№27, (2005)
13.09.2005 - 00:00
Ranked Down: Ukraine Now 78th on Living Standards Index
A year ago we ranked 70th. Like in 2004, the No. 1 country today is Norway: experts have found that its per capita income, life expectancy, and level of education and medical care are the best. The...
13.09.2005 - 00:00
Post-Kuchma Times
How new is the new government? How is it different from the previous one? Is it succeeding in keeping the promises given to Ukrainians on the Maidan twice, in the winter of 2005 and eight months...
13.09.2005 - 00:00
Enchanted by Ukraine
The Ukrainian land was not only a haven for this gifted individual but a constant source of nourishment for his creative talent, which offered him a vast field for his pedagogical endeavors. Jozef...
13.09.2005 - 00:00
James SHERR: The Magic of the Orange Revolution was Wearing off Long Before This Crisis
The Ukrainian cabinet’s retirement has made headlines across the world. President Viktor Yushchenko has had telephone conversations, concerning the domestic political crisis, with Vladimir Putin and...
13.09.2005 - 00:00
An Unnecessary Bill?
“A wealthy prospective investor wishes to meet a Ukrainian counterpart to set up a television or radio company in Ukraine. Those who are unwilling to bypass the law need not apply.” Indeed, to launch...
13.09.2005 - 00:00
“Intellectual Europe on the Ukrainian Genocide”
On September 5 the Art and Culture Center of National University Kyiv-Mohyla Academy hosted the presentation of Death of the Land. Holodomor in Ukraine of 1932-33, published under the editorship of...
13.09.2005 - 00:00
The Son Is Not Responsible for His Father . Or Is He?
The editors and staff of The Day asked me to comment on a recent event in Russia. It seems that Marx Draule, the son of Leonid Nikolayev, the killer of the Leningrad Bolshevik leader Sergey Kirov,...
13.09.2005 - 00:00
Leonid KRAVCHUK: “Growth of Business And Government Is a Historical Process”
Our talk with Ukraine’s first president Leonid Kravchuk the evening before the series of resignations once again confirmed that Mr. Kravchuk is by far the only politician in this country (his...
13.09.2005 - 00:00
“PR” from the Parliamentary Podium
Contrary to various forecasts, the 8th session of the Verkhovna Rada opened last Tuesday in a solemn and exalted atmosphere. The traditional procedures — calling the session to order, the singing of...
13.09.2005 - 00:00
DUMKA, BEETHOVEN, GRAMMY
For five years running, the Dumka Choir has been performing at France’s high-profile musical festivals. According to choir conductor Yevhen Savchuk, over the years the choir has won the hearts of...
13.09.2005 - 00:00
Those Who Were Tortured to Death Are Standing behind Us
Two important events have just taken place in Kyiv, as reported by The Day: the launch of the book Death of the Land. Holodomor in Ukraine: 1932-33, written by a team of Italian researchers, and the...
13.09.2005 - 00:00
Ukrainian Vanguard
Do you know that the most advanced musicians of the electronic vanguard in Kyiv and Kharkiv have rallied around a small independent music label called Next Sound? To those who might raise an eyebrow...
13.09.2005 - 00:00
The Buried Revolution
Last Thursday the three-day crisis in the ranks of Ukraine’s leadership reached its climax: in a televised appearance President Yushchenko sacked his government amid a spate of resignations and...
13.09.2005 - 00:00
How Can We Clear the Logjam of “Successes?”
A new cabinet will be formed within a week. As a result of last Friday’s meeting between the president and the leaders of the various parliamentary factions, Viktor Yushchenko gave acting premier...
13.09.2005 - 00:00
Chicken God at Villa BASSO
A recent Ukrainian-language issue of The Day carried a feature about the Third Jazz Festival in Koktebel — the creation of Dmytro Kyseliov — held this year under the motto “Cultural Resistance.” The...














