№31, (2007)
23.10.2007 - 00:00
What to do with those who seek “European happiness”?
There are several centers in Ukraine where illegal migrants are held, but the biggest one was established in 2002 in Pavshyn, a village in the Transcarpathian region (Zakarpattia). As of Oct. 17, the...
23.10.2007 - 00:00
Are the ministers on the right course?
BELGRADE — The 6th Ministerial Conference “Environment for Europe,” held Oct. 10-12 in Belgrade, Serbia, resulted in a joint ministerial declaration and an agreement to set up a regional climate...
23.10.2007 - 00:00
An unconventional general
”I don’t think that someone else’s life can be an example for others. Everyone carves out their own path. If what I have recounted can serve as food for thought for anyone, I will believe that my...
23.10.2007 - 00:00
Molodist ‘07:
This year’s international film festival Molodist was launched with the usual pomp, with crowds by the Ukraine Palace, unsmiling security guards, long lines to the metal detectors, President...
23.10.2007 - 00:00
“Young” vintage and mature avant-garde
The organizers of the 10th Ukrainian Fashion Week are already claiming that their annual fashion event was both a success and a real celebration. “Ukraine has formed a team of designers with a...
23.10.2007 - 00:00
2005 or 2006?
This is the third time in a row that the key question of the Ukrainian post-election political process and inter-clan intrigues is how to get rid of Yulia Tymoshenko, just like in 2005 and 2006. How...
23.10.2007 - 00:00
Erdogan ISCAN: “It is important for Ukrainians to preserve their will to continue the transformation”
Today the guest of our regular column “Ukraine through Foreign Eyes” is Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Turkey to Ukraine Erdogan ISCAN. We asked him the same two questions we have...
23.10.2007 - 00:00
Ukraine’s cardiac surgeons performing beating heart bypasses
Bypass operations on beating hearts were first performed in Ukraine at the Amosov National Institute of Cardiovascular Surgery seven years ago. At the time few believed that the new technique would...
23.10.2007 - 00:00
Photographic optimism
After the successful launch of our newspaper’s photo exhibit at the Ukrainian Home, it went straight to the Kyiv branch of the World Bank, where for the last two weeks the bank’s employees and their...
23.10.2007 - 00:00
This week in history
Oct. 23 1859: The first Sunday school opens in Kyiv. 1990: The Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR resolves to annul Article 6 of the Constitution about the Communist Party’s “guiding role.” Oct. 24...
23.10.2007 - 00:00
Kohl’s principle
Once when Helmut Kohl was giving lectures during the campaign to admit Poland to the European Union, he said that whenever he, as the German Chancellor, had any doubts regarding Germany’s position on...
23.10.2007 - 00:00
Front-row girls
As soon as you put a woman on an equal footing with a man, she begins to outshine him. It’s not very likely that the girls who became winners of the program “The First Step to Success,” organized by...
23.10.2007 - 00:00
Against the common enemy
Soviet historians claimed that one of the main causes of the final victory of the Russian Bolsheviks in the 1918-21 Civil War was the acute differences in the large and diversified anti-Bolshevik...
23.10.2007 - 00:00
Belgian model
Because of the differences among political parties that made it to parliament after the June elections in Belgium, the process of forming a coalition has been delayed. In connection with this...
23.10.2007 - 00:00
A party called “Against Everyone”
During the last elections 2.73 percent of Ukrainian voters ticked the box “Against Everyone.” Last year the figure was 1.77 percent. Ukrainians polled by The Day say that, while the entire country is...