Alina Popkova

Olzhas Suleimenov, a poet, writer and literary critic, a Kazakh public and political activist, and a diplomat, was born on May 18, 1936, in Almaty into the family of an officer of a Kazakh cavalry regiment repressed in 1937. Suleimenov is regarded as a poet of the sixties. His friends were three...

A HISTORICAL DAY FOR UKRAINE“December 5, 1995 was a historical day for Ukraine. After the Budapest Memorandum was signed by the RF and US presidents and UK prime minister, it was also joined by France and the Republic of China. Thus Ukraine received special assurances of its security from all of...

Ukraine has a long history of cooperation with the World Bank. Today the WB sees its mission in helping Ukraine enhance its competitiveness and efficiency in utilizing resources. The WB is also carrying out a number of projects to prepare Ukraine for Euro-2012 and is actively involved in...

December 5 marked 15 years since the Budapest Memorandum on Security Assurances was signed following Ukraine’s accession to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. Ukrainian politicians and experts have recently held debates on the significance of this document. Some call it a “meaningless paper,”...

The Ukrainian army, which celebrated its 18th birthday last Sunday, does have things to be proud of. The Armed Forces of Ukraine, which are showing their own people and the world a high class even in the current difficult conditions, deserve thanks for responsibility and courage. Do you need any...

On Nov. 25, 2009, the Adobe Certified Instructor Russell Viers, who also teaches QuarkXPress, met with Den’/The Day’s specialists and shared his high-tech newspaper publishing experience in a two-hour lecture. He revealed some of his professional secrets. After carefully studying this newspaper’s...

Recently the entire world heard about the notes of the “man who knew too much” about the Holodomor in Ukraine. Trinity College, Cambridge has opened an exhibit in its library of the diaries written by Gareth Jones (1905–1935), a British journalist who, unbeknown to the Soviet authorities and secret...

Prominent Russian journalists have been recently leaving the country with increasing frequency. Lately it has become known that Oleg PANFILOV, a professional journalist and head of the Extreme Journalism Center, has moved to live and work in Georgia. In Tbilisi Panfilov is going to host an...

On Sept. 24–27, 2009, Yalta hosted to the sixth Yalta European Strategy (YES) summit. The key topic on the agenda was “Ukraine and the World after the Crisis.” This traditional nongovernmental forum attracted businessmen and politicians from all over the world, including IMF Mission chief in...

Ideas aimed at meeting global challenges are known to be conceived in New York City. Officials from 120 countries gathered in NYC to attend the 64th session of the UN General Assembly. President Viktor Yushchenko of Ukraine took the floor during the debates and reaffirmed Ukraine’s intention to...