№76, (2011)

1921: The All-Russia Central Executive Committee adopts a decree on the confiscation of valuables stored at the churches, monasteries, and convents. 1921: The Institute of Ukrainian Scientific...

In his traditional Christmas message Urbi et Orbi (“Goodwill to All”) Pope Benedict XVI urged the faithful to pray for pacifying Syria. “May he bring an end to the violence in...

Recently, Ukraine has once again declared itself to the world as a territory where cruel treatment of animals is almost a norm. This completely contradicts the image of a civilized country we try...

It often happens that in art history extraordinary people are only remembered as authors of only one work (a book, a painting, a song, or a building), albeit each of these outstanding men or women...

We have been talking to the Ambassador of Germany to Ukraine Hans-Jurgen Heimsoeth during the whole year. He is a very attentive reader of The Day. We are watching the situation in Germany, which...

With dreams of cheap gas supplies almost gone, Ukrainian government started its budget run and finished it in record time. The budget bill for 2012 was sent to Verkhovna Rada on December 22, and MPs...

Transformation of the aesthetic environment, of course, should become one of the key points of antitotalitarian program for Ukraine. It means not only transformation of obvious things like, let...

National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) plans to make the ruble a reserve currency next year. “The ruble will become one of our reserve currencies after we reclassify it as a first category currency,...

Recently this country came close to seeing the answer to the key question that will determine, to a large extent, the political trend of 2012: Will there be a united opposition? Will the latter...

This biennial prize is given to Ukrainian writers for “consistency in the realization of creative plans, the innovative form, breaking the stereotypes, and the universality of the content.” Taras...

For almost 240 years Novoselytsia’s Holy Trinity Cathedral has towered over the steppe adjoining the river Samara, over many rivers now running shallow, over the populace now degraded and...

Dnipropetrovsk oblast has opened an unusual agricultural facility – a training dairy farm with 120 cows. This was established by the local association of service cooperatives in order to propagate...

The international community of nations has been closely following Russia’s domestic political situation. The latest rally in Moscow failed to match Ukraine’s Maidan in Kyiv, with the...

The Day has spoken with Volodymyr PANCHENKO, professor of Kyiv Mohyla Academy, editor of the popular website litakcent.com, author of many articles for our newspaper, and simply an old friend of...

“Being in the pre-trial prison and watching the consideration of my appeal that has turned into a show I would like to refuse to participate in any further appeal processes or cassations,” Tymoshenko...