№74, (2010)
16.12.2010 - 00:00
Ukraine with one foot in Europe
After the Orange Revolution many pro-European Ukrainians hoped that the political changes taking place in their country would promptly lead to EU membership talks. At the very least they expected...
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“Towards Dreams” comes to an end
The children’s charity festival “Towards Dreams” has been helping children to reveal their talents and realize their dreams since 2007. This year over 2,000 talented orphans from...
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“Nothing passes without a trace!”
The characters of Anton Chekhov’s My Life. The Story of a Provincial got a new life on stage owing to the renowned director from Lviv, Alla Babenko. The great performance of the Maria...
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Challenges for intellectual autonomy
Last week the confrontation “Kyiv-Mohyla Academy vs. Dmytro Tabachnyk” took a new turn. The president of the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy Serhii Kvit wrote an open letter to the country’s...
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Edward Lucas: We win in a historical perspective,
The conference “Inside Ukraine: understanding investment risks and opportunities” recently took place in London. It was organized by the Foundation for Effective Governance and the...
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Symbol of faith, hope and love
The “Bethlehem fire of peace” international relay began last week. Following tradition, on this occasion a solemn Mass was celebrated at the Vienna Cathedral, with the Ukrainian delegation’s...
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Leopolitan impressionism
Lviv – Ivan Trush was a Ukrainian impressionist painter with a particular gift for landscapes and portraits, as well as an art critic and organizer of artistic life in Galicia. 2009 marked...
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Is the IT-industry a flagship of the Ukrainian economy?
The development of high-tech industry is able to ensure future economic stability and competitiveness of Ukraine on the world market. This opinion was voiced by the former Deputy Prime Minister,...
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This day in history
1637: Rebellious Cossacks and peasants, led by Pavlo But (Pavliuk), are defeated by Mikolaj Potocki’s Polish troops in the Battle of Kumeiky. 1917: Sovnarkom adopts a manifesto to the Ukrainian...
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What is intelligentsia to be blamed for?
Tracking down those responsible for one’s private and public woes and then executing them morally or physically is typical of the average person of any ethnicity, because punishing those guilty of...
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Singing Parliament
It appears that the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine does not only pass laws (and sometimes quarrels and even fights). Sometimes it also sings. The lawmakers (of past and present convocations) and...
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MIM-Kyiv and young business elite at work
MIM-Kyiv Business school’s unconventional ideas have often attracted The Day’s professional interest. The editors have been closely following events at MIM, and were recently invited to...
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Ivan Honchar Museum welcomes
This holiday reflects the national coloring and spirit: folk melodies, performances of the Nativity Play, traditional dishes etc. One will have a chance to feel this marvelous atmosphere soon by...
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How to reform government-run forestry?
Forestry professionals have been heatedly debating about reforms of late. Nobody doubts their necessity, only what model should be used: Russian, German, Latvian or Polish? How to combat illegal...
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Halyna Yarova: <I>The Day</I> offers its readers thorough historical studies!
I visited the Museum of Hetmanship on behalf of the editors. It is housed in a beautiful, old two-story building, in the Podil district of Kyiv. According to the legend, it was built by Hetman Ivan...














