Vira Kovtykha

On July 14 France celebrates one of its most important holidays, Bastille Day. The fall of the Bastille 216 years ago marked the beginning of the French Revolution. The storming of the prison-fortress symbolized political liberation by revolutionary means, and the word Bastille came to epitomize...

In the last while there have been frequent statements that Ukraine’s probable refusal to form the Single Economic Space (SES) will not impede the integration process within the limits of the “SES Three,” i.e., Russia, Belarus, and Kazakhstan. It was not surprising to hear Nursultan Nazarbayev...

US Ambassador to Ukraine John Herbst is known in the journalistic community as arguably one of the most laconic diplomats. The Day’s recent interview with the ambassador, however, has largely dispelled this myth about Mr. Herbst, who has been working in Ukraine for already two years. Although...

The government’s latest foreign policy statements, particularly those relating to Ukraine’s membership in the Single Economic Space, have left the political community in Ukraine and overseas somewhat confused. Could the new leadership be repeating its predecessors’ mistakes? Are the recent...

Last Monday Oleh Rybachuk, Vice-Premier for European Integration, visited Luxembourg to attend the 9th session of the Ukraine-EU Cooperation Council, which for the first time appraised the way Ukraine had been fulfilling the Ukraine-EU Action Plan. It was expected a few months ago that the European...

After the large-scale terrorist acts in the US, Spain, and Russia were followed by a series of explosions in popular tourist centers, it has become vitally important to step up the struggle against crime, organized crime, and terrorism. A quest for optimum antiterrorist and antiextremist methods...

Atter Russia’s President Vladimir Putin’s visit to Ukraine, we cannot avoid discussing the “fermentation” of political thought in the Russian Federation. On the eve of the Russian leader’s visit, a bitter conflict erupted in Russia’s State Duma over the vision of future Russian-Ukrainian relations...

The relationship between Ukraine and Poland has always been active, even in periods of difficulty. Warsaw tried to support Kyiv during the so-called tapegate scandal and the Kolchuha affair. Polish President Alexander Kwasniewski played a major role in defusing the recent political crisis in...

The debate on a new relationship between Ukraine and the European Union is ongoing. On January 18, Deutsche Welle quoted the European Commission spokesperson as saying that the Ukraine-EU Action Plan will not be revised “because it still provides many opportunities even without a revision.” As for...

“Ukraine is a country where only optimists can achieve something. The Polish president is that kind of person, and we believe that the rerun of the elections in Ukraine will be fair. In view of recent events we believe that the probability of any manipulations is minimal,” said Polish Ambassador to...