Valerii Kostiukevych

The new information plaque commemorating a prominent Ukrainian freedom fighter Oleh Olzhych was inaugurated at the beginning of Olzhych Street in Zhytomyr on August 24, with many public figures and Mayor Volodymyr Deboi present, the city council having endorsed the decision. Olena Halahuza, a...

On June 5 the awardees of the new prize were announced. Yevhen Kontsevych the Unbowed Knight of Ukrainian Spirit International Award (this is the full name of the new prize) was founded by the representatives of Ukraine, the US, Canada, Norway, and Russia; among the founders and awarding committee...

According to the official report that The Day has obtained from the State Environmental Inspection in Zhytomyr region, a special laboratory had taken a number of samples of water in the river itself in the vicinity of the dam near Synhaii village and tested effluent at Korosten Municipal Water...

Any kind of government has to take care of its human resources. This is a necessary condition required for a sufficient and steady implementation of the country’s policy. Especially nowadays, when the world faces an economic crisis (and some experts are even talking about a civilization...

It is striking that Austria’s UNESCO commission removed the Viennese balls from a list of cultural traditions of the country after representatives of neo-Nazi movement participated in one of them. This shows that a brand with many years of flawless reputation can be ruined in one careless...

Seven streets in the Zhytomyr region town are no more named after dignitaries of the late totalitarian regime. Olevsk municipal council, representing one of the most remote areas of Zhytomyr region, decided by majority vote to rename streets named after dignitaries of the communist regime on...

  The recent Constitutional Court (CC) ruling – “an accusation of committing a crime may not be based on the evidence gathered by unconstitutional means or by violating the law” – has raised a lot of questions. Can the Luhansk cafe video recording, which shows...

Hundreds of Zhytomyr residents as well as the Polish Consul General in Vinnytsia Krzysztof Swiderek and other distinguished guests came together at the Castle Square of the city in front of the Roman Catholic St. Sophia Cathedral. The monument, showing the Pope standing on a high pedestal, was...

The 17th International Festival TKCZA POLESIA (Polissia Rainbow) will take place in the regional center from October 14 through 18. This is one of the measures undertaken within Poland’s chairmanship in the Council of the European Union, which The Day has already written about. On...

The annual Intercession Day fair will be held in the city on October 15, simultaneously with the Pumpkin Festival, the first of its kind ever to occur in the city and entire region. The event’s main stage will be Arts Boulevard that runs through the city’s historic center between...