№49, (2012)
04.09.2012 - 00:00
A staunch court
No miracle has happened. Tymoshenko will stay in prison. “The sentence should be left unchanged,” the judge of the Higher Specialized Court of Ukraine for Civil and Criminal Cases Oleksandr Yelfimov...
04.09.2012 - 00:00
How designers turn “minus” into “plus”
On Independence Day the 57th flower exhibition was opened on Spivoche Pole (Singing Field). Its theme is “Melody of Ukrainian Fairy Tales.” The project was implemented by designers from...
04.09.2012 - 00:00
The art of exchange
The first week-long solo exhibition by Monika Zawadzki “A Man with Two Seesaws” was presented at the PinchukArtCentre in Kyiv as a part of the Transfer program. Transfer is an exchange...
04.09.2012 - 00:00
Valerii KHOROSHKOVSKY: Reducing the number of inspectors is a question of political will
(Continued from the previous issue)
The president of Ukraine has said that public utility rates will not be raised in 2013. How can we in this case expect the IMF to continue funding, for these...
04.09.2012 - 00:00
Not a day without a gold medal
The 14th Summer Paralympic Games are taking place in London from August 29 through September 9. Ukraine is represented by 155 athletes in 12 sports (the total number of the competition participants...
04.09.2012 - 00:00
Few declarations – more concrete actions
The events organized by the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) offer an opportunity for the participants (this year’s events have drawn together nearly 1,000...
04.09.2012 - 00:00
This day in history
1918: Soviet Russia’s Sovnarkom (Russ. acronym for the Soviet/Council of People’s Commissars) adopts the Decree “On the Liquidation of Private Railroad Companies.” 1928: Soviet Ukraine’s Radnarkom (...
04.09.2012 - 00:00
Talks on scaffolds
To comprehend the outcome of the First Kyiv Contemporary Art biennial “Arsenale” and the situation in domestic art overall, THE DAY held a roundtable discussion, specially dedicated to...
04.09.2012 - 00:00
FTA between Ukraine and the EU: Effective only after 2015?
The Ministry of Economic Development and Trade (Minekonomiky) is initiating Ukraine’s accession to the WTO Government Procurement Agreement (GPA). This will provide Ukrainian manufacturers simplified...
04.09.2012 - 00:00
The government may not revise the 2012 budget
It is perhaps no coincidence that the International Monetary Fund’s technical mission has arrived at a time when the government is drafting the 2013 budget. There is a good reason to presume that the...
04.09.2012 - 00:00
Children have drawn pictures of the Euro
“I Draw Euro-2012” International Children’s Drawing Competition has concluded in the Ukrainian capital. The competition is regularly held by Kyiv Municipal Teachers’ House...
04.09.2012 - 00:00
Romney vs. Obama: official opponents
As planned, late Tuesday night the GOP confirmed Mitt Romney, former Massachusetts governor, as the party’s presidential nominee. At the party convention in Tampa, Florida, 2,061 delegates...
04.09.2012 - 00:00
Where to find million hryvnias?
The reason for this is simple – lack of funding. THE DAY found out about it more from Yaroslav FEDORYSHYN, founder and director of the international theater festival, art director of Lviv...
04.09.2012 - 00:00
A 30,000 dollars’ worth Obama
ARTIST LARRY HUDSON PUTS THE FINISHING TOUCHES ON A SAND SCULPTURE FEATURING U.S. PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA IN CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA, THE HOST CITY OF THE
DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION....
04.09.2012 - 00:00
Suzu and 60 children under a mango tree
Suzu is five years old. Her face is very-very sad and looks like the one of an old woman. She does not have a father and her mom goes to work very early, she works at a market. The girl stays with...