№50, (2011)
27.09.2011 - 00:00
Starodubshchyna, an ancient Ukrainian land
It is a long time ago that Ukraine lost Starodubshchyna (former Mhlyn, Novozybkiv, Starodub, and Suraz districts of Chernihiv gubernia), one of the greatest pearls of its North. These lands had...
27.09.2011 - 00:00
What are the challenges Ukraine is approaching the new economic crisis with?
Ukraine has gone through two difficult years when everybody started talking about the economic crisis and felt it. The International Center for Long-Term Studies has recently carried out a thorough...
27.09.2011 - 00:00
Impressions from Yalta
The eighth conference in Yalta, organized by YES (Yalta European Strategy), has passed into history. Remembering its timid beginnings I was impressed by the momentum and the development of this...
27.09.2011 - 00:00
Economic rapprochement on the homestretch
The government will initiate revision of certain paragraphs of Cooperation agreement with the World Trade Organization (WTO). “Now a moment came when we can start negotiations with the WTO...
27.09.2011 - 00:00
Tribute to the memory and a manifestation of gratitude
“No other country will ever be able to make Ukraine Ukrainian. Only self-organized Ukrainians outside state structures will be able to do it. And I firmly believe that it will happen this way...
27.09.2011 - 00:00
This day in history
1783: The Black Sea Fleet’s first battleship Slava Ekateriny [Glory to Catherine] is launched at the Kherson Shipyard. 1885: Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute starts functioning as Ukraine’s first higher...
27.09.2011 - 00:00
Deadly message of the Taliban
Recently Afghans mourned the death of the chief negotiator with the Talibs, the former president of Afghanistan Burhanuddin Rabbani. By coincidence the ceremony of commemorating Rabbani, Chief of...
27.09.2011 - 00:00
What can post-Soviet tycoons invest in Europe?
The rural youth has always tried to move closer to town. There they can find jobs, money, and prospects. It is much simpler to go to strange lands and pursue your happiness there than try and...
27.09.2011 - 00:00
Theater festival going on in Volhynia
Lutsk – The first attempt to hold this festival in Lutsk was made in 1991. However, back then there were not enough theaters that had plays based on Lesia Ukrainka’s works in their...
27.09.2011 - 00:00
Learning to give away with joy takes a great deal of self-perfection
The Virgin’s Intercession icon was returned to Ukraine this July by the Russian art collector Igor Vozyakov who had paid 350,000 euros for it. It was among the 22 icons that had been stolen...
27.09.2011 - 00:00
A bunch of flowers as a protest
Obviously, after the Ukrainian Minister of Education, Science, Youth and Sports Dmytro Tabachnyk was not fired as it had been announced in the lobby, the students seem to be losing their patience....
27.09.2011 - 00:00
“Not judge, but think!”
Lina Kostenko became Professor Honoris Causa of the Mykhailo Drahomanov National Pedagogical University [see The Day, No.49. – Ed.]. It was a touching event, full of genuineness –...
27.09.2011 - 00:00
Jazz cocktail
The sea, the sun, and music... What can be better than leaving city fuss for four September days during the velvet season and find oneself at the Jazz-Koktebel 2011? All three stages featured stars...
27.09.2011 - 00:00
Good news or allegation?
The intrigue of Saturday’s meeting between President Viktor Yanukovych of Ukraine, his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev, and Prime Minister and practically presidential candidate Vladimir...
27.09.2011 - 00:00
The residents of Dnipropetrovsk appeal the European Parliament concerning the developments around the monument to Stalin
ZAPORIZHIA — The Dnipropetrovsk NGO “Hrad” is intently watching the developments around the destroyed monument to Stalin in Zaporizhia. In particular, they were the first to...













