Serhiy Solodky

A phone-in with the well-known Russian opposition leader and public figure Irina KHAKAMADA took place on the eve of the unexpected turn in the political situation in Ukraine — the formation of an “anti-crisis” coalition. Today many of her comments seem prophetic. The Day was interested in learning...

US Ambassador to Ukraine William Taylor has sharply criticized the pattern of gas supplies to Ukraine. The current system of gas transportation from Russian and Central Asia to Europe “is difficult to understand: it is not transparent enough,” the diplomat said. The American ambassador believes...

Finland took over the European Union presidency on July 1. The presidency program emphasizes four main directions: the EU’s future, competitiveness, international relations and domestic policies, and legal matters. According to Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen of Finland, the EU’s future depends on...

Ukraine recently played host to Kabanychbek ISABEKOV, the deputy speaker of the Zhogorku Kenesh, the parliament of the Kyrgyz Republic, who arrived on a working visit. His main objective was to study Ukraine’s experience in combating illegal migration and human trafficking. He was also interested...

The Embassy of the Russian Federation in Kyiv held a soiree commemorating Ambassador’s Viktor Chernomyrdin’s fifth anniversary at his post. The Russian diplomat decided to stage the celebration as a soiree that would include a concert to which he invited his colleagues from the diplomatic corps as...

What kind of a coalition agreement will be formed in Ukraine and most importantly, how will the most “sensitive” issues be formulated in it? These questions probably have far more weight than the distribution of portfolios in the future cabinet of Ukraine. As soon as it was learned that Our Ukraine...

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...

“The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic is announcing its future intention to become a permanently neutral state that will take no part in military blocs and will adhere to the three non-nuclear principles: non-possession, non-production, and non-importation of nuclear weapons.” Politicians and...

This week John E. Herbst, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the US, is leaving Ukraine. He is heading for Washington to take over as Coordinator of the State Department’s Office for Reconstruction and Stabilization. Obviously, the diplomat is leaving Kyiv with the sense that he...

The Chornobyl disaster is an event whose true significance for our nation, and all of humanity, we are just beginning to comprehend. Twenty years is too short a time for society to realize, at least “in the first approximation,” how this disaster has changed our life. What is clear is that it has...