№31, (2006)

The fate of the western coast of the Crimea is once again on the agenda after President Yushchenko canceled an earlier decision passed on Oct. 23, 2005, to set up the Donuzlav Crimean Marine...

The long-awaited Ukrainian Fashion Week began on Friday, Sept. 29. This time it commenced with Trademark Defile, a parade of famous and not-so-famous trademark apparel that will soon appear in...

Guenter Nooke, German Federal Government Commissioner for Human Rights Policy and Humanitarian Aid, represented the Federated Republic of Germany at the Babyn Yar memorial ceremony recently held in...

It is hard to believe that the coalition is over and Our Ukraine has finally determined its status. On Oct. 4, after consultations with President Yushchenko, Our Ukraine officially announced that it...

Last week Prime Minister Victor Yanukovych predicted that next year gas for Ukraine will cost $130 for 1.000m3. “We’ll see in October what the price for gas will be. But we have grounds to think that...

For their capital city the festival organizers chose Rakhiv, a small town in Transcarpathia, where Ukrainian, gypsy, Romanian, and Hungarian cultures harmoniously intersect and mutually enrich each...

Everyone has their own idea of a “weekend,” a word that has become popular in Ukraine. For some, it means watching all kinds of TV programs, usually of rather poor quality. For others, it is reading...

For three days Kyiv hosted the forum “The State That Hears Its Children.” Last year this nationwide children’s forum was dedicated to the 15 th anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the...

The drafters of the bill “On the Cabinet of Ministers” have requested the president to submit this document for urgent parliamentary discussion, but the head of state is in no hurry. For the eighth...

The history of ancient city-states of the Northern Black Sea region, such as Olbia (also known as Olvia) or Khersones, is an inseparable part of the history of ancient Ukraine. So the reader should...

Traditionally the International World Ballet Stars Festival features masters of choreography and talented new dancers. This year Dmitry Simkin, the principal dancer of the Wiesbaden Ballet and...

For some reason the speeches of our political leaders seldom mention a definition that citizens expect, namely the current and future goal toward which we are moving and that should serve as an...

The Kharkiv Zoo is 110 years old. It is home to nearly 7,000 animals whose upkeep costs an annual 1.5 million hryvnias. This year the municipal budget reduced the zoo’s funding from two to one...

A delegation from the Netherlands, including officials and representatives of more than 35 companies, visited Ukraine on Oct. 1-3. The companies that visited Ukraine with the goal of establishing...

(Conclusion. For Parts One and Two, see The Day, nos. 29 and 30.) My series of articles entitled “Why did Stalin exterminate the Ukrainians?” (Den, no. 207, 2005) includes a subsection on discussions...