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THE DAY — February 23, 2012: Gaitana Will Represent Ukraine in Eurovision
This year’s National Eurovision Selection was not marked by any extremes. Gaitana will represent Ukraine at the Eurovision Song Contest with her song “Be my Guest,” having gained the highest number of points according to the results of expert jury and audience’s voting. “Today my heart was full of positive, and I wanted to reveal this positive to everyone. I think Europe should hear this song in order to love Ukraine more. I want Europe to perceive us as a truly full-fledged European country...
THE DAY — February 17, 2012: Mridula GHOSH: “Yevhen Hrytsiak Can Be Called, Without Exaggeration, a Ukrainian Gandhi”
In late February the world is going to see Lesia Ukrainka’s Forest Song in Bengali language. Mridula Ghosh, an Indian human rights advocate; Candidate of Sciences (History); Board Chair, East European Development Institute; who has been living and working in Ukraine for over 20 years, worked on its translation for several years. “The Forest Song is not just Ukrainian demonology, as some may think. It is above territories, somewhere on a metaphysical level”...
THE DAY — January 24, 2012: Ukrainian Caruso
If you hear this voice in the street, you will turn around for sure: the air will be all vibrant around you. Once you hear this stately baritone on stage, you will remember his name – Andrii Maslakov – and you will be eager to go to an opera theater or philharmonic society to hear once again a performance of the soloist of the National Opera of Ukraine, a winner of international competitions...
THE DAY — December 30, 2011: John TEFFT: The United States Will Strongly Support the Process of Ukraine’s Integration With the EU
At the beginning of the next year the Embassy of the United States is moving to a new building. That is why John TEFFT, the US Ambassador to Ukraine, began the conversation with The Day with the details of the moving and intrigued with surprises, which are awaiting journalists in the new building...
THE DAY — December 30, 2011: On the Lithuanian Experience
The 20th century was the period of change for the countries of the socialist camp. 15 countries went through the large social catastrophes over 70 years and their consequences still can be felt. The communist rule practically laid the corner stone of the serious moral crisis that Ukraine has to overcome as soon as possible despite any difficulties. In this context it would be interesting to examine the examples of the successful policy concerning the historical memory of the Baltic countries, in particular, Lithuania’s example...
THE DAY — December 27, 2011: Ukraine Is Working on Its Fonts
Due to the well-known historical circumstances during the 20th century Ukraine couldn’t afford to pay attention to such things, thus, we haven’t had our own typesetting font. While Switzerland designed and perfected its famous Helvetica, which is now used all over the world and which has become one of the country’s brands. Ukraine...
THE DAY — December 14, 2011: A Complicated Ukrainian Issue
The conference “Inside Ukraine-2011: a Success Story in the Making?” organized by the British journal The Economist and the Ukrainian Foundation for Effective Government took place in London. The desire to make part of the EU requires being able to present oneself. Especially, if the investments are needed. They are needed. “Invest into Ukraine, we are open!” the Ukrai-nian politicians like repeating this phrase. They often repeated it this time in London as well...
THE DAY — December 8, 2011: Big Soccer in Kyiv
The draw ceremony for the finals of the Euro-2012 was held in Kyiv. The ceremony was attended by nearly all well-known soccer persons of the continent. It was opened by the President of Ukraine. Viktor Yanukovych stressed the importance of the Euro-2012 and expressed his hopes that the tournament would be held according to the highest standards. His expectations of the event’s successful hosting by Poland and Ukraine were shared by the UEFA’s president....
THE DAY — December 2, 2011: Leonid KRAVCHUK: If, Back in 1990-91, I Had Decided That the People Weren’t Ready, We Wouldn’t Have Independence to This Day
Twenty years back the historic referendum of December 1 registered more than 90 percent votes for national independence and for Leonid Kravchuk as the first president of independent Ukraine. Below is a telephone interview with Mr. Kravchuk. This year marks quite a few anniversaries, including Ukraine’s Independence Day, 20 years since the GKChP attempted coup d’etat in Moscow, also 20 years since that fateful referendum in Ukraine. You have repeatedly said that the referendum idea was conceived under very difficult circumstances...
