№28, (2004)

Ukrainian-Romanian relations are once again at the center of attention, although observers in the two countries are not the only interested parties. This time, owing to a successful anti-Ukrainian...

We want to live well, most will say, of course. Living well remains an open question, however. Some believe that living well is possible elsewhere. Others (among them experts The Day asked to help...

Wednesday added a sad page to the budgetary saga in parliament; after three years of debate, the Verkhovna Rada instructed the budget committee, the cabinet, and the authors of amendments to revise...

To invent a perpetual engine does not necessarily mean to earn a profit. Even though Ukrainian scientist generate countless interesting inventions, according to the report by the Economic...

Last Friday capped a two-day visit to Ukraine by Henry Kissinger, the well-known US politician, diplomat, and Nobel Prize winner. This was his fourth trip to Ukraine. His first visit, as US Secretary...

The European Commission delegation has noted Ukraine’s high preparedness for the October 31 presidential elections. “Technically, everything has been done for successful polling on Election Day,”...

October 26. 1939. The People’s Assembly of Western Ukraine opened, at which it proclaimed Soviet power in Western Ukraine, its entering the Soviet Union, and reunification with the Ukrainian SSR....

Last week a delegation of Japanese businessmen who work in Western Europe visited Ukraine. Their visit, partly organized by the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO), was a logical continuation...

Inaugurated this past Saturday, the Kyiv-Odesa expressway is undoubtedly Ukraine’s construction project of the century. It is Ukraine’s first motorway built according to international standards. With...

World oil prices crossed $40 a barrel in mid-summer, and have since climbed to the mid-$50’s. Today’s oil prices are still only two-thirds the real peak reached during the Iranian Revolution of 1979...

Last Wednesday the Kyiv Trade and Industry Chamber (KTTP) held an unusual presentation at which journalists met with the members of the court of arbitration. Although this court has been functioning...

Contemporary music is a rather controversial notion. In the mass consciousness and in the press, which caters to this mentality, it can mean modern, popular, rock, hip-hop, etc. Meanwhile, the...

October 16 marked the 45th anniversary of the death of the distinguished American politician Gen. George Marshall. He served as Chief Military Aide to US Presidents Franklin Roosevelt and Harry...

Members of two Chernihiv-based civic organizations, the oblast Chornobyl Union of Ukraine and the municipal Union of People Disabled by Chornobyl, have sent a letter to President Leonid Kuchma,...

(Conclusion; for beginning see No. 27) What a difference between these words and the prophetic lines of Shevchenko! His Ukraine is not ossified or besieged but open to the future. Shevchenko presents...