№5, (2007)
13.02.2007 - 00:00
Subsidizing a square meter
The Construction Chamber of Ukraine has unveiled the draft law “On the State’s Support of Providing Citizens with Housing and the Development of Residential Construction.” The draft was prepared and...
13.02.2007 - 00:00
Municipal theaters in today’s Kyiv: a new dimension
How many theaters does a city need? And a capital? For instance, there are more than five hundred of them in Paris — of different forms of ownership, organization, artistic profiles and genres, of a...
13.02.2007 - 00:00
Live sound of Tempora Publishers
The Dzhaz-kolo (Jazz-circle) project was successfully launched on Feb. 6 at the cultural-artistic center of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy. Its initiators are Ihor Zakus, the well-known Kyiv jazzman, bass...
13.02.2007 - 00:00
Coal as a life-buoy
The Day’s correspondents attended a board meeting at the Makiivvuhillia state-run coal mine, chaired by Coal Industry Minister Serhii TULUB. Ukraine’s coal industry is becoming an area of very...
13.02.2007 - 00:00
Spiritual contact
It looks as though Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko’s working visit to Germany was a success this time. He finally met Chancellor Angela Merkel, which he failed to do last year. On Oct. 3, 2006...
13.02.2007 - 00:00
Kruty-2 only a matter of time
LUHANSK - Our post-genocidal society is by definition a community of morally deformed people from all walks of life - from ordinary citizens to government officials. The vast majority of the former...
13.02.2007 - 00:00
The hidalgo of Kachanivka
The name of Vasyl Tarnovsky Sr. is most often mentioned in connection with the life of Taras Shevchenko, although he is a self- sufficient figure in his own right. This serene personality deserves...
13.02.2007 - 00:00
This week in history
Feb. 13 1942: The forcible Nazi deportation of Ukrainians to the Third Reich begins. 1960: The Council of Ministers of the Ukrainian SSR adopts a resolution setting up factory schools as well as...
13.02.2007 - 00:00
The names of memory: the Holocaust and the Holodomor
Serhii Bukovsky’s film Say Your Name, whose premiere in October 2006 was one of the most important cinema events of the season, will now be seen by the public at large. The film will be screened at...
13.02.2007 - 00:00
Realistic cooperation
It seems that both Ukraine and the European Union are sticking to their positions. Kyiv keeps insisting on including the prospect of EU membership in the text of the agreement, even in the form of a...
13.02.2007 - 00:00
Thief in nature’s temple
It is dangerous to pull the tail of such a generally docile animal as a domestic cat. But playing cat and mouse with mighty nature and even scattering all kinds of poisonous wastes on its supposedly...
13.02.2007 - 00:00
Ballet gem from St. Petersburg
True ballet aficionados who come to the International Center of Culture and Arts on Feb. 16 will have a unique opportunity to meet world- famous dancers. Performing unusual roles in the program “...
13.02.2007 - 00:00
Coalition allows president to attend cabinet sessions
Last Friday the Verkhovna Rada adopted amendments to the law “On the Cabinet of Ministers” by a majority of 240 votes. But these are not the amendments the president demanded. Some time ago Viktor...
13.02.2007 - 00:00
Crystallization of Ukrainian history
An exhibit of works by the celebrated artist Ivan Ostafiichuk, a representative of the Lviv school of painting, opened on Feb. 7 at the Kyiv Literature Museum. The event was much discussed even...
13.02.2007 - 00:00
In memory of James Mace
I would like to thank you for publishing Natalia Dziubenko-Mace’s message to us (“Political sabbath on a grave,” The Day, no. 4, Tuesday, 6 Feb. 2007). We must all defend James Mace, his cause, and...













