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

№32, (2008)

21.10.2008 - 00:00

Don’t panic, say bankers

Ukrainians have withdrawn everything from their bank accounts, believing that the best place for a handful of hryvnias is a three-liter glass jar or under the mattress. Those who have a more modern...
21.10.2008 - 00:00

Autumn in Ukraine

Some Kyivites will soon be associating autumn, with its incredible colors, mystery, predictability, and the light sadness that is germane to this season, with Japan. It has already become a tradition...
21.10.2008 - 00:00

A very traditional Ukrainian wedding

Interest in all things ethnic is increasing throughout the world, and ethnic weddings are no exception. When people talk about traditional Ukrainian weddings, they often don’t have the faintest idea...
21.10.2008 - 00:00

James Mace helped create a new Ukrainian society of free individuals

The Ukrainian version of James Mace’s book Vashi mertvi vybraly mene... (Your Dead Chose Me), the latest addition to The Day’s Library Series, was published only a few months ago, but many people...
21.10.2008 - 00:00

Hanne SEVERINSEN: “Your political problems should be resolved in the Verkhovna Rada, not in the courts”

Former rapporteur of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) Hanne Severinsen now works as an adviser to Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko. In April of this year she agreed to...
21.10.2008 - 00:00

Theatrical Donbas-2008

Most drama companies, even those that have made their reputation and have excellent premises, are destined to move in space, change stages, and adjust to the public’s tastes. Destined from their...
21.10.2008 - 00:00

Molodist Film Festival Begins with Short Length Jokes and Truthful Tragedies

The 38th Molodist ­ Film Festival was launched at the Ukraine Palace in Kyiv on Saturday night, Oct. 18.The usual scenario was played out: speeches by organizers, ranking officials, the head of the...
21.10.2008 - 00:00

Conscious and sub-conscious of the Ukrainian podium

During Ukrainian Fashion Week the situation was stable. The beau monde sported dazzling, white-toothed smiles, fanciful clothes, and sunglasses, while frenzied journalists raced around for stories,...
21.10.2008 - 00:00

Unfinished portrait

Ivan Mazepa is one of the most prominent Ukrainians of all times. Even those historians and writers who were hostile to the famous hetman for political reasons, for example, Pushkin, the author of...
21.10.2008 - 00:00

An optimistic, long-term prospect

Germany’s former ambassador to Ukraine, Dietmar Stuedemann, often visits Kyiv in connection with his banking business, and he is very familiar with what is going on in our country. In his view, the...
21.10.2008 - 00:00

Otar IOSSELIANI: “Cinema can stop people from doing bad things and cheer them up”

Otar Iosseliani, the mocking, wise, intelligent and truly aristocratic sage of cinema, came to Kyiv to launch a retrospective of his films organized on the initiative of Anton Puhach, general manager...
21.10.2008 - 00:00

Holodomor actions must continue

The Embassy of Ukraine in the Russian Federation recently welcomed the International Holodomor Remembrance Flame, which is traveling throughout the world in commemoration of the victims of the 1932-...
21.10.2008 - 00:00

Ivan Mazepa on the scales of eternity

The tragic, controversial, and utterly cruel period of Ivan Mazepa’s reign effectively determined Ukraine’s fate for centuries to come. The hetman, who was one of Ukraine’s most prominent statesmen,...
21.10.2008 - 00:00

Political party sponsors rebelling

Ukrainians have been waiting for one and a half months for the political crisis to be resolved (if Sept. 2, 2008, is the point of departure). At first, it seemed that the presidential decree...
21.10.2008 - 00:00

In the grand scheme of things

No matter whether they are politically engaged or not, no Ukrainians are indifferent to the date of Oct. 14, 1942. On that day 66 years ago the soldiers of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army fought their...

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