№38, (2005)

Our editors recently learned about the reaction of Ukraine’s foreign ministry to a letter from The Day’s editor-in-chief Larysa Ivshyna. Our newspaper proposed that the 1932-1933 Holodomor be placed...

“Dear editors of the newspaper The Day, My name is Natalia Zhelnova, and I am a student at Zaporizhia National University. I recently read the book Day and Eternity of James Mace and was moved by the...

Somebody may have wanted everything to turn out as well as possible, but things turned out as usual. The politicians headed by the nation’s top leadership used this celebration of freedom to advance...

The last Saturday in November is the day we remember our Doomsday. No nation, no normal person on this earth can look back on the catastrophe of the Holodomor without feeling unspeakable horror and...

Recent surveys by various research centers are graphic evidence that none of the current leaders — People’s Union “Our Ukraine,” Party of the Regions, Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc, Socialist Party,...

As hard as it is to believe, the election campaign of the 2006 parliamentary elections officially kicked off only last Saturday. But who, or rather what, are we electing? Representatives of the...

(Continued from Part 4, The Day, Nov. 22). In my previous article I pointed out that I no longer use the term “Stalinism,” which is widely used in both Ukraine and the West. As I reread that article...

Many hopes, including European integration, were placed in the Orange Revolution, the first anniversary of which was marked last week. In his inaugural address President Viktor Yushchenko repeatedly...

29 November 1661. Lviv University was founded, now named for Ivan Franko. 1989. The reburial of victims of Stalinist repression took place in Ivano-Frankivsk. 30 November 1921. The All-Ukrainian...

In an attempt to apply not only a “tough” but “soft” stance in relations with its neighbors, Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has backed a new project in the sphere of cultural diplomacy project...

President Viktor Yushchenko of Ukraine has appealed to the international community and the UN to recognize the Holodomor of 1932-1933 as an act of genocide against the Ukrainian nation. He further...

On Nov. 22 the National Writers’ Union of Ukraine held a soiree in Kyiv commemorating the noted American scholar James Mace. The event, an initiative of his widow, Natalia Dziubenko-Mace, was emceed...

In the past few days gas has increasingly been a favorite subject of public gossip and statements by Ukrainian politicians. This topic is the subject of active speculations in order to earn election-...

The Voters’ Committee of Ukraine has noted a considerable improvement in the atmosphere surrounding the preparations for the elections in the sense of securing citizens’ political rights, KVU...

The annual global fundraiser World Children’s Day at McDonald’s took place simultaneously in 16 Ukrainian cities. This year the objective is to collect money for the reconstruction of a family room...