Where there is no law, but every man does what is right in his own eyes, there is the least of real liberty
Henry M. Robert

№57, (2012)

02.10.2012 - 00:00

Latvia’s future: Baltic tiger or Europe’s backwater?

Latvia has reached a turning point where it has to choose between becoming economically a Baltic tiger or another EU backwater. Its future depends on the current political decision-makers. Several...
02.10.2012 - 00:00

Petro Kapshuchenko’s world is the world of each person

Every year, the collection of the Ostroh Academy underground art gallery is supplemented with new sculptures by world-famous artists. Recently, the Mykhaliuk family gave the university six...
02.10.2012 - 00:00

Posters as museum value

“This is the result of our daily work. The design of this exhibition was developed two years ago and then we took it to Kyiv and Odesa because there was no sufficient place to present it in...
02.10.2012 - 00:00

Yurii STETS: “Today the MPs have felt the journalist’s pressure”

Yesterday and during preceding days representatives of mass media were protesting in the capital and some other regions against the draft law on defamation adopted by the Verkhovna Rada in the...
02.10.2012 - 00:00

Over 100,000 people rally for Chavez’s rival

Over 100,000 people gather in Venezuela’s capital Caracas to support the opposition candidate Henrique Capriles in the upcoming presidential elections. The leader of the opposition party...
02.10.2012 - 00:00

“Future of the European project depends on relations between Kyiv and Berlin”

The present state of relations between Ukraine and Germany can only be described as chilly. This is indicated by the long absence of contacts between the capitals of these countries on the highest...
02.10.2012 - 00:00

Dangerous cartoons

Cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad published recently in the French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo caused disturbance and protests across the Islamic world. Disturbance caused by the American film...
02.10.2012 - 00:00

This day in history

1709: Date of death of Ivan Mazepa, Hetman of Ukraine for 22 years. 1920: The Radnarkom of the Ukrainian SSR and Nestor Makhno’s Insurgent Army sign an agreement on joint combat operations...
02.10.2012 - 00:00

Berlusconi, Monti, and the future of Italian politics

In an interview dating back to 1994, right after the electoral dispute which lead him to the government for the first time, Silvio Berlusconi reveals the secret of his being successful: “I...
02.10.2012 - 00:00

The specifics of national political psychology

“Leaders must be tough enough to fight, tender enough to cry, human enough to make mistakes, humble enough to admit them, strong enough to absorb the pain, and resilient enough to bounce back...
02.10.2012 - 00:00

Ukrainian students’ creative ideas impress Europe

Dnipropetrovsk universities have repeatedly proved there are a lot of talented youths growing up in this country. The noble tradition of genuinely innovative activity has been maintained by the...
02.10.2012 - 00:00

On September 27 Kyiv became the world aviation capital

“Look, it is enormous, but what it is doing,” a general said. He and other aviators with big stars were watching the fly of the largest transport plane in the world An-225 Mria....
02.10.2012 - 00:00

Karl Marx to... Potemkin

The Kherson City Council resolved at its September 26 meeting to rename two major streets in the city’s center. Councilor Stanislav Troshyn maintains that the Khersonites need to not just get rid of...
02.10.2012 - 00:00

Chess masters will be trained in Rivne Oblast

Klesiv, a small settlement in the north of Rivne oblast, has opened a chess academy. The locals feel certain that champions will come out it. Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, first president of the Republic of...
02.10.2012 - 00:00

Telecommunications market accounts for about 5 percent of GDP

Last Friday Kyiv hosted the 2nd Ukrainian Internet Governance Forum (IGF-UA), with Den/The Day being a special information partner to this event. This assembly of the entire Ukrainian Internet...

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