№28, (2006)
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Who’s the boss at the House of Artists?
Artist Yulii Sheinis’s holy of holies is located on the grounds of the Kyivan Cave Monastery in a small two-storied structure that houses another 28 studios with good pictures hanging on dingy,...
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Don’t talk to strangers
People tend to want to get their hands on easy money. Some look for a higher salary, others play the lottery, while others gamble at the casino. But nobody ever refuses free money. This trusting-...
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Budget and demography
On Sept. 13 the Ukrainian government discussed and adopted the draft of the 2007 state budget, which will now pass to parliament for the first reading before the official deadline of Sept. 15, when...
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To our readers, contributors, and publishers
The Day came to readers at a very critical moment. 1995-1996 was a time when society was becoming aware of new challenges. Ukraine had broken free from the Soviet Union in the early 1990s and spent...
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Timothy BARROW: integrating Ukraine into EU via practical cooperation
Great Britain is doing its best for Ukraine to draw closer to the EU in general and “misty Albion” in particular. Both the Ukrainian government and the Ukrainian grassroots can feel this support....
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Lithuania’s Kirkilas puts in good word for Yanukovych
It looks as though Vilnius has taken over from Poland as Ukraine’s advocate in the European Union, as proved by the recent talks in Brussels between Lithuania’s Prime Minister Gediminas Kirkilas with...
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Justice ministry places language policy on public agenda
The Ministry of Justice of Ukraine is submitting the draft Concept of the National Lingual Policy to public consideration. The draft was worked out by the National Commission for Strengthening...
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Contry gives a hope. Feels, suffers, laughs...
Traditionally The Day marks its birthdays among friends. This time was no exception. On Friday the newspaper marked its 10th anniversary with the 8 th International Photo Contest «Ten Years. Day by...
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Gregory the Great
In early September the Roman Catholic Church honors Pope Gregory I the Great (540-604), one of its most famous and venerated saints. Eastern Orthodoxy also reveres Pope Gregory, referring to him as...
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Ukrainians spending more
In 2005 the average monthly gross expenses of a Ukrainian household reached UAH 1,229, up 36 percent from 2004, the State Statistics Committee reports. An urban and rural household spent an...
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Making Globalization Work
I have written repeatedly about the problems of globalization: an unfair global trade regime that impedes development; an unstable global financial system that results in recurrent crises, with poor...
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The Ukrainian forest
Every spring and fall we expect alarming news about floods in Zakarpattia. People say it is because forests are being cut down there on a massive scale. Nor is there much optimism in reports from...
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“And the princes began to plot sedition against each other...”
Kyivan Rus’ was formed territorially during the 10 th century. Capturing the city of the legendary Prince Kyi, the Varangian Prince Oleh decided that “this will be the mother of all Rus’ cities...
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This week in history
September 19 1941: Moscow Supreme Command orders Soviet troops to retreat from Kyiv after 72 days of defense.
1991: Kyiv-Mohyla Academy is re-established in the Ukrainian capital.
September 20 1919...












