№31, (2006)

It seems that Ukraine has grown tired of making unilateral concessions to the EU as far as the readmission agreement is concerned. Kyiv believes that the European side’s proposals in this matter are...

(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...

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...

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...

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...

James Sherr, fellow of the Conflict Studies Research Centre of the UK Defence Academy, is well known in Ukrainian political and expert circles that deal with matters of security and defense. This...

Oct. 10 1932: The world’s first Lithium nuclear fission is achieved at the Physics and Technology Institute of Kharkiv. 1973: The Central Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine adopts a secret...

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...

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...

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...

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...

NOTE ONE. UNTITLED At first they knocked timidly. They knocked and complained quietly, “I have no water,” “Have you forgotten about me? I’ve been here almost a month...” Then the pounding and...

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...

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...

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...