№63, (2011)

Last week’s statement by President Igor Smirnov of the internationally unrecognized Transnistrian Moldovan (TMR) that his country might become part of Ukraine after a referendum made headlines in the...

They were made by Enhelina Smirnova, worldwide re­co­g­nized icon-painting history specialist, at the 13th In­ter­na­tional Academic Conference “Vo­­lhynian Icon: Research and Restoration.”It...

The ancient Holy Trinity and St. Mot­rona’s Monastery has been established as far back as in the 12th century and well-known throughout the land. It was destroyed repeatedly in the...

Last week, the current majority in Ukrainian Parliament hammered another nail in the coffin of the national information space by adopting amendments to the Law of Ukrai­ne “On Television and Radio.”...

An International Monetary Fund mission, which had arrived in Ukraine on October 25, finished its work a day ahead of schedule, leaving this country without a long-awaited decision and, what is more...

The first print run of the long-awaited publication There Are Poets for All Epochs (so far under the national program Ukrainian Book, i.e. for libraries only) came out the other day. Neither the book...

This year marks the 80th birth anniversary of the Mahatma Gandhi Prize and UNESCO Peace Prize Winner Sri Chinmoy (1937-2007). An exhibit of paintings of this master de-dicated to this event has been...

1708: The Muscovite army commanded by Aleksandr Menshykov wipes out the Hetmanate capital of Baturyn, massacring all the civilians. 1919: The Entente and Austria sign a treaty at the Paris Peace...

Bill Clinton has recently stated in an interview with Today show’s host Ann Curry about his new book, Back To Work, that President Barack Obama has “done a better job than he’s...

On November 8 President Dmitry Medvedev of Russia and Chan­cel­lor Angela Merkel of Germany offi­cial­ly launched the Rus­sian-Ger­man Nord Stream gas pipeline. Start­...

“The Vinnytsia program (in Rodina Movie Theater) will be launched with the screening of a famous film Prayer for Hetman Mazepa. This version essentially differs from the film presented in 2002 at the...

The 15-year-old participant of The Day’s Photo Competition Oleh Krysa dreams that the barbwire and the police’s cordons did not become a symbol of nowadays.These days these ghosts of Sta­li­nism are...

From November 14 till December 18, preparations for Christmas will begin at the Ivan Honchar Museum National Center of Folk Culture. Traditionally, learning Christmas carols will go first,...

Former Minister of Foreign Af­fairs, head of National Bank Coun­­cil, politician and suc­ces­sful businessman Petro Po­­ro­shen­ko told The Day as he sat counting the beads about how influencial big...

Shortly after the Urals Ridge, our train turned right and headed straight north for Vorkuta. Having put up at a cheap hotel – in fact a railroad men’s hostel – near the railway station, I took a...