№40, (2009)
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Meditations on Orwell’s 1984
Fortitude is the capacity to say “no” when the world wants to hear “yes”.
Erich Fromm
Only an outsider could depict a totalitarian regime like George Orwell did in his 1984, and it took an...
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Winter Photos to Remember: blitz photo contest
We are happy to have so many people across Ukraine to respond to our call to create an archive of winter photos by taking part in Den’s blitz photo competition called “Winter Photos to Remember.” We...
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Friend among enemies, enemy among friends
Getting prepared for this interview, I browsed through the Internet and found Vladyslav Kyrychenko’s photo as a volunteer with a spade in Unizh. My first reaction was surprise, for seeing a man with...
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Perkalaba and Dada
Dada is a modernistic and hooligan trend, in the good sense of the word. It was thought up a century ago by actors who thought in an unconventional way and made it their principle to destroy...
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Grand master of translation
The soiree commemorating an anniversary of Mykola Lukash, a Ukrainian genius of literary translation, took place in Kyiv-Mohyla Academy and saw the launching of the book of recollections Our Lukash,...
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ACHIEVEMENT
Ukrainian aircraft for EgyptKharkiv-based State Aircraft Production Enterprise (KhDAVP) has developed a military cargo plane model, AN-74T-200A, commissioned by Egypt, said Production Policy Minister...
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Verkhovna Rada extends land sale moratorium
The events of last week can plough many furrows on the faces of Ukrainian peasants. On December 22 parliament adopted a surprisingly unanimous decision to extend the moratorium on the sale of...
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Employment market chooses stability
During the current crisis Ukrainians are paying increasingly less attention to career growth and development, their salaries, and even the tasks and functions they are supposed to do in new jobs,...
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We are slowly awakening after centuries-long enslavement
Viktor Zoloty, our reader from Mykolaiv oblast, first wrote to The Day last February and immediately had his letter published. Editor in chief Larysa Ivshyna then wrote in the foreword to his letter...
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Old problems, new aspects
Continued from previous issue
The topic of immigration is one of the main challenges faced by the countries of the European Union. Although immigration policy remains the prerogative of national...
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Passive building design in Ukraine
The winter season brings Ukrainians not only the joys of New Year and Christmas, but also mounting electricity/heating bills. This is a hard blow to the family budget, which was badly hit by the...
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Real external policy Hungarian-style
Hungary’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Peter BALAZS, who assumed his office in April 2009, is a newcomer to diplomatic affairs. However, during our conversation he was masterly evading acute questions...
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MY YEAR – MY DAY 2009
The Day continues to publish answers to its traditional New Year’s questionnaire. It includes the following five questions:
1. Traditionally, what are your personal ratings of the most important...
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Lost Ukrainian senses
Ukrainian senses have been lost to a large extent – at least at the level of mass consciousness. Now, 50 years after the Ukrainian philosopher Mykola Shlemkevych made an in-depth study of Ukrainian...
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Ukrainians becoming more realistic
We are promised mountains of gold during every election campaign: higher pay and birth rate, affordable housing, stable currency exchange rate, you name it. However, 73 percent of Ukrainians do...