THE DAY — November 24, 2011: Why the Deadly Famine Occurred, or Comprehending the Ukrainian Holodomor
Historiography plays the key role in comprehending the Holodomor. If the former manages to answer the Holodomor-related crucial questions on the basis of undoubtedly authentic sources, politicians will choose another field for the debates that will help them remain in the public spotlight. But scholars are only at the beginning of the road that will lead them to the absolute truth in this subject...
THE DAY — November 22, 2011: The Maidan of Unfulfilled Hopes
The seventh anniversary of the start of the Orange Revolution will be marked on November 22. Undoubtedly, this event was very important for the Ukrainian people. For the first time since independence had been achieved, the nation showed the entire world its willingness and ability to defend its dignity, and managed to do so in a tolerant and non-aggressive way. However, sensible people who were thin on the ground in those euphoric days realized that the level of expectations of the society, the people who came to the Independence Square was immensely higher than willingness to change on the part of those who stood on the stage in the square...
THE DAY — November 17, 2011: It Is Important for an Artist not to Turn Into a Drawing Machine
The most expensive Ukrainian artist Anatolii Kryvolap on the language of colors, fashion in art, and the need of every artist to discover himself. Recently Anatolii Kryvolap was no-minated by the National Union of Artists to receive Taras Shevchenko Prize. Besides, not so long ago this Ukrainian artist once again became a sensation. International auction house Phillips de Pury & Co sold the canvas by Kryvolap Horse. Night for 124,500 dollars. This is an absolute record for Ukrainian art works on the international market...
THE DAY — November 17, 2011: The Way to Stop Being Weak
The people living in the Kreminna raion of the Luhansk oblast teamed up to give 12-year-old Liosha Kotliar the possibility to go to the Chess World Championship in Brazil. The case of the 12-year-old chess player Oleksii Kotliar from the provincial town of Kreminna in Luhansk oblast seems to be unique. He managed to raise 44,000 hryvnias to participate in the World Chess Championship that will be held in Brazil at the end of November...
THE DAY — November 15, 2011: Down the Roads of Slavic Culture
An outstanding personality (all the more so a genius who, unlike an “ordinary” talent, will see and hit the target which nobody else can see) can look even at the most complicated scholarly problem with a free and “fresh” eye. This brings the coveted truth closer and strips it of stereotypes, tongue-in-cheek omissions, and gross falsity. A good example of this can be an age-old debate on the question of Slavic history and culture taken not so much in the context of the development of a certain nation as in, so to speak, the “pan-Slavic” sense (from the imperial chauvinistic concepts of “Slavic unity,” naturally, under the aegis of a “tsar the father,” a party secretary general, or the current Kremlin president, to quite specific research into the history of various and extremely interesting inter-Slavic political, economic, and cultural relations)....
THE DAY — November 10, 2011: The Capital of “Arctic Young Communists”
From 1944 onwards, Vorkuta prison camps contained a half of all Soviet political prisoners. Today, permafrost squeezes out remnants of the sawed-off poles, which once marked the boundaries of camp sites, through the street pavement. Shortly after the Urals Ridge, our train turned right and headed straight north for Vorkuta. Having put up at a cheap hotel – in fact a railroad men’s hostel – near the railway station, I took a photo camera and went out to see the city. After a modern beautiful Salekhard, Vorkuta made a painful impression on me: a lot of abandoned buildings, broken roads, high piles of dirty snow and trash on the roadsides, and Lenin and Kirov standing on high pedestals, black from coal dust, as if they had just emerged from the mine...
THE DAY — November 10, 2011: Volhynian Icon-Painting Discoveries
They were made by Enhelina Smirnova, worldwide recognized icon-painting history specialist, at the 13th International Academic Conference “Volhynian Icon: Research and Restoration.” It happened that I got to sit next to Enhelina Smirnova on the bus that took the conference participants to Volhynian monasteries and museums. And though she expressed her point of view from the platform, it is always better to get to know someone through a private conversation...
