Where there is no law, but every man does what is right in his own eyes, there is the least of real liberty
Henry M. Robert

№76, (2011)

27.12.2011 - 00:00

“Territory of the soul”

The exhibition of an interesting and original Bukovynian artist Anatolii Zhytariuk takes place in the Chernivtsi Art Museum. His new exhibition “Territory of the soul” drew wide response in the...
27.12.2011 - 00:00

Who else is capable of a brave deed?

The term of appeal against the court ruling which temporarily eased the anxiety of ex-president Leonid Kuchma has come to an end. No one, except for Kuchma’s lawyers, remains satisfied with...
27.12.2011 - 00:00

This day in history

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...
27.12.2011 - 00:00

Pope calls for to pacify Syria

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...
27.12.2011 - 00:00

Kazimir MALEVICH: the Ukrainian roots of his avant-garde art

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...
27.12.2011 - 00:00

They do more for us than we do for them

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...
27.12.2011 - 00:00

Hans-Jurgen Heimsoeth: Be brave!

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...
27.12.2011 - 00:00

Who is the vampire?

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...
27.12.2011 - 00:00

Would not it be better to switch to the renminbi, while we are at it?

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,...
27.12.2011 - 00:00

Ukraine is working on its fonts

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...
27.12.2011 - 00:00

A chance for Vitali Klitschko

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...
27.12.2011 - 00:00

For innovative forms and breaking the stereotypes

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...
27.12.2011 - 00:00

Milk rivers and strawberry banks  

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...
27.12.2011 - 00:00

Yakym Pohrebniak’s architectural gem

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...
27.12.2011 - 00:00

Between two Maidans

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...

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