№26, (2009)

Margaryta Pesotska has won, for the first time in the history of independent Ukraine, a medal at the European Table Tennis Championships held the other day in Stuttgart, Germany, reports the press...

The journalist Vitalii Portnykov is one of the outstanding representatives of the Ukrainian media, as well the Russian ones, where he’s been published since the late 1980s. His laconic, sarcastic and...

On September 25 Den celebrated its 13th birthday anniversary. Jointly with our contributors, colleagues and partners, we opened the traditional exhibit of the best works of Den-2009, the 11th...

The following interview with Sante Graciotti, an outstanding Slavist of world renown, is another installment in The Day’s interview series with Ukrainists from Europe and the rest of the world....

Brothers Klitschko have for a long time shown high level, by this improving Ukraine’s sports image before the world community. The fact that the level is really high was proved by Vitali Klitschko’s...

Ideas aimed at meeting global challenges are known to be conceived in New York City. Officials from 120 countries gathered in NYC to attend the 64th session of the UN General Assembly. President...

Sept. 29 1941: The Nazi massacre of civilian residents at Babyn Yar begins. Eventually, over 100,000 Jews, Ukrainians, and Russians are killed. Sept. 30 1992: Ukraine’s Ministry of Justice registers...

A summit on climate change and global warming, which gathered representatives of about 100 UN member states, ended the other day in New York. The summit’s initiator, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon...

Ukraine’s relations with Russia today are doubtlessly a foreign policy priority for both Ukraine’s elite and the rest of the population. Few if any people are happy about how these relations are...

We have witnessed various stages in relations between the US and Russia since the Soviet Union collapsed: cold peace that replaced the Cold War, signs of a new Cold War, and new promises of peace. Is...

At present the rivalry for the presidential seat in Ukraine is centered on two politicians, Viktor Yanukovych and Yulia Tymoshenko. Polls show that they are the most likely candidates to advance to...

Twenty-five Ukrainian students recently arrived in Ottawa to take part in the 2009 Canadian–Ukrainian Parliamentary Program. For two months, they will represent their universities and, to a certain...

On Sunday September 20, the music festival Chervona Ruta ‘09 ended in Chernivtsi, to the accompaniment of the State Anthem and the Church Hymn of Ukraine (Oh God, Almighty and Gracious/Always...

It is gratifying to celebrate your birthday, when you can say with a clear conscience, analyzing another year you have lived, that you have not been wasting time. Today, September 25, on The Day of...

History has scattered religious shrines all over the world, but pilgrims continue visiting them, as before, in a show of tribute to their faith. In Uman, 20,000 Hasidic Jews from all places recently...