Where there is no law, but every man does what is right in his own eyes, there is the least of real liberty
Henry M. Robert

№26, (2011)

17.05.2011 - 00:00

Khotyn and the Battle of Nations

Khotyn is truly a unique city. Are there many Ukrainian cities with a thousand-year history? And what outstanding history! Can they boast of being depicted by classics of art and literature?...
17.05.2011 - 00:00

Virtuoso parade

“Ukraine in search of talents, ” “Ukraine has got talent” – these slogans are known to everybody. However, we should probably add one more: “Ukraine cherishes...
17.05.2011 - 00:00

How can Ukraine get its money back?

Ukraine’s political leadership has spared little fanfare in presenting the year 2011 as one marking the return of this country’s attractive foreign inland investment environment. Among...
17.05.2011 - 00:00

<i>The Day</i>’s photo exhibit in the miner’s capital

The ceremony of opening the photo exhibit Day-2010 was attended by a number of journalists, covered by six local channels, newspapers, online periodicals, and numerous residents of Donetsk, among...
17.05.2011 - 00:00

President vs. Rahbar

Iran is experiencing a tough administrative war between its temporal leader, President Ahmadinejad, and its spiritual leader (rahbar) Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. And its personnel. Duality is a...
17.05.2011 - 00:00

EVENT

  Video cameras in public transport for the Euro-2012  In Kharkiv the new trolleybuses for the Euro-2012 will be equipped with video surveillance. The first cameras have already been...
17.05.2011 - 00:00

Hoping for new Ukrainian baroque

Ivan Tkachenko, a Kyiv-born Houston-based architect of some of America’s newest temples, vice-president of Ray & Hollington Architects Inc., is convinced that latter-day “Ukrainian...
17.05.2011 - 00:00

Head of IMF charged with sexual assault

The head of the International Monetary Found, 62-year-old Dominique Strauss-Kahn was arrested in the US and charged with sexual harassment. He appeared in a New York court yesterday late at night (...
17.05.2011 - 00:00

This day in history

1919: The Radnarkom of the Ukrainian SSR adopts a decree transferring the property of all monasteries, convents, churches, and other religious organizations to the People’s Commissariat [Ministry] of...
17.05.2011 - 00:00

The final countdown

The Euro-2012 is 400 days away. According to Markiyan Lubkivsky, the tournament director in Ukraine, fans have already bought out almost half the tickets and UEFA is preparing a special soccer ball...
17.05.2011 - 00:00

Ukraine and the reforming of a united Europe

Joining the Council of Europe (CoE) was Ukraine’s first step toward European integration. Though in 1995 there were quite a few opponents to this step, as the political leadership was reluctant to...
17.05.2011 - 00:00

Ukraine’s support for Azerbaijan’s victory

After Ukraine in 2004 and Russia in 2008, Azerbaijan became the third post-Soviet country to win the international song contest Eurovision [aside from Estonia and Latvia, which won in 2001 and 2002...
17.05.2011 - 00:00

Ukraine’s food security. A new plan

The government is preparing a new plan to ensure the country’s food security. The bill No. 8370 “On Foundations of Food Security” contains a list of measures needed for this. Its...
17.05.2011 - 00:00

Stravinsky and Chanel: a mystery of two worlds

I like composing music more than the music itself.                        ...