№42, (2005)

PAGAN CHILDHOOD “I was born in the same year as Charlie Chaplin, Tolstoy’s Kreutzer Sonata, the Eiffel Tower, and Eliot, I think,” Anna Akhmatova wrote in one of her autobiographical...

It has been nearly six months since President Yushchenko issued the order abolishing the State Road Traffic Inspection. Recently the president again acknowledged that road traffic is not safe enough...

The international sport dance competition “Ukraine Titles ‘05” was held recently in the resort town of Truskavets. This traditional competition, organized by the Ukrainian Dance Council, features...

On Dec. 22 the Ukrainian diplomatic corps marked its professional holiday — Day of the Diplomat. “Nowadays Ukrainian diplomats do not lack attention or respect,” Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Borys...

The roster of Volodymyr Lytvyn’s Bloc, one of the largest in the current parliamentary campaign, popularly known under the code name “My” [We], has finally been approved — most likely a last- minute...

Less than half the Ukrainian population supports Ukraine’s integration into the European Union and NATO. And even this “smaller half” consists mostly of people who have their doubts. At the same time...

The last Saturday of November 2005 was arguably the first time that Ukrainians honored the memory of the innocent victims of the various Holodomors in a genuine show of national unity. Slowly, as...

December 27 1934. The Politburo of VKP(b) Central Committee approved a decision to deport 2000 “anti-Soviet” families from Ukraine’s border territories. 1996. Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine passed a bill...

On the eve of St. Nicholas, the galleries located on Kyiv’s Kostiolna Street (Griffin, Watercolor, Family Home, Kolta-A, Nile, and the Art Center on Kostiolna) hosted the “Children to Children” art...

Ukraine has eliminated a dangerous hotbed of domestic tension: last Tuesday the Verkhovna Rada finally passed the 2006 budget by a minimum majority of 226 votes. Unfortunately, the main refrain of...

The first convention of the newly established electoral bloc “Yevhen Marchuk — Yednist [Unity]” was held in keeping with all the classical rules of party meetings, against the background of a “show...

Kyiv’s Pavlov Psychiatric Hospital is the largest in Europe and dates back some 200 years. During these centuries buildings have been torn down, new ones erected, asphalt roads laid, and power lines...

The Day extends sincere greetings to all its readers on New Year and Christmas. Most Christians in the world celebrate Christmas on Dec. 25, according to the Gregorian calendar. Approximately two...

On Dec. 20 the Actors’ Building in Kyiv hosted Tempora Publishers’ gala concert program Sribna nyzka spivu (Silver String of Songs) attended by its many partners, supporters, and readers. “For a...

The inauguration of the new Polish president on Dec. 24 ended the long “Kwasniewski era.” A new period has begun in Polish history. The left-leaning Alexander Kwasniewski has been replaced by Lech...