№34, (2005)

Last Friday the National Security and Defense Council dealt with economic issues. Opening the session, President Yushchenko said that the meeting would discuss measures to boost the protection of...

A poet once appealed to his readers to morally emulate their ideological idols. In today’s Ukraine, the word “Kryvorizhstal” is the talk of the town. The record-setting proceeds from the sale of the...

Ostroh Academy regularly raises the question of Ukrainians’ national identity in a variety of forms. One of them is the numerous publications by Ostroh students on the pages of The Day and their...

The small town of Pochaiv, now in Kremenets raion in Ternopil oblast, is well known in Ukraine and abroad as a place of religious pilgrimage. Visitors to this place feel an unusual energy emanating...

Mykhailo Nemov, a resident of Khmelnytsky, has purchased 200 copies of the books from The Day’s Library Series on Oct. 26, even though these publications had appeared on his desk earlier, one copy at...

Oct. 27 saw the opening of the international exhibition “Kyiv DigiPhoto Show 2005: Digital Photo and Video Equipment and Media Technologies” at the Kyiv Expo Plaza center. The show presents state-of-...

Once again the residents of Kyiv are in an uproar over Mayor Oleksandr Omelchenko’s plans to rebuild some of the churches destroyed during the Soviet period. According to his information, there are...

After Nov. 15, the National Security and Defense Council is planning to discuss energy security issues with the president. An important topic of these discussions is the diversification of energy...

The concert program was performed by the orchestra of the National Opera, under the baton of conductor and artistic director Herman Makarenko. The program included world classics as well as works...

The Folk Decorative Art Museum in Kyiv is hosting an exhibit commemorating the 40th anniversary of Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors. The premiere of this legendary film on Sept. 4, 1965, turned into an...

A nationwide public opinion poll conducted by the Ukrainian Institute of Social Research on Oct. 7-15 among 2,117 respondents over 18 years old revealed that most Ukrainians think the parliamentary...

(Continued from the previous issue) COMPREHENDING THE HOLODOMOR The Holodomor is a phenomenon that is hard to fathom. To do so one must find a rational explanation for the actions of those who...

Now that the UN is marking its 60th anniversary, much has been written about Ukraine’s peacekeeping initiatives, which represent our country’s substantial contribution to UN efforts and are improving...

The destiny of any performing company is like that of any individual; it can be happy and bright or unproductive and dramatic, for all of us are born under our particular stars. The Kyiv Chamber...

November 1, 1939. The Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR passed a law On Including Western Ukraine into the USSR and its Reunification with Ukrainian SSR. 1991. Verkhovna Rada ratified its...