№35, (2008)

If there are any figures in Ukrainian history who are destined to be interpreted and re-interpreted over and over again (as is the case with Napoleon in French historiography), the name of Hetman...

Hungary entered the North Atlantic Treaty Organization when there was no NATO Membership Action Plan. This country also held a referendum concerning entering the Alliance, although nobody demanded...

On Nov. 4, 2008, Sviatoslav Vakarchuk, the vocalist of the rock band Okean Elzy, presented his project titled Vnochi (At Night) in the Ivan Franko Theater. It sometimes happens that leaders of...

Everyone is discussing the financial crisis these days, and it is obvious that all spheres of life, including soccer, will be affected. Officials from the Ministry of Ukraine for Family, Youth, and...

Today the “Our Country through the Eyes of Foreigners” column introduces Hans-Jur­gen Heimsoeth who assumed the office of Ambassador Extraordinary and Pleni­poten­tiary of Germany to Ukraine in the...

Nov. 11 1920: Units of the Red Army and Nestor Makhno’s troops seize the Isthmus of Perekop, opening the way to the Crimean Peninsula. 1921: Kyiv hosts a Church Council that proclaims the founding of...

When the current economic crisis knocked on our door, Ukraine’s most active women-legislators, government executives, public figures, media editors, university professors, research institute chiefs,...

The foreword to the catalogue of posters titled “Ukraine. 1932-1933. Holodomor” begins with the following message: “HLDMR... There are no vowels in this word. Try to pronounce it, and you will hear a...

The United States has not lost its ability to teach the entire world lessons of democracy, in spite of financial shocks and two wars that America is waging in Iraq and Afghanistan. The recent...

In late October Ukraine traditionally hosts the “Retro Cup” International Junior Soccer Champions Tournament. So this year 36 junior soccer teams from Russia, Belarus, Moldova, Ukraine, and Hungary...

As promised, here is my story for The Day about the meeting of the Ukrainian-Russian historical commission. It took place on the Leninskie Gory (Lenin Hills), in the Institute of General History...

Shortly after The Day’s 10th Photo Exhibit at the Ukrainian House in October, the best works are on display at the World Bank’s Representation to Ukraine. This exposition will be open for the general...

A landmark event is scheduled to take place in late November 2008 in the National Historical-Cultural Preserve “Hetman’s Capital” in Baturyn: the opening of the Citadel, the Archaeology Museum of...

Ukraine seems to be finding understanding with the Arab world and is gradually discovering ways of returning to the markets in the Middle East and Northern Africa. Another proof of this understanding...

The name of Volodymyr Balyberdin, a jewelry artist, is well-known to many Ukrainian art critics because he is the only one among Ukraine’s artists who produces expensive folk-style jewelry such as...