№6, (2007)

The goal of The Day is to acquaint its readers with a variety of viewpoints. We believe that a newspaper must be a free tribune. The editors do not always share the views expressed in our paper....

The weighty pronouncements of the Russian tsar of gas and oil, Vladimir Putin, at the international Munich Conference on Security Policy, which caught the world’s elite statesmen, diplomats,...

In conjunction with the birth anniversary of the journalist, historian, political figure, and humanist James Mace The Day is carrying a series of commemorative articles. Still, there is an...

With James Mace’s birthday approaching, we remember him and try to understand the phenomenon of his personality. Tens and hundreds of our compatriots are known to have proved their creative...

Since the end of January 2007 the Czech Republic and Poland have been in the media spotlight, especially in Russia. At the same time, both countries have fielded the Kremlin’s criticism for starting...

Feb 20 1919: The Council of People’s Commissars of the Ukrainian SSR (Radnarkom) adopts a decree on civil marriage and the introduction of civil registries. 1944: The fourth antifascist meeting in...

The question of whether countries should have friendly relations not with each but against some country has always been topical. It also has a direct bearing on the problem of dictators, particularly...

Threats to Ukraine’s national security are increasing. The latest is capital flight abroad. President Viktor Yushchenko made this statement on Feb. 16, when he called to order a meeting of the...

Today local taxes and feees are like rockets ready for launching. Soon they may spread to everything except smoke and breathing. Recently, on the invitation of the Parliamentary Committee on Finances...

The question of women’s participation in politics and their representation in Ukraine’s governing bodies risks turning into an eternal issue or, at the very least, an enduring one. Who will bother to...

Ukraine’s President Viktor Yushchenko has awarded the Order of Courage, 3rd degree, to eighth-grader Vadym Nesteruk from the village of Holovenka in Zhytomyr oblast. The head of state signed a...

America’s decision to target Iranian agents in Iraq who may be involved in supporting violent militias is but another sign of the massive influence Iran is exercising in that troubled country. But...

Ukraine’s President Viktor Yushchenko laid out his view of the tasks and priorities facing Ukraine this year. He did this at the traditional yearly gathering of the heads of diplomatic services and...

Art lovers and specialists have always been interested in the personality of Vadym Odainyk, who left behind timeless works of world caliber. The artist was born in Odesa in the summer of 1925, and...

On Feb. 18 Professor James Mace, the noted US researcher of the 1932-33 Holodomor in Ukraine, would have turned 55. He defended his doctoral dissertation “Communism and the Dilemmas of National...