№29, (2005)

For Ukrainians, the ancient name of Aeneus is like a kick starter of an efficient engine; they are instantly reminded of these opening lines: “Aeneas was a lively fellow, Lusty as any Cossack blade,...

Yuriy Yekhanurov’s confirmation as prime minister does not mean that the governmental and political crisis is over. This is the conclusion of The Day’ s roundtable debate attended by Andriy...

This year’s eighth photo exhibit of The Day commemorated the newspaper’s ninth anniversary. It was launched in the Ukrainian House last Friday and set several records. Record number one: over 800...

The most shocking statement in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina was President George W. Bush’s remark that “I don’t think anybody anticipated the breach of the levees” that protect New Orleans from...

< The book, Day and Eternity of James Mace, belongs to the most unexplored of all literary genres, the only of its kind that, instead of attracting a mass readership, tells the reader, “Move...

Despite the fact that Ukrainian books and the national publishing industry are not supported by the state, our newspaper remains loyal to its tradition and has been publishing one book per year. This...

On September 20, 2005, after three long years, Ukraine’s parliament finally heard the report of the ad hoc parliamentary commission to investigate the Gongadze case. In the report Hryhoriy Omelchenko...

This past summer Ukrainian film distributors were supposed to receive a movie with the attractive title Land of the Dead, directed by George Romero. The film is about a dreadful and unfriendly world...

The announcement issued by Valentyn Symonenko, head of the Accounting Chamber, was a sensational one, unfortunately, especially in the light of the report that was delivered earlier in parliament by...

“President Viktor Yushchenko has arrived on an official visit to Ukraine.” This is a joke, of course, but it contains a grain of truth. My estimates show that our head of state has been on 28 visits...

On September 5, 2005, Stanislav Nikolayenko, Ukraine’s minister of education, and Paul Bermingham, World Bank Director for Ukraine, Belarus, and Moldova, signed the Loan Agreement for the Equal...

Anna KHRYPUNKOVA, Den’s own correspondent in Donetsk: “I came to Den when I was still a student. Even then I thought that had brought something very important into my life and that it would be a...

Once upon a time there were people who owned sizable plots of land inherited from their great-grandparents. In winter their land was swathed in a fluffy snow-white blanket; in spring it was caressed...

I recently learned something interesting: American international finance economists and American domestically oriented macroeconomists have very different — indeed, opposing — views of the likely...

Ukraine is taking a special interest in Azerbaijan, primarily in the energy domain. Most often Baky [formerly Baku] is mentioned, in terms of bilateral cooperation whenever energy crises arise (here...