№57, (2010)

For many years endless conversations about modernizing the economy, implementing innovations, using nanotechnologies etc. have been heard in Russia. However, the concept has yet to move beyond mere...

The Day has met with the actress who performs the leading part of Grandmother in the play of Lithuania’s Russian Drama Theater at the international festival “Theater. Chekhov. Yalta....

Students now have to pay for truancy and retaking exams. It is up to every higher educational institution to decide on the amount of the fine. This is in line with a Cabinet of Ministers resolution...

The Cossack period marks the most eventful and glorious page of Ukrainian history. The first Cossack Register was instituted in 1524, under Sigismund I, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania....

The UN prognosis that in 2050 the population of Ukraine may shrink to 35 million people has apparently worried the members of Ternopil Oblast Council to such an extent that they decided to resort to...

Paul Abraham’s charming music inspired the artistic director of the Kyiv Operetta Theater Bohdan Strutynsky to undertake Ukraine’s first production of the play Ball at the Savoy....

Over a year ago, three-men crew of the cruising yacht Ivanois sailed from the port of Odesa to circumnavigate the world. They dedicated their journey to the 215th anniversary of their native city...

1653: The Muscovite tsar’s envoys, headed by Vasily Buturlin, are dispatched to Pereiaslav, to receive the Zaporozhian Host’s oath of allegiance to Muscovy. 1914: Members of the Galician (Halychyna)...

October 14 is an important day for many Ukrainians. The Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) was founded 68 years ago. On this day hundreds of official and unofficial activities to honor the UPA warriors...

Hugo Chavez, president of Venezuela and sworn brother of the Belarusian leader Aleksandr Lukashenko, paid a working visit to Ukraine. On the one hand, this is just another run-of-the-mill event, as...

President of the European Parliament Jerzy Buzek noted significant progress in the European integration process of Ukraine. He made this declaration in Brussels after meeting with Prime Minister of...

A US satellite has reportedly spotted intense activity — excavation and construction — at North Korea’s former nuclear site in Yongbyon. It will be recalled that a nuclear reactor’s cooling tower was...

The “Celebration of Wine and Cheese” coincided with celebrations devoted to the 70th anniversary of the legendary Beatle John Lennon. Both events took place in the inner court of the...

Ukrainian officials award winners of the World Chess OlympiadOn October 14, the winners of the World Chess Olympiad received diplomas from the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Welcoming the chess players,...

Now that the local and parliamentary elections are being held separately for the first time, it is possible to pay more attention to the problems of local government than before.We have often written...