№36, (2001)

Alfred Nobel died on 10 December 1896. When his will was opened it was found that he had donated his considerable wealth to creating the prizes that bear his name. Five prizes were mentioned: physics...

Robert Brinkley has been appointed Her Majesty’s new ambassador in Ukraine, the United Kingdom Embassy told The Day. Current British Ambassador Roland Smith is leaving diplomatic service in July next...

With the parliamentary elections not very far off, the new political parties, movements, blocs, groups etc. that are mushrooming on the political landscape are turning to media outlets to make their...

Verkhovna Rada Deputy Speaker Stepan Havrysh believes the Ukrainian government will continue working at least until the parliamentary elections. Answering a question at a December 3 regional mass...

The December 3 talks in Kyiv between President Leonid Kuchma of Ukraine and President Stjepan Mesi л c of Croatia have laid a good basis for future cooperation, said Pres. Kuchma after the talks....

I Am King on Saturday is the title of a documentary produced by AMA Company, NTV Cinema, directed by Volodymyr Dvinsky, script by Volodymyr Dvinsky and Vladlen Kuznetsov, and director of photography...

On December 6 Brussels hosted a regular session of the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council and the Ukraine- NATO Commission at the level of foreign ministers. Unlike cooperation with the European...

There is very large and packed audience. Deafening music pours from the speakers. The spotlights are blinding. The atmosphere is thick with excitement. Hands clap, feet stamp, and cheers strain the...

Ukrainian citizens who were forcibly deported to Germany as slave labor during World War II must formally apply before December 31 for compensation from Germany’s Memory, Responsibility, and Future...

The relations between taxpayers and tax collectors are always complicated in a transition society. There is often too much distrust on both sides, which proves an extra tax burden. The Day has...

Federal Chancellor of Germany Gerhard Schroeder, who visited Kyiv on December 6 to hold Ukrainian-German consultations on the highest level, started with calling the bilateral relationships “...

The effectiveness of the Ukrainian political system has long caused much discussion. The shortcomings peculiar to the post-Soviet democracies are the reason for the instability of election campaigns...

It seems there is nothing special about a sheet of paper. But it appears that one can make true masterpieces out of it. This was proved by Professor Toshikazu Kawasaki, who had been demonstrating his...

A teacher’s life is measured by semesters, and I gaze at the table overflowing with sixty-odd exams and term papers. This time I had the opportunity to teach the course I had long wanted to put...

On December 4 the Second All-Ukrainian Cookery Festival ended in Kyiv’s Palace of Sports. This action, which involved over two hundred catering organizations, is the only place where caterers can rub...