№6, (2006)

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...

European integration has been a priority direction of the Ukrainian leadership’s foreign policy for more than a year. But many obstacles have been cropping up on this road. When Leonid Kuchma was...

The outstanding Ukrainian scholar, historian, archaeologist, and writer Dmytro Yavornytsky was born 150 years ago. In the course of his indefatigable research spanning half a century the scholar...

Last Friday signaled the end of an era in the life of Ukrainian Civil Defense military rescuers: the central emergencies and rescue unit of the Civil Protection Service of Ukraine’s Ministry for...

The favorite expression of any informed participant in the stock market can be phrased as follows: normal work in this sphere requires silence. However, the government’s initiatives aimed at bringing...

Ukraine recently set another national record. The Austrian Raiffeisen Bank has already paid 1.04 billion dollars for Aval, Ukraine’s second largest bank. Now, 85.42 percent of shares in Ukrsotsbank...

Last Sunday the National Opera of Ukraine hosted a high-profile concert featuring Ukrainian vocalists, ballet dancers, and musicians who have made successful careers abroad. Opening the concert...