№25, (2002)

Congresses of princes, as a form of government and a way to make important decisions and settle disputes, began to be practiced in the second half of the eleventh century. Such conventions discussed...

Den’, parent publication of The Day, is celebrating its sixth anniversary next week. Needless to say, the occasion will be marked by hundreds of thousands of readers and friends. From your letters...

The defense review of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, which is mandatory for countries applying for NATO membership, could well start as soon as next year, Ukrainian Defense Minister Volodymyr...

Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma’s address to the nation on the eleventh anniversary of independence was immediately viewed as political event No. 1. The head of state suggested carrying out a...

Every morning, on my way to work, I see red slogans sprayed on two of the supports of the Footbridge: “Glory to Ukraine!” and “Glory to the Heroes!” About ten yards farther on someone wrote “You Are...

The official statistics make even cabinet functionaries look up in surprise. Labor and Social Policy Minister Ivan Sakhan says that, according to the State Statistics Committee, Ukrainians spent UAH...

Oleksandr Shlapak, head of department, even claimed the rates are overstated in every other case, according to what the checks already conducted have shown. He stated that the current situation in...

A series of bazaar rebellions have swept across the Crimea. Not so long ago, pickets blocked the Simferopol-Yalta highway at Alushta, paralyzing holiday traffic for almost three hours. Similar...

The Fourteenth International Conference on AIDS in Barcelona last month put the global HIV epidemic back in the spotlight and justifiably so. The UN estimates that the number of HIV/AIDS sufferers,...

Ukraine’s contemporary economic status does not overly favor the identification and solving of ecology issues. However, today ecology is among the topics dominant all over the world. Since Ukraine...

The sports extravaganza began with a relay race. Among those who finished first were deputies of the local Chornobai council, Masters of Sports Hryhory Mazur and Mykola Chekal; Candidate Master of...

Yet again Ukraine is beginning to be conquered by a Ukrainian cultural product from abroad. The point is not even that showings in Poland, at an obscure Ukrainian film festival, or at Harvard, at a...

Ukraine has entered its second decade of independence. Meanwhile the number of its problems has not decreased. On the contrary, we have by far more than back in the fateful year 1991. One consolation...

On the eve of Ukrainian Independence Day, Kyiv’s Helman Gallery hosted a display by postmodern artist Vasyl Tsaholov, titled The Ukrainian X-Files. His series is not cinematographic but purely...

Have you ever heard the thundering of a distant waterfall? You are sure to experience the same sensation in the whirlpool of a village fair. There is so much noise, people yelling, cattle bleating,...