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

№21, (2008)

08.07.2008 - 00:00

Canadian millionaire funds construction of new building for Ostroh Academy

The truism that genuine patriotism is not bound by geography alone has been confirmed by the steps taken by Ukrainians in the Diaspora who, as fate decreed, left their fatherland during the terrible...
08.07.2008 - 00:00

Collections of porcelain and crystal to be transferred from factories to museums

ZHYTOMYR OBLAST — Samples of unique decorative pieces of porcelain of the Polissian school may soon be lost to posterity. Some porcelain factories in Zhytomyr region were no longer operating even...
08.07.2008 - 00:00

Exploring the future of Ukrainian journalism

Through its Summer School for Journalism, The Day has traditionally handed down its experience to budding journalists. This year’s attendees were students from various Ukrainian universities...
08.07.2008 - 00:00

Treasure returns to Ukraine

Until recently, visitors to St. Sophia Cathedral saw that in the central part of the cathedral where the iconostas is, below the Oranta (Mother of God), there were no Royal Gates, as required by...
08.07.2008 - 00:00

“There is nothing better on God’s green earth than the Dnipro and our glorious Ukraine”

Ukraine marked Dnipro Day on July 6. The Dnipro is more than just a river. For Ukraine, the Dnipro is life itself. It is our past — the Trypillian culture, Kyivan Rus’, and the Zaporozhian Cossacks...
08.07.2008 - 00:00

Why does President Yushchenko have so few supporters in eastern Ukraine?

President Viktor Yushchenko has undertaken the extremely complicated task of trying to obtain international recognition for the Holodomor of 1932-33 as an act of genocide against the Ukrainian people...
08.07.2008 - 00:00

Well-known music specialist and educator Maryna Cherkashyna-Hubarenko celebrates her 70th birthday

The birthday celebrations consisted of several outstanding events, including the launch of the just-published book We Are from Berezil (Theatrical Reminiscences) by Roman Cherkashyn and Yulia Fomina...
08.07.2008 - 00:00

Where’s our carriage?

Emmerich Kalman’s The Violet of Montmartre (Das Veilchen vom Montmartre) stands out from the rest of his works. The dialogue of this piece of light opera is somewhat dull and the operetta was not...
08.07.2008 - 00:00

This week in history

July 8 1659: A Ukrainian army led by Hetman Ivan Vyhovsky defeats Russian troops at Konotop. 1997 : A Charter on the Special Partnership between NATO and Ukraine is signed in Madrid. July 9 1783: A...
08.07.2008 - 00:00

A sea of historical ignorance

Russia has never evinced a stable interest in Ukraine. From time to time, there have been vogues for things Ukrainian — usually folklore. In contrast to such countries as Canada or the United States...
08.07.2008 - 00:00

When both form and meaning are important

For the first time in the history of The Day’s Library Series a book has won a prize for its design rather than its content. Klara Gudzyk’s Apocrypha consists of seven chapters: “Ecclesiastical...
08.07.2008 - 00:00

Trypillian entertainments at ecocultural festival

The two-day 2008 Trypillian Circle Water Festival took place on the outskirts of the village of Rzhyshchiv in Kyiv oblast, in a huge field that was divided into two main areas: a tent village for...
08.07.2008 - 00:00

“Intensive involvement” in French

On July 1 France began its presidency of the European Union. How does France view the results of the recent EU summit, on the eve of which Ireland refused to support the Lisbon Treaty in a...
08.07.2008 - 00:00

Why does Russia defend Stalinism?

The Romanian version of the book Why Did He Destroy Us? was recently launched in Bucharest. The book, published in the original Russian as part of The Day’s Library Series, was presented by the...
08.07.2008 - 00:00

Barriers on way to grain paradise

Ukraine has reaped the first million tons of the new harvest grain. Although the harvesting campaign has just begun, Minister of Agrarian Policies Yurii Melnyk is already reporting: “We are gathering...

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