№34, (2004)

Ukraine has experienced a number of changes in the past couple of weeks and not all of them have been noticed and understood. What are the first signs of panic in a country? People who recall past...

It took the judges about six hours to hand down a ruling. Last Friday an emotional Anatoly Yarema, the Deputy Chairman of Ukraine’s Supreme Court, read out the court’s verdict for almost twenty...

History is marching forward with clear, sober, and unclouded eyes. Cleansing the public conscience is the only precondition of social progress, but it is of the utmost importance. While primitive,...

Long before the presidential elections various options of what would happen in Ukraine after November 21 were actively debated. The Serbian and Georgian scenarios were often mentioned, also that...

“Ukraine: Unitarianism, Federalism or Disintegration?” was the theme of the first session of the Ukrainian Club established by political scientists who represent this country’s leading analytical...

The Day presents a selection of comments from the residents of the Tent City. The participants of the protest movement were asked the following questions, What made you join the protest? What is your...

December 7. 1934. The Council of People’s Commissars of USSR passed a decision On Canceling the Rationing Card System for Bread, Flour, and Cereals. 1988. An 8-grade earthquake occurred in Armenia,...

As Ukraine’s agonizing struggle for democracy continues, Europeans wonder if the politics of principle can ever eclipse the politics of power. Is it naive to believe that the world amounts to more...

“Don’t bother me, I’m settling into my role,” Tetiana said in answer to her husband Dmytro’s request to fix him a meal, and went back to reading her book. This was the routine in the Lisevych family...

Last Friday parliament was the scene of several important events that one way or another are linked to the current political crisis: a political decision to pull out the Ukrainian peacekeeping force...

Russia’s foreign minister Sergei Lavrov cautioned his German counterpart Joschka Fischer against interfering in the internal affairs of Ukraine and the escalation of tensions there. At the same...

Not so long ago a number of well known Russians asked President Putin to “respect the choice made by the Ukrainian people, even if this choice does not conform to some personal preferences of the...

“For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble; and the day that cometh shall burn them up. But unto you that fear my...

Last Saturday, on the Day of Remembrance to honor the victims of the Holodomor and political repressions, a monument was unveiled in downtown Mariupol to those who died during the lawless years of...