№7, (2005)

The first term of George W. Bush’s presidency was marked by unilateralism and military power. The United States was the world’s only superpower, so others had to follow. The result was a dramatic...

The band Gryndzholy, known for their song “Razom nas bahato” [Together we are many], which has become the unofficial anthem of the Orange Revolution, will represent Ukraine at Eurovision 2005. With...

The Day held a roundtable last week, hosting Ukraine’s first post-Soviet President Leonid Kravchuk. Below are what the English digest believes are the most interesting excerpts from the discussion...

The latest edition of the tape scandal (a.k.a. Kuchmagate) poses a threat to the new government. Socialist Party (SPU) leader Oleksandr Moroz is planning to demand that the current Prosecutor-General...

Although Ukraine was represented by three teams in the UEFA Cup events before that fateful Thursday, traditionally the biggest hopes were placed in Kyiv Dynamo. After tying the game in Kyiv (0:0),...

March 1. 1944. Mass works began to reconstruct Khreshchatyk Street in Kyiv. 1996. Regular bus communication was began between Kyiv and London. March 2. 1919. The Ukrainian People’s Republic and...

“The new Ukrainian government has failed to pay some 100 hryvnias to each of more than 10 million Ukrainian pensioners,” ex- Minister of Labor and Social Policy and deputy head of the SDPU (U)...

“All indicators suggest that we have no right to stimulate exports, all the more so as our constitutional duty and daily business is to ensure the stability of the national currency,” National Bank...

On February 24 the culture and art center of the National University of Kyiv Mohyla Academy saw the presentation of the CD “The Spirit Will Never Die” featuring folk singers Taras Kompanychenko,...

The scandal surrounding the Kyiv Dynamo Club is damaging Ukrainian soccer’s international image. Any trouble in this sensitive line of business, regardless of domestic political factors, objectively...

One of the government’s immediate goals is not so much to confiscate illegally acquired property as to send a message to business circles that this will not be a mass-scale process. Last Tuesday...

The confidence that the public placed in the new leadership during the presidential elections has not been shaken yet and has even received a boost. This is the result of a nationwide sociological...

Ukrainians want their country to join the European Union but are opposed to NATO membership. These are the results of a poll conducted in Ukraine by the Democratic Initiatives Foundation and Kyiv’s...

The Year of Poland is drawing to a close in Ukraine, ushering in the Year of Ukraine in Poland. This was one of the questions raised during a recent visit to Kyiv by Poland’s Parliamentary Speaker...

AT THE OPENING CEREMONY The new exhibit at the Ukrainian Home has a dual objective: to bring modern Ukrainian sculpture to the attention of the general public and artistic circles; and to establish a...