№31, (2005)

A number of scandalous items topped the agenda of last Friday’s session in parliament. A particularly heated debate was expected after a report by Volodymyr Stretovych, chairman of the parliamentary...

A team of top Ukrainian hairstylists recently traveled to Paris to take part in the festival Mondial Coiffure Beaute. The veteran member organizations of the Intercoiffure Mondial call it the main...

The Day wrote extensively on the Maidan phenomenon in the winter of 2004-05. A number of interesting ideas were raised, both in the form of brief remarks and in-depth analyses (e.g., the April series...

September 25 marks the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Artistic Ukrainian Movement (known by its Ukrainian acronym MUR, which in the Ukrainian language conjures up associations with a castle...

At last Friday’s press conference President Yushchenko focused on his new team, curbing corruption, relations with the opposition, the coming elections, and regional policies. The president spoke...

In Lviv it is always difficult to switch from a discussion of politics to economics. No doubt if President Yushchenko had not chosen to go to Lviv for the 5th International Economic Forum, it would...

This is a small town with an ordinary name that is understandable to Ukrainians. However, for those with at least a passing knowledge of Ukrainian history this name immediately conjures up...

Regardless of official statements from Moscow, the Kremlin appears to have learned its lesson from the last presidential campaign in Ukraine. Moreover, the recent leadership crisis in our country has...

“Corruption is a real human need that cannot be regarded as a psychological anomaly,” says Serhiy Maksymenko, director of the Kostiuk Institute of Psychology. Corruption is simply a desire to live...

This little boy has a serious illness. He doesn’t know his parents and probably doesn’t understand who is to blame for his conspicuous helplessness. The photographer told us that the little boy lives...

President Viktor Yushchenko of Ukraine has vetoed the Law on the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals passed by the Verkhovna Rada on Sept. 8 on the grounds that it is imperfect. Interestingly, this step...

Today’s story is about one of the most mysterious rulers of Ukraine-Rus’, who was virtually “lost in the haze of history.” Prince Oleh of Kyiv was born approximately in 855. Various sources...

Who will be in charge of European integration? This question was raised immediately after Oleh Rybachuk left his post as vice-premier for European integration. Later, this sparked another question:...

The Ukrainian government’s partially rejuvenated economic bloc must pass a professional aptitude exam by pushing through parliament a budget bill on which every political force will want to leave its...

October 11, 1653. The Assembly of the Land passed a decision on taking the Zaporozhzhian Host under the protectorate of the Muscovite tsar. 1921. The First All-Ukrainian Council of the Ukrainian...