Ihor Ostrovsky

On September 11-14 the Palace of Art in Lviv hosted its traditional publishers’ forum, marking the most important even in the Ukrainian book- publishing domain. This year the jubilee marked its tenth anniversary, an especially important date, considering that over the years the exhibit has ranked...

All the previous meetings took place in New York or Toronto. However, this time it was decided to hold the congress in Kyiv, in accord with the policy of getting closer to the continental Ukraine. The Ukrainian World Congress is an umbrella organization of the Ukrainian diaspora uniting public...

On the eve of Independence Day the League of Ukrainian Philanthropists annually announces the names of the laureates of a number of prizes it has established. Unlike last year, the ceremony took place at the Writers’ Union’s conference hall. Two of the prizes are for literature (Volodymyr...

This festival once again demonstrated that the widespread stereotypes about Ukraine as an eternally singing and dancing nation have a solid foundation. In this particular case the truism was justified not so much by number of participants (some 1,500 children, according to the organizing committee...

The capital of Ukraine has hosted a concert it has awaited for more than fifteen years — a recital by David Gahan, the perpetual vocalist of the legendary pop group Depeche Mode, held at the Palace of Sports. In truth, Depeche Mode aficionados have been longing all this time to see the full group....

The barbarous ruination of the aesthetic image and illegal destruction of historical monuments in Ukraine’s capital not only lacerate the hearts of Kyivans but also call forth protests from the conscious public throughout Ukraine. These changes also draw the attention of the guests of our city who...

The Day was perhaps the first of Ukrainian media outlets to write about publishing a unique catalog titled Ukraine’s Decorative Art of the Late Twentieth Century: 200 Names. Experts claim that it has no rivals not only in Ukraine but throughout Europe. The project, in addition to publishing the...

This year marks the seventieth anniversary of one of the most death-filled pages in Ukraine’s history, the terrible Holodomor manmade famine of 1932-1933. This does not mean that before or after it people never starved to death in our country. They did. But this famine was the worst in every...

August 18-21 will mark a major event. For the first time Ukraine will host the Eighth World Congress of Ukrainians. The Ukrainian diaspora of some twenty million from over twenty countries the world over will be represented by three hundred delegates. Two more hundred will come from “mainland”...

On the 142nd anniversary of the interment of Taras Shevchenko’ body, returned to the great poet’s motherland in accordance with his will, another important event took place at the Kyiv Opera, the awards ceremony of the Third Petro Jacyk International Ukrainian Language Contest. There were over 5...