№10, (2005)
29.03.2005 - 00:00
All Sold Out?
The sale of tickets for Eurovision 2005 concerts officially began on March 21, but tickets will not be available at Kyiv box offices for another week. Those who don’t want to wait that long can buy...
29.03.2005 - 00:00
New Ukrainian Mythology
Before the third round of the presidential election in Ukraine, when the winner’s name had yet to be formally announced-and when few if any doubted the winner’s name-the noted Ukrainian...
29.03.2005 - 00:00
“The Scythian Odyssey:” A Polemic with Aleksandr Blok
Several years ago, the American translator and critic Michael Naydan published an intriguing article entitled “Inshi poety v tvorchosti Liny Kostenko” [Other Poets in the Works of Lina Kostenko] in...
29.03.2005 - 00:00
A Detector for the New Government
“Our goal is to promote the consolidation of freedom of speech in Ukraine and ensure democratic parliamentary elections in 2006.” This is the gist of a recent speech by PACE co-rapporteurs Hanne...
29.03.2005 - 00:00
Expansion is Solidarity
Nowadays it is often alleged that the European Union’s sense of solidarity was put in jeopardy, if not shattered outright, by its enlargement to take in the countries of central and eastern Europe....
29.03.2005 - 00:00
Yevhen Malaniuk: Contemplating The Poetry of Lina Kostenko
Judging by the archives of Yevhen Malaniuk, which are stored at the Ukrainian Free Academy of Sciences in the USA, the poet discovered Lina Kostenko’s poetry in the late 1950s, and immediately...
29.03.2005 - 00:00
Contrary to Operatic Canons
The rise to fame of this outstanding performer is inextricably linked with the Kyiv Opera House, on whose stage he sang wonderful dramatic parts and brilliantly performed Ukrainian and world classics...
29.03.2005 - 00:00
This week in history
March 29, 1917. The Hetman Polubotok Ukrainian Military Club was founded in Kyiv, headed by Mikhnovsky who started forming the national army. 1993. The First All-Ukrainian Congress of Industrialists...
29.03.2005 - 00:00
“A Nuisance for the State”
“ The presence of the Russian Federation’s Black Sea Fleet on the territory of Ukraine jeopardizes our national interests,” Chairman of Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU), Oleksandr Turchynov, said...
29.03.2005 - 00:00
What Is Democracy Without Women?
The UN Commission on the Status of Women recently ended its 49th two-week session, which was attended by 6,000 delegates from 165 countries, including 80 government ministers. The goal of the session...
29.03.2005 - 00:00
Revolutionary Storyboard
Revolutions are made by sincere people. Perhaps unlike their masterminds, those who carry out revolutions are ordinary and believing people. Today we look back on the Orange Revolution as something...
29.03.2005 - 00:00
Budget Revised
Last Friday the Verkhovna Rada passed a virtually new 2005 budget in the first reading by a majority of 376 votes. This impressive result proves that there is no influential parliamentary opposition...
29.03.2005 - 00:00
Transdnistrian Junction
The election results in Moldova did not create a sensation. As expected, Moldova’s pro-European Communists garnered the largest percentage of votes. The elections in this country were not decisive in...
29.03.2005 - 00:00
Dejа Vu Effect
The Day has regularly broached the question of whether the Desiatynna Tserkva should be restored. In issue No. 6 (February 22, 2005) the entire project was called into question. Today we offer Mr....
29.03.2005 - 00:00
Bonjour, Spring!
On April 3 the Maidan (Independence Square) in Kyiv will host a fairy-tale show called “The Spectacle of Fire” by a Toulouse-based French rock group, which opens this year’s “French Spring 2005”...














