Aliona SOKOLYNSKA

On March 7, Kharkiv National Vasyl Karazin University held a scholarly symposium to mark the 125th birth anniversary of Josyf Slipyj, the Primate of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC). The event gathered academics, clergymen, theologians, historians, students, and public figures. Among...

Photo exhibition as… inspirationEven before the solemn opening of Den-2015 Photo Exhibit, journalists of this newspaper were in high demand, as those wishing to buy a book and get its author to sign it proved surprisingly numerous! It is no wonder, then, that a roundtable with Ivan Kapsamun...

Den constantly monitors the social development of Kharkiv. And today, we will make a new step to expand the dialog at the invitation of its citizens. Den’s Photo Exhibition visited Kharkiv for the first time quite far back in time, in 2001. Hosted in the city’s art museum, it was a...

In the run-up for the Anticorruption Forum the Kharkiv community debated feverishly trying to figure out if the planned event indeed aimed at seeking ways to counter corruption, or Mikheil Saakashvili’s political force simply tried to use the painful problem in preparing its campaign. Social...

“We will not be intimidated”Authorities want to strengthen security in Kharkiv. NGOs are calling for unity and responsibilityThe deadly terrorist attack that hit Kharkiv on Forgiveness Sunday (February 22) showed once again the entire essence of the Russian aggression and pointed to the...

The memorial plaque for the great Kharkivite George Shevelov will return to its place from which it was barbarically removed in September 2013, but not before the current Kharkiv city authorities are replaced, we have heard at a press conference held in Kharkiv. To explain this decision, they said...

Cats and dogs live together with Ukrainian soldiers in the line of fire, we hear from servicemen themselves and volunteers who visit them. Our guys keep pets even in the hell which the Donetsk Airport is now.A Kharkiv group led by Natalka Zubar travelled around Donetsk region and saw a large number...

Three Kharkiv scientists from the Research Institute of Astronomy of Kharkiv Karazin National University took part in research activities undertaken during the Rosetta unmanned spacecraft mission, which took 10 years and 8 months to reach comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko.“The spacecraft, launched...

“We receive scores of injured every day, just like in the summer”“How are things going at the hospital during the truce? Are there fewer wounded?” I ask Yaryna Chahovets, also known in Kharkiv as ATO Nurse, who founded an eponymous NGO. “We receive scores of...

Several soldiers and commander of the 1st Battalion of the National Guard undergo treatment at Kharkiv Hospital of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. We are talking to four National Guard servicemen in the courtyard of the hospital; they insist that we mention that the battalion was named after...