Leonid Bakka

On December 17 Kyiv’s chamber theater Suziria hosted the Volyn Soiree under the slogan “Vocal and Wine Glass.” Attending the event were our newspaper’s friends, partners and contributors, as well as representatives of the Volyn “diaspora” in Kyiv and guests from “mainland...

On Nov. 23, after six months of political confrontations, the Verkhovna Rada finally started functioning. Although we never saw an Orange coalition or a new speaker, Nov. 23 turned out to be a purely ritual day, with the MPs forming factions, electing the presidium, determining media coverage...

Among the great many periodicals people, especially residents of remote regions of Ukraine, learned about our newspaper thanks to The Day’s traditional annual photo contest that will mark its 10th anniversary next year. In the past nine years the best photos have been displayed in Lviv, Lutsk,...

Last Thursday Ukraine’s parliamentarians sprinkled President Yushchenko’s path to the parliamentary rostrum with blood. The blood came from the nose of Our Ukraine faction leader Mykola Martynenko, who was injured by fellow parliamentarian Oleksandr Bondarchuk of the Communist Party in a skirmish...

Today Ne tak is not simply a formula of negation but also a proper name. To be more precise, it is the name of an opposition election bloc formed last Sunday by four political forces: the Social Democratic Party (United) of Ukraine, “Women for the Future,” the Republican Party of Ukraine, and the...

“If you do well, child, you’ll enter Ostroh Academy,” a schoolteacher once told a girl, now a first-year undergraduate. Taking her first exams, she still finds it difficult to believe that she is a student at one of Eastern Europe’s oldest universities. The Day also visited this university last...

Ten years are a considerable period for a young country, especially when it marks a turning point in both domestic and world history. The Day’ s research center is proud to unveil a new project aimed at thoroughly analyzing these ten years. The commentaries below are the first steps in this...

The composition of the new government remains a major issue with the public. Judging by the many reactions, some appointments have drawn hardly any objections from politicians and experts, while others have raised many eyebrows. Questions have also arisen as to the principles that were used...

Imagine sitting in the front row at a circus and seeing an alligator weighing 100-150 kilos rushing right at you. The reptile is halfway across the barrier and its large head is resting on the shoes of a spectator speechless with fright. The tamer pretends not to notice anything, but he’s looking...

Some people are favored by fate which takes them steadily up the ladder of career, personal and family well-being, finally settling in secure old age. Others are blacklisted, doomed to daily toil, oppressive solitude, constantly and bitterly pained at heart... This story is about a woman who...