№39, (2006)

To ratify the Act of Independence of Ukraine (Aug. 24, 1991), the Verkhovna Rada resolved to hold a referendum on Dec. 1, 1991. At the time it was a matter of necessity, primarily to neutralize the...

This year’s event gathered some 2,000 guests. Compared to last year’s ball at the National Opera, this one was less on the protocol side and more chamber-like and democratic, although the attributes...

It looks as if Ukraine’s Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych has begun to work hard at improving relations with Russia. On the eve of his planned visit to the US the prime minister suddenly decided to...

The latest summit of CIS leaders in Minsk can safely be called a summit of unfulfilled hopes. Many participants thought they would manage to resolve at least some problems at this meeting, which,...

Janusz Onyszkiewicz, the vice-president of the European Parliament, knows the ins and outs of the EU’s legislative body. He often visits Ukraine and has a clear understanding of Ukraine’s problems in...

Dec. 5 1994: In Budapest the nuclear states, the US, UK, and Russia, sign a memorandum on providing Ukraine with security guarantees. 2004: Ukrainian presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko says in...

Oleksandr Moroz finally struck a bargain with Viktor Yanukovych. The bargain turned out to be very successful. The well-known socialist, Vasyl Tsushko, will take over the 300,000-strong police force...

On Nov. 29, 2006, the first and only hostel in Ukraine for intellectually challenged people aged 16 and over presented the results of its first year of operations. This unique hostel, founded by the...

Ukraine ranks second after Poland in the number of citizens that visit Germany. Every year about 130,000 people apply to the German Embassy for a Schengen visa, but this year there have been 350,000...

On Nov. 29, 2006, the Odesa oblast branch of the National Society of Ukrainian Journalists awarded Larysa Ivshyna, The Day’s editor in chief, a diploma and medal for the book Day and Eternity of...

Camiel Hamans, the General Secretary of the Netherlands delegation of the Social-Democratic fraction in the European Parliament has kept an eye on many revolutions that have taken place in Europe,...

“Man is by nature a political animal. And he who by nature and not by mere accident is without a state, is either a bad man or above humanity; he is like the “Tribeless, lawless, hearthless one,”...

I remember an illustration in my textbook on the history of the ancient world: tiny figures of Egyptians are hoisting a huge slab, with the aid of levers, to the sloping side of a giant pyramid to...

This law was a difficult one for the Ukrainian parliament to push through. At first the parliamentarians could not decide whether to examine this law draft. Only 222 MPs out of the required 226 voted...

“The Ukrainian national idea in the globalized world of the 21st century lies in overcoming the syndrome of backwardness and not losing one’s individuality.” This is the answer that The Day’s editor...