№19, (2004)
08.06.2004 - 00:00
Parliament claims responsibility for slowing down military reform
The Verkhovna Rada’s morning session began on June 3 with the same old scenario, with four opposition factions — Communist, Socialist, BYuT, and Our Ukraine — blocking access to the podium and...
08.06.2004 - 00:00
The famous prima donna Montserrat Caballe arrived in the Ukrainian capital yesterday
The celebrated opera star will give only one concert at the Ukraine Palace in Kyiv, and music lovers are eagerly anticipating the event, with tickets being ordered from all regions. Mrs. Caballe will...
08.06.2004 - 00:00
Liliya PUSTOVIT: “I sometimes see national elements where no one else sees them”
For years fashion designer Liliya Pustovit has been rightfully called the guru of Ukrainian fashion. This is indeed true, if you consider not the length of her career but her professional traits,...
08.06.2004 - 00:00
What Will We Bring to the Talks in Istanbul?
On June 1 the Ukrainian parliament again failed to pass the Law on Military Reform in the second reading. Do the deputies fathom their responsibility?
NATO has at last decided and duly...
08.06.2004 - 00:00
Kyiv’s Shevchenko Museum launches an auction of artworks by children with special needs
Finding talented children and helping them to discover their true selves was the guiding idea behind the second nationwide auction of artworks by physically challenged children and young people,...
08.06.2004 - 00:00
Modern Ukrainian Army Paradoxes
Ukraine has the 13th largest army in the world, but the 126th smallest defense budget. This is paradox number one.
This year the Ukrainian Defense Ministry’s budget is the largest since the...
08.06.2004 - 00:00
Sumy rehabilitation center gives disabled children a chance
It is as gratifying to have a child, as it is bitter to know that s/he suffers from a developmental handicap. Doctors claim that some pathology is manifested in 96% of all babies born today,...
08.06.2004 - 00:00
Ukraine’s First Diaspora Department Created in Odesa
Ukraine’s first Department for the Ukrainian Diaspora has been established in Odesa oblast. Ivan Suprunovsky, Head of the Regional Directorate for Ethnic Affairs and Migration, says the newly formed...
08.06.2004 - 00:00
Ukraine must brace for the marketing wars
“Since cut-throat competition is approaching Ukraine, soon it won’t matter what you want to do, only what your competitors will allow you to do,” Jack Trout, a leading US marketing strategist, warned...
08.06.2004 - 00:00
NATO Sets Ukraine’s Integration Rules
NATO notes Ukraine’s considerable progress in carrying out the military reform, but stresses the necessity of a fair presidential election. Adherence to the democractic principles will be the main...
08.06.2004 - 00:00
What kind of Ukraine can one see from Chernecha Hill?
Shevchenko’s work is the acme of the universal human and Ukrainian spirit. This is our national ideal of a person, which was realized within the limits of one tragically brief life. Figures of this...
08.06.2004 - 00:00
* Who will prescribe the right course of treatment?
On June 1 the Verkhovna Rada heard progress reports from law enforcement brass hats, concerning the investigations into the Mukacheve mayoral elections. According to tradition, the deliberations took...
08.06.2004 - 00:00
Lviv University professors assess articles from The Day
Half of the materials carried by The Day are actively discussed and studied by Lviv’s Taras Shevchenko National University students who are majoring in journalism, said Prof. Yosyp Los, Head of the...
08.06.2004 - 00:00
“We’re Not Pirates, But We’ve Been Fined $75 Million”
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative’s (USTR) annual review of global intellectual property rights (IPR) violations, which cited Ukraine as a “priority foreign country” for its continued...
08.06.2004 - 00:00
Europe’s first monument to the Ukrainian hetman unveiled in Romania
For the nearly three centuries that have passed since Hetman Ivan Mazepa’s death, the state and political activity of the leader of the Ukrainian Hetmanate from 1686 to 1709 has been arguably the...














