Where there is no law, but every man does what is right in his own eyes, there is the least of real liberty
Henry M. Robert

№36, (2017)

07.06.2017 - 18:34

“They have sprouted up despite spring frosts”

Colorful and persistent marigolds seem to have become “rooted” in Ukrainian culture on the archetypal level even. It was these flowers that we used as a gift to our readers: Den marked...
07.06.2017 - 18:31

A new round in an old bout

After the Stockholm Court’s ruling on the gas war between Ukraine’s Naftohaz and Russia’s Gazprom, a war that involved the Ukrainian political elite, President Petro Poroshenko and...
07.06.2017 - 18:28

Ukrainian culture as a test

No sensation has occurred. Natalya Sharina, former director of the Ukrainian library in Moscow, was found guilty on all counts and given a 4-year suspended sentence. As the sentence says, “the...
07.06.2017 - 18:27

Megyn Kelly vs. Vladimir Putin

He was much too nervous and rude in answering uncomfortable questions for it to be otherwise. At first, Putin made a playful statement that he was not a European leader, since other leaders did not...
07.06.2017 - 18:21

Love and struggle

His Beatitude Lubomyr (Husar), Major Archeparch Emeritus of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, passed away at 18:30 on May 31, 2017, aged 85. This sad news was reported by UGCC Department of...
07.06.2017 - 18:11

The price of a Kremlin word

It was 20 years the other day since Ukraine and Russia signed the so-called comprehensive treaty which laid down the fundamental principles of the two states’ official relations. Russia...
07.06.2017 - 18:06

Gongadze-Podolsky case: Themis’s move

The last hearing of the Court of Cassation in the Gongadze-Podolsky case began an hour late. The judges offered profuse apologies, citing a huge caseload. However, Valentyna Telychenko, representing...
07.06.2017 - 17:58

How to establish continuity between eras – 2

Den/The Day continues the discussion on the efficiency and democratic nature of the institution of monarchy in Europe. We first cited the UK as an example. In the article titled “Monarchistic...
07.06.2017 - 17:49

“Dutch monarchs will always be with the people”

There is a convincing denial of the well-known but rather groundless allegation that monarchy in today’s Europe is a “hopelessly archaic” institution that does not fit in with...
07.06.2017 - 17:45

Overcoming the war

A mural done by the famous French artist Julien Malland was unveiled recently in Popasna on the premises of Popasna Secondary School No. 1, supported by the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF)...
07.06.2017 - 17:43

One icon, two images

The Andrei Sheptytsky National Museum is displaying the Holy Virgin icon dated 1696 from the Univ monastery.  As museum director Ihor Kozhan told The Day, the icon was brought to Lviv in 1950...
07.06.2017 - 17:42

Legendary animated film stages a comeback

The state-run Ukrainian Animated Cartoon Studios has finished filming the first episode of the new animated series The Cossacks. Around the World being made with support from the Ukrainian State Film...