№31, (2009)

The current IMF mission headed by Ceyla Pazarbasioglu has likely eclipsed all the others — on its submission the IMF has, for the first time in its history, provided money to Ukraine not only to...

The Day begins a series of publications dedicated to the 90th anniversary of the National Ivan Franko Drama Theater. In the past nine decades, this legendary stage has seen a lot of productions that...

KYIV–KANIV–KYIV — A memorial plaque dedicated to the noted translator Yevhen POPOVYCH was unveiled in Kaniv. What do most Ukrainians know about him? Very little, if anything at all. This is not...

Arab countries can become strategic investors in Ukraine. The groundwork for this kind of cooperation was recently started. Last May Kuwait hosted the first Ukrainian–Arab conference on the...

The representatives of pharmaceutical associations have asked the president not to sign the law “On a Prices and Tariff Rise Moratorium for Medicines and Medical Supplies,” passed by the Verkhovna...

The Jazz in Kiev-2009 Festival is a symbolic event, not only for the city, but for entire Ukraine. The worthy cause championed by the national jazz guru Oleksii Kohan was crowned with success, and a...

The number of people who have signed the petition on our site (www.day.kiev.ua) to support Donetsk students’ initiative to name Donetsk National University after Vasyl Stus has been steady growing...

Ukraine admitted to ECOSOCUkraine, the US, and 20 more countries were admitted to the UN Economic and Social Council by secret ballot during a plenary meeting of the ECOSOC General Assembly. ECOSOC...

Historical reference: During the occupation, the Nazis eliminated over 4 million civilians and almost 1.3 million prisoners of war. In the years of World War II, Ukraine lost about 10 million...

Art Kyiv, which began its history four years ago and made the Ukrainian Home an art gallery for the first time, is now embracing modern-day art, including its latest branch known as...

Nov. 3 1943: The 1st Ukrainian Front launches an offensive to liberate Kyiv from the Germans, creating a strategic bridgehead on the right bank of the Dnipro River. Nov. 4 1959: The diorama “The...

The Law “On Languages in the Ukrainian SSR” was enacted 20 years ago, on October 28, 1989, long before the proclamation of Ukrainian national independence. Nevertheless, it marked a breakthrough of...

On Oct. 24, 2009, when all the key political players, except for Viktor Yushchenko, had already been nominated for presidency, and when the media bubbled with the candidates’ bragging about making...

On Oct. 19, 2009, The Day handed over to two bookstores — Ye and one run by Kyiv Mohyla Academy — the tenth edition in the The Day’s Library Series: two volumes under the title Extract 150. According...

To say that situation with the spread of viral infections and the increasing number of viral pneumonia victims in western (so far) regions of Ukraine are alarming is to say nothing. Ukrainian...