Daily Routines to Spotlights on History
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...
28.09.2004 - 00:00
Public Revolt Not Likely in Ukraine
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...
28.09.2004 - 00:00
Budgetary Process Gets Underway
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...
28.09.2004 - 00:00
Life and Soul Are Sacred
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,...
28.09.2004 - 00:00
Post-EU Depression
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...
28.09.2004 - 00:00
Naming Winners has Begun...
The Day marked its birthday traditionally, by making presents. Last Friday, its eighth anniversary was marked at the Ukrainian House in Kyiv, including an exposition featuring the best works of its...
28.09.2004 - 00:00
Invitation to a Dialogue
A book entitled Sviatyi Prestol i Ukrayina [The Holy See and Ukraine] recently appeared in print in Ukraine, written by Archbishop Nikola Eterovic, who was Apostolic Delegate to Ukraine in 1999-2004...
28.09.2004 - 00:00
Culinary Sentiments
The Crimean Council of Ministers has begun an active propaganda and marketing of fatback, which holds the honor of Ukraine’s national product. The Ukrainian Fatback — 2004 festival has been slated...
28.09.2004 - 00:00
Ukrainian Fairy Tales:
It has become the custom that the mere mention of Ukrainian fairy tales conjures up in the mind of the average Ukrainian childhood images of the Speckled Hen, strongman Kotyhoroshko, Kyrylo “the...