Where there is no law, but every man does what is right in his own eyes, there is the least of real liberty
Henry M. Robert

№10, (2008)

18.03.2008 - 00:00

Creator of a different world

Some talented individuals who left an indelible mark on Ukrainian literature, culture, and spiritual life came to occupy their place in extraordinary, if not impenetrable, ways. Since we recently...
18.03.2008 - 00:00

Jerzy SZMAJDZINSKI: “I can see that Viktor Yanukovych behaves like Jaroslaw Kaczynski”

Jerzy Szmajdzinski, the deputy speaker of the Polish parliament, leader of the Left Democratic Union fraction and the same-named party, and former defense minister, does not conceal the fact that the...
18.03.2008 - 00:00

“Berlin is waiting for convincing arguments given by Kyiv,” considers former German ambassador to Ukraine Dietmar STUEDEMANN

Will Berlin after all oppose Washington’s attempts to give the MAP to Ukraine? These and other questions are raised in The Day ’s blitz interview with former ambassador of Germany to Ukraine and...
18.03.2008 - 00:00

The contours of truth

Ten years ago the newspaper Literaturna Ukraina published an article entitled “A Half-solved Mystery: Theory” (27 Sept. 1997), which was written by Hlafira Palamarchuk, an art historian and member of...
18.03.2008 - 00:00

Why do they live better than us?

The first serious attempt to familiarize Ukrainian television viewers with NATO has been made by the creators of a documentary television series called Traveling through Europe in Search of the Enemy...
18.03.2008 - 00:00

Multicolored France

Two hundred journalists from a number of countries, including a correspondent from The Day, recently spent time in Paris. The media people did not see an ideal country but the real France. We met...
18.03.2008 - 00:00

Fashion weekend in Kyiv

Last weekend a fashion show in Kyiv showcased collections by Ukraine’s leading designers and trendsetters, including Nota Bene...
18.03.2008 - 00:00

Youth and courage capture Lviv

No one in the entire 20th century or before, between, and after the two world wars ever succeeded in carrying out a project comparable to the one that was organized by a humble fifth-year Ukrainian...
18.03.2008 - 00:00

Slow down!

Last week Ukraine’s capital saw a strike of express minibus drivers, who threatened to hold a nationwide protest action unless their demands are met. The carriers are refusing to transport passengers...
18.03.2008 - 00:00

New publication: <I>Ukraine on Maps </I>

On March 12 the Hungarian Embassy in Kyiv hosted the launch of the Ukrainian-Hungarian co-publication of the geographic atlas Ukraine on Maps. The ceremony was attended by scholars from both...
18.03.2008 - 00:00

A book for the third millennium

Writing about Shevchenko is a privilege that must be deserved, sometimes with one’s whole life. The words of our greatest poet, thinker, and creator of the spiritual cosmos of Ukrainians formed our...
18.03.2008 - 00:00

Slavic spirit being revived in jewelry and textiles

The jeweler Volodymyr Balyberdin and his wife Halyna Diuhovska, an artist who specializes in textiles, have dedicated over 20 years to their respective arts. During this time they have put together a...
18.03.2008 - 00:00

Nikolai DENYSOV: “I wish that the beautiful views of the Carpathians, Polissia, and the Black Sea coast were not just on postage stamps”

With every passing day, water is becoming the cause of increasingly more conflicts among people, entire regions, and states. Aware that pure water and clean air and soil are more precious than oil...
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President Bush to visit Kyiv

There is a strong possibility that President George Bush will visit Ukraine, most likely before the NATO summit in Bucharest scheduled for April 2-4. The US president said he wanted to visit...
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Warning: Dangerous products!

The Ukrainian State Research Centre for Certification, Metrology, Standardization, and Consumer Right Protection (Ukrmetrteststandart) recently organized an unusual exhibit featuring shoddy and...

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