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

№24, (2007)

04.09.2007 - 00:00

Revival of Kyrylo Kozhumiaka’s village

We know from the chronicles how princes, their wives, boyars, bishops, and their servants and retinues lived, but we know little about how the ordinary Rusychi, people of ancient Rus’, lived; all...
04.09.2007 - 00:00

Dialogs with masters

Halyna Konkova conceived the idea for a series of books about distinguished Ukrainians after publishing her two-volume work consisting of Thirst for Music: Parallels and a Time for Recollections and...
04.09.2007 - 00:00

A confident step into the European fall

Recently, both representatives of Ukraine in Europe’s major club tournament, the Champions League, successfully overcame the qualification hurdle and will now play in the main tournament whose group...
04.09.2007 - 00:00

Vasyl Vovkun’s “parallel visions”

Vasyl Vovkun, the chief stage director of festivities commemorating Independence Day in Kyiv, says it is especially important to use creative means to form our country’s national visage and...
04.09.2007 - 00:00

Another face of AIDS

While the total number of people infected with HIV/AIDS in Ukraine is about 1.5 percent of the population, you should multiply this figure by approximately 15 to determine the real incidence of this...
04.09.2007 - 00:00

In the merciless light of memory

“For nothing is secret that shall not be made manifest.” This is what Hitlers, Stalins, Pinochets, Pol Pots and their ilk forget when they destroy innocent people — from thousands and hundreds of...
04.09.2007 - 00:00

Our heavy debts

Experience shows that debts are a bad omen. If you want to spoil a friendship with someone, lend them some money. And, of course, we don’t like to pay our debts because we borrow someone else’s money...
04.09.2007 - 00:00

A new broom or an old rake?

There is less than a mont h to the elections, when Ukrainians will assess politicians and their policies. Obviously, we cannot expect any purification or renewal, let alone improvement, in the...
04.09.2007 - 00:00

Ruslan PYRIH: “This book is the quintessence of what we know about the Holodomor”

As The Day has already reported, Kyiv-Mohyla Academy Publishers have just published a fundamental study entitled Holodomor 1932-1933 r.r. v Ukraini. Dokumenty i materially [The Holodomor of 1932-1933...
04.09.2007 - 00:00

The Egyptian key

Today’s guest of the column “Ukraine in the World” is Yevhen Mykytenko, Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Ukraine to the Arab Republic of Egypt. This Ukrainian diplomat has been working...
04.09.2007 - 00:00

Eight percent less first graders this year

Last Saturday millions of children went to school for the first time in their life. “Repairs have been completed in practically all grade schools,” says Education and Science Minister Stanislav...
04.09.2007 - 00:00

Revision of classics, Polish-style

Many Polish bookstores are selling discounted works by Witold Gombrowicz, Gustaw Herling- Grudzinski, and Franz Kafka. They are being displayed in a special place in stores, alongside a sign saying “...
04.09.2007 - 00:00

Serhii KAMYSHEV: “We must take a fresh look at China”

Today we are offering an exclusive interview with Serhii Kamyshev, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the People’s Republic of China and non-resident Ambassador to Mongolia....
04.09.2007 - 00:00

Children’s theater in Kharkiv for people who want to discover themselves

Timur is an unconventional Kharkiv-based theater where children play adult roles - not only on stage but also in real life. In spite of their young age, these actors can teach important lessons to...
04.09.2007 - 00:00

Smoloskyp Bookstore finally opens in Kyiv

The man behind the creation of a strictly Ukrainian bookstore is Osyp Zinkevych, director of Smoloskyp Publishers. “Because he supports young people, he recruited them for this project,” says...

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