№3, (2004)

Whoever comes to feast their eyes on St. Andrew’s Church, Rastrelli’s masterpiece in Kyiv, is sure to see an eccentric “couple” — Pronia Prokopivna Sirko-Serkova and Svyryd Petrovych Holokhvosty-...

Naftohaz Ukrayiny has managed to jawbone the government into raising prices for natural gas contrary to the decision of the Ministry of Fuel and Energy and Ministry of the Economy, which concluded...

2003 GDP real growth (8.5%) was 2.1 times higher than that forecast by the Ministry of the Economy (4%) and reflected in the budget. Is this accidental or normal? Unfortunately, Ukraine has been...

The NBU has shown mercy and come to the rescue of the Ukrainian banks that have found themselves in trouble because of the sharp increase in the hryvnia-to-euro exchange rate. NBU Governor Serhiy...

The Central Ore Dressing Mill (CODM) has hit the headlines again. As is known, CODM shareholders held a general meeting on October 28, 2003, despite fierce resistance of the then management, and...

Ukraine’s economy in general will become more attractive to investors in 2004-2005 despite the temporary political risks associated with the forthcoming presidential elections. From a tactical and...

The LNM Group is interested in investing into Ukraine’s metallurgy and carrying out joint projects, the company’s CEO Lakshmi Mittal said at a meeting with President Leonid Kuchma, reports the...

From February 6 to 8 Kyiv will host the InterCHARM Ukraine Second International Exhibition in which 256 companies from ten countries will take part. This largest perfumery and makeup exhibition has...

The Council [Treaty] of Pereyaslav determined Ukrainian nation’s history for several centuries, and its impact remains. It also exerted a fatal influence on the political and social order, culture...

Alla Botanova, editor of the Arkhideya [Orchid], Ukraine’s only magazine specializing in architecture and design, made the first attempt to penetrate private interiors in October 2002. The result was...

How many big red apples can you hang from a Christmas tree some three meters tall? It does not bend under their weight and remains straight and beautiful? The answer is 600 apples weighing 130 kg....

It was snowing, wind blowing through the empty balconies, beating against the panes of glassed-in ones. Watching this, I thought about the long months that would pass before it would get warm again...

The start of 2004 in Kyiv’s artistic life has been marked with many vivid events. Among them are the two unexpected exhibitions like fireworks by Olena Holub, member of the National Artists Union of...

A festival of French films is underway at Kyiv’s Cinematographers’ Home. The French modifier is used somewhat inaccurately. Of course, it mostly features French movies, but they are united not by the...

Academician Ivan Kuras does needs no introduction to The Day ’s readers. The point is not only in the offices, regalia. and awards he holds (he is vice president of the Ukrainian National Academy...