№47, (2010)

The Day discusses the presidential team’s six months in office, possible amendments to the Constitution, the peculiarities of local elections, the parliament’s problems, and Ukraine...

Natalia Zabolotna headed the Ukrainian House for nearly six years. During this relatively short period of time the Ukrainian capital was enriched with a number of interesting artistic events (Art-...

On September 10 Ukraine marked The Day of Physical Culture and Sports. But few even know about this holiday. It was established by a presidential decree back in 1994. Perhaps if this day was...

“Is Belarus going to take the place of Ukraine in GUAM [the as yet toothless association of Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan and Moldova, aimed at balancing Russian power in the region]?” I...

Most Ukrainians are not prepared to give up their mobile phones. This, at least, is the result of a telephone poll conducted by the Horshenin Institute, reports UNIAN. In particular, most Ukrainians...

National Lesia Ukrainka Russian Drama Theater will celebrate three jubilees this season: the 120th anniversary of being Ukraine’s first stationary Russian-language theater, the 85th...

1829: The Peace Treaty of Adrianople (also called the Treaty of Edirne) is signed, ending the Russo-Turkish War of 1828-29 between Russia and the Ottoman Empire. 1937: The Nyon Agreement is signed in...

The second Ukrainian congress of taxi drivers was held recently. Approximately 500 businessmen came to the House of Trade Unions of Ukraine to meet with Serhii Tihipko, vice-prime minister for...

Assessing political events in Ukraine after the new government took office, one is reminded of a roundtable of Ukrainian and Russian intellectuals, back in 2009, entitled “Moscow-Kyiv Dialog...

The Valdai Discussion Club is an annual meeting of the world’s top Russia experts hosted by Russia’s Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. This year it was held in Sochi. Ninety political scientists,...

The government recently demonstrated that it still lacks ideas and needs progressive opinions. Iskander Khisamov, the president of the Reformists Club, mentioned this during a joint meeting of the...

SES ASTRA launches broadband satellite Internet in Ukraine The leading direct satellite broadcasting company SES ASTRA, a part of the SES Group, announced that it had signed a distribution...

Respected political analysts once seriously argued that the former head of the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) Valentyn Nalyvaichenko could head Our Ukraine party. But Nalyvaichenko went another...

The Molody Theater’s audience have a chance to see Uncle Vania. The performance is dedicated to the Year of Chekhov, celebrated this year throughout the world. The play has won numerous...

Cherkasy up in arms over price hike Cherkasy has seen ordinary people putting… yokes on their necks. Not just yokes, but the yokes of new prices. Some representatives of national patriotic...