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

№7, (2006)

07.03.2006 - 00:00

Knowledge of tradition: a firmer foothold

Before last weekend Kyiv’s Ukrainian Folk Decorative Art Museum hosted the first spring masni (lit. “fat”) vechornytsi soirees rich in food and drink pending Lent. Oleh Skrypka has been organizing...
07.03.2006 - 00:00

Parliamentary elections at risk

Last Wednesday the Committee of Ukrainian Voters (KVU) made public the results of a February survey of the 2006 election campaign. KVU chairman Ihor Popov is worried that local electoral commissions...
07.03.2006 - 00:00

This week in history

March 7, 1921. The Council of People’s Commissars of the Ukrainian SSR approved a decree On Organizing Workers’ Faculties to educate workers in a Party spirit. March 8, 1922. The All-Ukrainian...
07.03.2006 - 00:00

Art in movement

Who does not remember the names Kai and Gerda from the Hans Christian Andersen fairytale “The Snow Queen”? This story of the relationship and privations of two young people has shaped our notions of...
07.03.2006 - 00:00

National Opera of Ukraine’s premiere of <I>The Marriage of Figaro</I>

The premiere of the ballet The Marriage of Figaro, dedicated to Mozart’s jubilee, took place on March 1. Choreographer Viktor Yaremenko and conductor Oleksiy Baklan came up with their own original...
07.03.2006 - 00:00

March 8 celebrated the Japanese way

In Japan March 8 is Girls’ Day. In honor of women’s day in the Land of the Rising Sun, an exhibit of traditional Japanese dolls has opened in Kyiv. This is a present to Ukrainian women on the eve of...
07.03.2006 - 00:00

March 26: election of a majority

President Yushchenko has formed a public advisory council to ensure fair elections on March 26. The council will conduct independent monitoring of the balloting procedure and observance of voters’...
07.03.2006 - 00:00

Women’s council under the dome

The debates over the bill “On Securing Equal Rights and Opportunities for Women and Men” continued since 1999. Only after six years the Ukrainian parliamentarians have managed to find middle ground...
07.03.2006 - 00:00

Fantasy animals

Maria Prymachenko’s role in Ukrainian culture cannot be overestimated. Many outstanding artists of the 20th century, in particular Pablo Picasso, admired her paintings. One of her works graces the...
07.03.2006 - 00:00

Overcoming

A show going by the unusual title of “Ironman” was staged recently in Donetsk. Taking part in it were actors of Rizoma Theater, who demonstrated the unique capabilities of the human body. The show...
07.03.2006 - 00:00

“Administrative resource” is resting

Strange as it may seem, Ukrainians still believe that the coming elections will change their lives for the better. Some 45 percent of surveyed Ukrainians feel optimistic about the general situation...
07.03.2006 - 00:00

Women will have to give birth

Abortions are to be banned. News about this glaring injustice inflamed the public last week. At the heart of the matter is a resolution by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine to toughen procedures to...
07.03.2006 - 00:00

Europessimism? Euro-optimism? Eurorealism

Are there any grounds for ‘Europessimism?” This was the main question of a roundtable held at The Day ’s editorial office with the participation of Borys TARASIUK, Minister of Foreign...
07.03.2006 - 00:00

Common sense and the “Guatemala syndrome”

The Ukrainian president’s edict proclaimed 2006 as the Year for the Protection of Children’s Rights. The state has set itself the task of implementing the right of children to a family upbringing and...
07.03.2006 - 00:00

After <I>The Cathedral</I>

The end of Petro Shelest’s era was marked by enormous criticism of Oles Honchar’s novel Sobor [The Cathedral], which was inspired by party functionaries. The chronology and mechanics of this campaign...

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