№76, (2010)

Lina Kostenko’s Notes of a Ukrainian Madman has been called one of the most awaited books in the history of Ukrainian literature. It was long-awaited indeed, not only in terms of the text,...

The Head of the Patriarchal administration, the secretary of the Synod of Bishops of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church Bohdan DZIURAKH answers The Day’s questions: Could you please tell...

Continued from previous issue Less than two months have passed since Viktor Chernomyrdin’s death. He was both spectacular and influential as a politician, statesman, and administrator. He...

  French movies for kids  From December 23 to January 23 the Festival of French Children’s Movies will be held in 10 cities of Ukraine. This project was initiated by the French...

The arrival of Ivonna Malevich, the grand-niece of the famed artist, to this year’s Malevich Award ceremony was a real sensation. She shared some interesting facts about the life of her...

It must be very human and deeply embedded to forget all bad and unpleasant things in the last days of December. A festive mood has also seeped into the Verkhovna Rada. A Christmas tree was put up...

The recent abolition of the Federal National Cultural Autonomy of Ukrainians in Russia coincided with the visit of Volodymyr DOROSHENKO to The Day’s office. Doroshenko leads the Ukrainian...

1672: Giovanni Domenico Cassini discovers Rhea, the largest airless satellite of Saturn. 1857: Moscow’s Post Office issues Russia’s first postage stamps. 1873: The Taras Shevchenko Literary Society...

Qui tacuit, cum loqui debuit et potuit, consentire videtur (Those who kept silent when they could and should have spoken, consented) A formula of Roman law The Ukrainian-Russian honeymoon was...

Poland considers the draft report of the Russian Interstate Aviation Committee (IAC) on the reasons for the Smolensk catastrophe “unacceptable.” Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk, who is always...

The government plans to borrow 600 million dollars to balance the budget on foreign markets by issuing bonds with a maturity date of one year. This will be done based on the decree of the Cabinet of...

Ukraine’s Deputy Prime Minister Serhii Tihipko told a press conference last week that the most difficult reforms will now be in the social sector. “First of all, I mean the pension reform and reforms...

The world’s environmentalists are concerned about the future of our planet and believe that countries should embark on a new “green course” or conclude a new “green” agreement on the relationship...

State officials assure that there will be no price fever in Ukraine before the New Year. Mykhailo Rusynsky, the deputy minister of economy, voiced this opinion at the end of last week. “The market is...