Mykola Lazarenko

True, society is fed up with politics, but when a politician is expressing fresh ideas, she arouses interest. Mr. Yatseniuk, you took part in this year’s economic forum in Davos. Did you see that world leaders are prepared to ride out the crisis together or will every country have to do this on its...

True, society is fed up with politics, but when a politician is expressing fresh ideas, she arouses interest. Mr. Yatseniuk, you took part in this year’s economic forum in Davos. Did you see that world leaders are prepared to ride out the crisis together or will every country have to do this on its...

March 22 marked the 70th anniversary of the birth of Viktor Zakharchenko, the artistic director of the Kuban State Academic Cossack Choir that will be touring Ukraine in April. Zakharchenko is a scholar, folklorist, academician, author of numerous monographs and scholarly works, a folk song...

A new organization has emerged in the post-Soviet space. At least its organizers wanted to present it this way, although it should be described as a somewhat altered structure of the existing GUAM with its nearly 10-year history. The new formation is known as “GUAM: for Democracy and Economic...

Last Thursday the city of Khmelnytsky hosted a readers’ conference on Den/The Day Library’s new book Wars and Peace and was also the site of the launch of our newspaper’s photo exhibition displaying the best works of Den/The Day’s 4th International Photo Contest. It should be recalled that this is...

November 13 is International Day of the Blind. It is common knowledge that the attitude toward people with special needs is the yardstick for measuring a society’s maturity, openness, and democracy. Like a mirror, it reflects all of society’s sore spots, values, and prospects for development. There...

Academician Mykola Amosov was asked once what he thought made the difference between a backward and a civilized country. The noted cardiac surgeon instantly replied, “Practicing heart transplants is a good sign,” then added, “Ukrainian medicine is about thirty years behind Western medicine.”...

Prior to visiting the Ostroh Academy to attend the presentation of The Day Library Series book Dvi Rusi the Friday before last, I honestly knew next to nothing about that oldest university of Eastern Europe, although I cannot consider myself a hopeless ignoramus. A blitz poll of my friends in Kyiv...

Verkhovna Rada approved the dispatch of a Ukrainian peacekeeping contingent as part of the international stabilization forces in Iraq. The vote was 273 ayes and 103 nays, with 417 lawmakers registered. Among those opposing the initiative were the Communists, Socialists, and most of Our Ukraine and...

Kyiv has played a major role in the life of famed Russian ballerina Anastasiya Volochkova, currently a soloist with the Bolshoi. In fact, her victory at the Serge Lifar de la Dance in 1996 marked a spectacular turn in her career. Critics can discuss the Volochkova phenomenon, as she has succeeded...