№5, (2007)

LUHANSK - Our post-genocidal society is by definition a community of morally deformed people from all walks of life - from ordinary citizens to government officials. The vast majority of the former...

The name of Vasyl Tarnovsky Sr. is most often mentioned in connection with the life of Taras Shevchenko, although he is a self- sufficient figure in his own right. This serene personality deserves...

Feb. 13 1942: The forcible Nazi deportation of Ukrainians to the Third Reich begins. 1960: The Council of Ministers of the Ukrainian SSR adopts a resolution setting up factory schools as well as...

Serhii Bukovsky’s film Say Your Name, whose premiere in October 2006 was one of the most important cinema events of the season, will now be seen by the public at large. The film will be screened at...

It seems that both Ukraine and the European Union are sticking to their positions. Kyiv keeps insisting on including the prospect of EU membership in the text of the agreement, even in the form of a...

It is dangerous to pull the tail of such a generally docile animal as a domestic cat. But playing cat and mouse with mighty nature and even scattering all kinds of poisonous wastes on its supposedly...

True ballet aficionados who come to the International Center of Culture and Arts on Feb. 16 will have a unique opportunity to meet world- famous dancers. Performing unusual roles in the program “...

Last Friday the Verkhovna Rada adopted amendments to the law “On the Cabinet of Ministers” by a majority of 240 votes. But these are not the amendments the president demanded. Some time ago Viktor...

An exhibit of works by the celebrated artist Ivan Ostafiichuk, a representative of the Lviv school of painting, opened on Feb. 7 at the Kyiv Literature Museum. The event was much discussed even...

I would like to thank you for publishing Natalia Dziubenko-Mace’s message to us (“Political sabbath on a grave,” The Day, no. 4, Tuesday, 6 Feb. 2007). We must all defend James Mace, his cause, and...

The bad news swept through Ukraine last week. The Book Museum in the Lutsk Tower, a 15th-century architectural site, is being destroyed by a parasitic fungus that has attacked the tower walls. “In...

The UT-1 National Television Company’s documentary studios have completed work on a new film entitled Mykola Amosov: Thoughts and the Heart, which will soon air on television. “There is no village...

Yevhen Marchuk was the first head of independent Ukraine’s secret police, Sluzhba bezpeky Ukrainy (SBU). He is the author of the bill “On the Security Service of Ukraine” that was passed in...

The winners of the national Taras Shevchenko Prize for 2007 will be announced in one month, and the works submitted to the awards committee are now being reviewed. As part of this effort, an evening...

Such world-scale catastrophes as the Ukrainian Holodomor of 1932-33 will never be perceived by society as a theoretical academic issue, a problem of purely scholarly importance. The tragedy of the...