№41, (2008)
23.12.2008 - 00:00
Combat hopak helps raise new generation of Ukrainians
“When in the time of Cossackdom foreign envoys saw the Cossacks dance in the Sich, they were stunned: what they saw looked like a dance, and yet it exhibited so much power and strength. The...
23.12.2008 - 00:00
Journey into the world of painting
An exhibition of paintings by Mykola Dakhno and Liudmyla Turkevych opened in the Art Mix Gallery.Dakhno, a known master of watercolors, unfolded a vast array of landscapes, a good part of which...
23.12.2008 - 00:00
When mountains meet
Since the late 1990s, some 300,000 residents of Ukraine have become citizens of Israel, forming a Ukrainian diaspora that has its distinctive features as compared with those in Eastern Europe or the...
23.12.2008 - 00:00
Viktor YUSHCHENKO: “Do not trample on democracy!”
In an interview with The Day, Ukraina moloda, and Fakty i kommentarii, President Viktor Yushchenko reflects on the further destiny of the national currency, parliament, parliamentary coalition,...
23.12.2008 - 00:00
New coalition the same
Two important, landmark events took place in the Verkhovna Rada last week. The first one is that Ukraine received a new old “coalition of national development, stability, and order.” The other one,...
23.12.2008 - 00:00
This week in history
Dec. 23 2004: Ukraine’s parliament adopts the entire 2005 budget bill. 2004: A poll conducted by the Razumkov Center for Economic and Political Research indicates that 39.4 percent of Ukrainian...
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Who will be sacrificed?
Historical analogies are rarely appropriate in assessment of current events. Yet why not learn from our forefathers’ experience? What is happening today in Ukraine reminds one of what took place in...
23.12.2008 - 00:00
President’s arguments
There is an urgent need to bring down the temperature of the showdown in Ukrainian parliament and scale down the government’s populism, believes President Viktor Yushchenko. This is the statement...
23.12.2008 - 00:00
Eastern Partnership — a la carte
Good news! Last week’s EU summit in Brussels has confirmed the European Commission’s proposal on the Eastern Partnership - a joint Polish-Swedish initiative aimed at upgrading EU’s relation with its...
23.12.2008 - 00:00
More realism
Six members of the US Brookings Institute, including two former US ambassadors to Ukraine Carlos Pascual and Steven Pifer as well as present-time Ambassador William Taylor took part in the...
23.12.2008 - 00:00
<I>The Day</I>’s New Year questionnaire
1. Rank the most important international events in 2008. Which of them do you think are of special importance for Ukrainian society?2. What Ukrainian events caused a stir abroad, particularly in your...
23.12.2008 - 00:00
National Circus sets records
The National Circus in Kyiv recently hosted a competition of singular performers. Witnessed by an audience that included media people, the circus performers pulled off unique stunts that were entered...
23.12.2008 - 00:00
<I>Den’s</I> column wins a prize
On Dec. 24, 2008, the Ukrinform Information Agency will hold an awards ceremony for the winners of the annual competition for the best presentation of Ukrainian books in the paper and electronic mass...
23.12.2008 - 00:00
A holiday is an occasion for children and adults to be more in contact
The Day has already written that the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KMIS) conducted a special survey of the quality of communication between Ukrainian parents and children last June and...
23.12.2008 - 00:00
“The History of a Day:” <I>The Day</I> and Radio Kyiv 98 FM launched a joint project
Shortly before the New Year celebrations, the newspaper Day and Radio Kyiv 98 FM began a joint action — a historical quiz named “The History of a Day.” On December 15 to 26, from 8 to 11 a.m., Radio...