№11, (2001)
03.04.2001 - 00:00
Memory and Prayer
I am always happy to read my elder colleague and friend, Yevhen Sverstiuk, a man of honor and intelligence who lost twelve years as a prisoner of conscience under the Soviet regime. I was doubly...
03.04.2001 - 00:00
Garbage Wind
Geography has a strange property; it is full of temptations. One is tempted to describe the exhibit, Found Objects: The New Art of Ukraine, opened at the capital’s modern Art Center, as Odesa Landing...
03.04.2001 - 00:00
Reader Writes In
Good day, The Day newspaper,
My name is Dilyara. I live in Zuya village, Belohorsk district, Autonomous Republic of the Crimea. I’m an ordinary Crimean Tatar girl.
Occasionally, I bought one...
03.04.2001 - 00:00
PECTORAL OF SILENT DAYS Kyiv awards its most prestigious theatrical prize for 2000
The ninth presentation of the Kyiv Pectoral Awards, traditionally held at the Ivan Franko National Theater, gave no special cause for surprise or outrage even to our habitually faultfinding critics....
03.04.2001 - 00:00
Complexity of the Opposition Makes Dialogue Difficult
Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) of Ukraine Yevhen Marchuk announced on March 30 that the authorities and the opposition are now holding consultations on the possibility...
03.04.2001 - 00:00
Vladimir Putin’s Jubilees
The Russian mass media have yet another grand opportunity to sum up Vladimir Putin’s track record. There has been quite a number of such opportunities, 100 days since Yeltsin’s resignation, 100 days...
03.04.2001 - 00:00
Cassettes Hamper Lawmaking
Ukraine could have come closer to the European Union and stated that its legislative system complied with European legal standards had it not been for the political scandal, which has hindered...
03.04.2001 - 00:00
SHAKESPEAREAN PASSIONS SURROUND ROMEO AND JULIET
March 30 is a sad date, marking the death anniversary of the celebrated Ukrainian choreographer Anatoly Shekera. He spent his last six years as the National Opera’s chief ballet master, offering and...
03.04.2001 - 00:00
IN THE CROSS HAIRS OF THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE
These days Ukraine has again received Hanne Severinsen, well known for critically reproaching Ukraine’s top authorities, especially during the last year’s referendum. In the course of a three-day...
03.04.2001 - 00:00
Following a 1 to 1 draw with Wales, Ukraine’ s national team is now third in its group after the first leg of the 2002 World Cup Qualifying Tournament
Of course, we can say we were down on our luck, we accidentally failed to score in an advantageous position, the fullbacks made an annoying mistake, and all that. This might be the reason why Ukraine...
03.04.2001 - 00:00
The Ukrainian Association of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs wants to mediate the political crisis
On March 29 the extraordinary UAIE convention showed an unusually rich political coloration. Association President Anatoly Kinakh, in what seemed an attempt to justify the politicization of the...
03.04.2001 - 00:00
Mykola AZAROV: Just say no to bribes
Nobody likes the tax collector, but taxes are, after all, the price we have to pay in order to live in a civilized state and society. Here the thankless job of heading the State Tax Administration...
03.04.2001 - 00:00
Political Agreement in Search Of Proper Words
March 28 saw one more meeting of the task force assigned to draw up a political agreement between the Cabinet of Ministers and parliament.
This function was held in Verkhovna Rada’s former movie...
03.04.2001 - 00:00
(on the 150th anniversary of the publication of Taras Bulba )
The creative work of writer Nikolai Gogol (Mykola Hohol, an ethnic Ukrainian) was highly acclaimed not only in Russia but also throughout Ukraine when he was still alive. Gogol was permeated with...
03.04.2001 - 00:00
The Road to Europe Is Also Paved with Problems
Ukraine can hope to be granted associate membership in the European Union in 2007-2010, Volodymyr S IDENKO , leader of the group drawing up the Presidential report, “Ukraine and the European Union,”...











