№32, (2006)

In a recent interview Socialist Party faction leader Vasyl Tsushko tried to explain why the SPU withdrew from the Orange coalition. He said that the Socialist Party’s self-preservation within the...

On Oct. 15 the ethnic festival «Country of my Dreams,» in collaboration with the folk study center Cossack Mamai and folk group Hurtopravtsi staged a traditional Ukrainian wedding party in the...

Alexander Dovzhenko once wrote in his Diaries that it is difficult to find another country besides our fatherland whose history has been so subjected to distortions, bans, falsifications, and curses...

Russian-Georgian relations have become so strained that some pro-Kremlin spin-masters have lost no time in predicting and even announcing the date of a war. To date, Russia has adopted a whole range...

This should have been the start of a report on Ukrainian-language courses for adults. But it turns out that there are none in Kyiv. Admit it: you’ve never seen any announcements of Ukrainian courses...

(Not edited by The Day) I am really delighted to be here in Ukraine. This is my first visit, and it’s a very hopeful country. And I felt wonderful hospitality. So, thank you, congratulations to the...

In late September Washington hosted the third (in the last two years) working session of the US-Ukraine Policy Dialogue organized by the US-Ukraine Foundation headed by Nadia McConnell. Some 30...

Oct. 17 1676: Poland and Turkey sign a peace treaty in Zhuravne. According to its terms, Turkey retains Podillia and part of Right-Bank Ukraine 1961: The opening of the “fateful” XXII Congress of the...

The Ukrainian national team’s “fall exam period” consisted of three Euro-2008 qualifying matches. Following the pattern of our education system, where the customary five-point evaluation system has...

Our politicians have a talent for reducing any idea to absurdity. Our Ukraine recently decided to form its own shadow cabinet of ministers, the second of its kind. Not so long ago, Yulia Tymoshenko...

To prevent corruption, one should first of all unite the efforts — both of students and of teachers, — not wait till the law will punish all the offenders Despite all the legislative and moral-...

Every year in October on the feast of St. Mary the Protectress, Ukrainians celebrate the day of the Ukrainian army, or Ukrainian arms. In recent days various actions focusing on the need for state...

Ever since the SPU and the CPU joined the Party of Regions in a solid alliance of labor and capital, the left flank of Ukrainian politics has turned out to be vacant even theoretically. That...

Life expectancy for men is 62 years. They die as a result of accidents, injuries, or poisonings rather than of old age or incurable diseases. They barely engage in sports activities and are often...

In the past few years we have become accustomed to seeing social advertising. These kinds of ads appear on television, but the catchiest slogans are on huge billboards that read: “You can’t abandon...