№9, (2005)
22.03.2005 - 00:00
A Year-Old Order
Last Wednesday Klara GUDZYK, a correspondent of Den/The Day, was awarded the Order of the Holy Great Martyr St. Barbara. Her fellow journalists at the Den/The Day congratulate their distinguished...
22.03.2005 - 00:00
Partnership: Hidden Aspects
As Vladimir Putin was visiting Ukraine, it transpired that the “Single Economic Space” idea did not belong to Russia. Mr. Putin said so in Kyiv. During President Viktor Yushchenko’s visit to Moscow...
22.03.2005 - 00:00
Gliere’s Heritage
The Embassy of the Russian Federation in Ukraine recently hosted a soirОe dedicated to the 130th birth anniversary of Reinhold Gliere, a well-known composer, conductor, and professor. Gliere is the...
22.03.2005 - 00:00
A Dispute about Ukraine and Russia: Chauvinism and Pragmatism Clash in Russia’s State Duma
Atter Russia’s President Vladimir Putin’s visit to Ukraine, we cannot avoid discussing the “fermentation” of political thought in the Russian Federation. On the eve of the Russian leader’s visit, a...
22.03.2005 - 00:00
A Rare Encounter with Lina Kostenko
“We have only one authentic poet, the poetess Lina Kostenko,” Mykola Vinhranovsky once said. To properly gauge this “authenticity,” last Friday the National University of Kyiv Mohyla Academy hosted a...
22.03.2005 - 00:00
“If Only We Had Two or Three More Five-Star Hotels”
On the eve of the Eurovision song contest tour operators have joined forces. Kyiv Tourist is now promising that we will be receiving guests on a fitting level. The main players on the tourist market...
22.03.2005 - 00:00
A Missile Scandal
Ukraine is once again at the center of a weapons scandal. This time the scandal seems to be of a genuine, not propagandistic, nature. Prosecutor-General Sviatoslav Piskun admitted to the British...
22.03.2005 - 00:00
This week in history
March 22. 1978. The Ukrainian Helsinki Group Information Bulletin began underground publication. 1994. The Banknote Factory of the National Bank of Ukraine (Ukrainian Money Factory) was opened in...
22.03.2005 - 00:00
What Do We Expect of the National Bureau of Investigations?
Before setting about creating the National Bureau of Investigations (NBR), we should answer a fundamental question: What do we expect of it? If it is conceived as yet another law enforcement agency,...
22.03.2005 - 00:00
History Reflected in a Life Story
It is extremely interesting and useful to study the life story of a gifted and contradictory personality, especially if this life is replete with political, psychological, and even amorous affairs....
22.03.2005 - 00:00
Jaroslaw KSIAZEK: “You Can’t Avoid Shocks upon Entering the EU”
Ukraine has been enjoying worldwide popularity lately. So it is no wonder that Poland, whose history has been inseparably linked with this country for many centuries, showed an interest in the events...
22.03.2005 - 00:00
Tickets for the Titanic in Short Supply
Old predictions have come true. The biggest — until last week — and seemingly unbreakable mega-faction Our Ukraine has suffered its first losses. A group of 19 lawmakers of the Ukrainian People’s...
22.03.2005 - 00:00
Goran GAVRANCIC: “There Is No One like the Surkis Brothers in Serbia”
Dynamo Kyiv’s players have now joined the tireless efforts of their managers to spotlight the club’s problems. On March 17 the UNIAN news agency hosted a press conference with team captain Valentyn...
22.03.2005 - 00:00
New Look for Gryndzholy
Last Monday the Ukrainian participants of the Eurovision song contest presented a revised version of the song “Together We Are Many” to the organizing committee of this international pop song forum....
22.03.2005 - 00:00
Four Cows for a Photograph
The art of photography was not uncommon in Vinnytsia. Seven photography studios had a firm foothold in the local market, while less professional photographers worked the nearby villages. This...