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

№38, (2002)

03.12.2002 - 00:00

Biased reflections on professionalism in the arts

Moscow’s Modern Art Museum is hosting a project by noted Ukrainian sculptor Oleh Pinchuk, graphic artist Serhiy Poyarkov, and painter Yury Horbachov, titled The Figurative Bridge. Many who frequent...
03.12.2002 - 00:00

The language issue: European standard on Ukrainian soil

President Leonid Kuchma has moved that Verkhovna Rada ratify the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. The ratification bill says that the Charter provisions apply to such minority...
03.12.2002 - 00:00

We are here not to teach but to share our experience

“Ms. Biglou, before you came to Ukraine you used to work in the British Councils in Africa and Central Asia. Are there different approaches to the British Councils’ activities in different countries...
03.12.2002 - 00:00

Loans prove costly for Ukraine

The financial prospects for Ukraine for the next year are shrouded in mystery. This is not so much due to the fact that the third reading of the budget bill is ahead. The newly-formed government has...
03.12.2002 - 00:00

Farming business school operates in Zhytomyr oblast

A year ago, in his interview with The Day, farmer from Zhytomyr oblast Leonid Mykhailov shared his experience in preparing Ukrainian young men and sometimes girls for on-the-job training at farms in...
03.12.2002 - 00:00

Unknown Chroniclers of Manmade Famine

Hanna Romanenko has lived to celebrate her ninetieth birthday. For nearly 65 years she has not tasted pork gelatin. A pig’s trotter brings back to her memories of the severed arm of a child. It had...
03.12.2002 - 00:00

Victims of Stalinist Repression to Be Named

On the eve of a mournful date, namely the 70th anniversary of the manmade famine in Ukraine, a press conference was called at the Zhytomyr oblast state archive, at which it was announced that the...
03.12.2002 - 00:00

Famine: Parliamentary and Kharkiv Count

On November 28 Verkhovna Rada approved a draft resolution on the 70th anniversary of the 1932-1933 manmade famine in Ukraine which claimed, at the most conservative estimate, 5 to 6 million human...
03.12.2002 - 00:00

High Fashion in Terms of Ballet

The National Opera of Ukraine hosted the premieres of Stravinsky’s and Mussorgsky’s one-act ballets The Rite of Spring and Pictures at an Exhibition (choreographed by Radu Poklitaru and conducted by...
03.12.2002 - 00:00

Rivne hosts the first New Performing Art International Music Festival

Rivne has hosted a festival called Nove Vykonavstvo [New Performing Art], one in a series of hopeless albeit important cultural undertakings, something only a Ukrainian province is capable of. It is...
03.12.2002 - 00:00

Finale of the Fashion Year

High fashion in a given country takes shape within that country. In any case, such was the patriotic motto put forth by the magazines Eve and L’Officiel-Ukraine (the latter recently celebrated its...
03.12.2002 - 00:00

“Let <I>The Day</I> be the writ of our history”

T he Friday before last marked the day of The Day in Cherkasy, which stood out for two events associated with our newspaper, the presentation of a book, Ukraine Incognita and the opening of a photo...
03.12.2002 - 00:00

Whose Gold Glitters Best?

They say that it can bring you success, change the course of history, accomplish one’s positive social image, and even cure neurosis. History knows that intrigues were always carried out around...
03.12.2002 - 00:00

Everybody Wants Andriy

Andriy Shevchenko, now out of the first-string red-black Milan after the latter signed Brazilian Rivaldo, is now being increasingly tipped by the world media for various European clubs. Among those...
03.12.2002 - 00:00

The socio-esthetic ideal through the eyes of Mykhailo Kotsiubynsky

By his own admission, he quite clearly identified himself as an artist “whose eyes are a bit different from those of other people; deep in his heart, he carries the sun that turns tiny raindrops into...

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