№6, (2006)

Sofia Rusova, nПe Lindsfors, the founder of Ukrainian preschool pedagogy and an outstanding public figure and stateswoman of Ukraine, was born on Feb. 18, 1856, in the village of Oleshnia, Ripkyn...

February 28, 1654. Polish King Jan II Kaziemerz issued a universal calling the Zaporozhzhian Army to remain loyal to the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. 1920. The commander of the Southwest Front...

“More than half of this battle is taking place on the battlefield of the media, [for] we are in a media battle in a race for the hearts and minds of [Muslims].” The speaker was not some public...

The Fourth World Congress of Ukrainians will take place on Aug. 18-20 in Kyiv. This date was approved at the first meeting of the organizing committee presided over by Deputy Prime Minister...

Ukrainian viewers got to know these works in December 2004, when the Center for Contemporary Art in Kyiv staged an exhibit in the aftermath of the Orange Revolution (as reported in The Day). The...

Recently I went to a market in Kyiv to find out what average people, buyers and sellers, think about inflation and whether it really makes a hole in their pockets, as experts and politicians claim....

Volodymyr Katsan is a Kyivan who grew up in an urban, Russian-speaking environment, but his inspiring story about his Ukrainian music projects was a pleasant surprise. So far he has released 30 CDs...

Last week there was a flurry of unexpected statements by EU officials with regard to Ukraine. First, the European Commission’s vice-president Gunther Verheugen was quoted as saying that the post-...

The last bastion has fallen on the road to Ukraine’s recognition as a market economy. Although the United States issued this recognition on Friday, Feb. 17, the European Union recognized Ukraine as a...

Whoever is capable of correctly understanding the causes of a defeat makes the first step on the road to transforming defeat into victory. Therefore, only the politician who can find the strength in...

On Feb. 22 the Ivan Bohun Military Lyceum of Kyiv hosted a major cultural event: the popular Ukrainian band Vopli Vidopliasova, VV for short, presented its musical video Kateryna ,...

Ukraine’s only State Toy Museum is a unique place. Children and adults spend hours exploring stands with toy locomotives and ships. Private collectors often weep and beg the management: “Sell me this...

The cost of entry visas for foreigners traveling to EU member states is to double, according to a decision recently approved by justice and interior ministers of the 25 EU member states. The increase...

February is considered the most depressing month of the year, although the season of depression lasts much longer, from fall until early spring. In fact, our contemporary life is considered a time of...

Last week, the Ukrainian version of The Day reported on a ruling by an Austrian court sentencing the British historian David Irving to three years in prison for publicly denying the fact that the...