№29, (2007)
09.10.2007 - 00:00
Hands off Pyrohove!
“Mayor Chernovetsky, history will not forgive you the defacement of the Museum of Folk Architecture and Life in Pyrohove!,” “No to gambling in the historical land!,” “Yes to the museum! No to casinos...
09.10.2007 - 00:00
“She opened the doors wide to Europe”
Olena Kulchytska is indisputably one of the most prominent Ukrainian artists of the 20th century. During her lifetime her paintings were exhibited at nearly 60 shows in Ukraine and abroad: Kyiv, Lviv...
09.10.2007 - 00:00
Ukraine: sustainable development and prospects
Kyiv recently hosted the first international conference “Cooperation for Sustainable Progress,” which was organized by a federation of Green parties in Europe and Asia. Delegates from 18 countries...
09.10.2007 - 00:00
Why is raiding on the increase?
In the past, raiders were called sea pirates. Today, the word “raider” has a new meaning, referring to people who specialize in hostile takeovers of businesses. As a rule, after a takeover the raider...
09.10.2007 - 00:00
It has begun
President Viktor Yushchenko’s statement about the need to consolidate the three megaparties — the Party of Regions, Bloc Yulia Tymoshenko, and Our Ukraine-People’s Self-Defense — has sparked various...
09.10.2007 - 00:00
Politics goes by the board
Representatives of 21 countries and over 550 companies took part in the 7th Lviv international investment forum Euro-2012: Forward, Ukraine! For a few days Lviv turned into a veritable business and...
09.10.2007 - 00:00
An army of Ukraine’s finest people
There are still pages from the history of Ukraine that we still have not properly read or evaluated. Our descendents will avidly study the heroic movement of the Ukrainian Sich Riflemen, these true...
09.10.2007 - 00:00
Putin of all the Russias
VIENNA — For those who still wondered who Vladimir Putin is, the mystery is over. His actions this week show that he is Russia’s new autocrat. He is a Czar pure and simple. The seven years since...
09.10.2007 - 00:00
Correcting “genetic accidents”
It is always a surprise for experts who work with children with Down’s syndrome to observe that these children are so gentle, patient, and inoffensive. Doctors even recommend that healthy children...
09.10.2007 - 00:00
Carving out a path to the truth
At a recent meeting attended by the president of Ukraine and civic activists, which was broadcast by three Ukrainian television channels, The Day’s editor in chief Larysa Ivshyna presented Viktor...
09.10.2007 - 00:00
Maria solo performance tradition upheld
Traditionally Kyiv’s spring theatrical season opens along with the Maria International Solo Performance Festival, named after the famous Ukrainian actor Maria Zankovetska. This project has for four...
09.10.2007 - 00:00
The British assessment
“Ukraine’s success may serve an example for countries that are experiencing difficulties, for instance, Moldova and Belarus. We are very pleased that you have held these elections, and we hope they...
09.10.2007 - 00:00
Ukraine scaring off potential investors
The socialist Valentyna Semeniuk, head of the State Property Fund, sees no reason for her agency to panic. She recently spoke at a hotline talk and a press conference in the Cabinet of Ministers’...
09.10.2007 - 00:00
Seat of the Christian faith
In the stories recounted by elderly residents of Pidliashia, who are at least 80 years old or sometimes close to 100, one can hear legends and tales that for centuries the populace maintained as a...
09.10.2007 - 00:00
This week in history
Oct. 9 1928: The Ukrainian Greek Catholic Theological Academy is founded in Lviv. 1944: The NKVD of the USSR adopts a resolution on the liquidation of “OUN gangs in Western Ukraine.” Oct. 10 1932:...