THE DAY — November 3, 2011: The Duel of the Social and the Intimate
The main jury acknowledged the drama Breathing (Austria) to be the best film of the festival. Director Karl Markovics, the former star of the series Rex received the Grand Prix of the festival, the Scythian Deer figurine, diploma and 80,000 hryvnias. The prize for the best full-length live-action film and 2,500 dollars were awarded to the film Las Acacias directed by Pablo Giorgelli (Argentina-Spain) and the honorable mention diploma was awarded to the film Suicide Room by Jan Komasa (Poland)...
THE DAY — November 3, 2011: Language of Irony
Let’s be honest, the whole set of problems that are often called “ecological” (like pollution, recycling, and environmental education) is on the periphery of an average Ukrainian’s consciousness. However, this seems normal, given the agenda set by the incumbent government on a daily basis. Ecological subject is a sort of a test that reveals the disposition to strategic thinking on a global scale. This is something our big shots are hardly ever capable of. This is proven by their ridiculous votes and revotes on the time zone the country is supposed to live by...
THE DAY — November 3, 2011: On the “Happiness Policy”
In May 2012 Kyiv will host the Universal Congress of Psychoanalysis “Happiness Policy” with the participation of the leading psychoanalysts, public activists and politicians of the world. The Kyiv International Institute of Depth Psychology has already started preparing for this event. Tomorrow it will hold the round table called “Happiness Paradoxes in the Modern Times.” The issue of happiness is going to be discussed at large: the Ukrainian scientists, journalists, politicians, experts in clinical psychology and psychopathology of the University of Strasbourg Serge Lesourd and Claude Chauder are invited....
THE DAY — November 1, 2011: Book for New People
The book "Do Efektyvnykh Suspilstv. Dorohovkazy v Maibutnie" (The Road Map to the Future – to the Most Efficient Society), published in 1979 roused the world. It was published in English, French, German, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, and Polish. The world wanted to know how to build a new type of society, taking into account new challenges of that time, and the author – a prominent economist of Ukrainian origin Bohdan Hawrylyshyn suggested this recipe for the world. In Soviet Union the book The Road Map to the Future was called The Road Map to the Past, thus, the book was published in author’s native Ukrainian language only in 1990. Since that time there have been three editions in Ukraine, where, in fact, at first nothing was said about Ukraine – it was about the way to build a new Ukrainian society...
THE DAY — November 1, 2011: On the EU’s Philosophy and Positive Atmosphere
The other day Managing Director for Russia, Eastern Neighborhood and the Western Balkans in the EU’s External Action Service, the main EU’s parliamentary in the Association Agreement talks with Ukraine Miroslav Lajcak visited Kyiv to take part in the 20th round of talks. Despite his tight schedule of negotiations and meetings with the Ukrainian officials he found time to give an interview to The Day just after the talks finished...
THE DAY — October 27, 2011: Travel Guide “Ukraine for Guests 2012” Will Help Foreigners to Find Necessary Facilities
It was the press conference’s key-note of Travel Guide’s publishers, who have investigated the quality of informational support for the guests of Euro-2012. On October 19, 2011 the press conference on the topic “A clever tongue will not take you anywhere” took place in OUR PRODUCT Informational Agency. During this press conference the representatives of the project “Ukraine for guests 2012” and CHEK Consumer Control Center made the journalists aware of the investigation’s results of informational support for foreign tourists, who will come to watch the Euro-2012 Finals in Ukraine...
THE DAY — October 27, 2011: “I dream about working in Kyiv”
World famous film director, animator, and artist Ihor KOVALIOV is a former resident of Kyiv (though there is probably not such a thing as a “former resident of Kyiv”). His work as an animator began at the film studio Kyivnauchfilm side by side with Alexander Tatarsky. Later he conquered Moscow, America, and the rest of the world of animation movies fans with his clever and sincere movies. His name is among hundereds of world’s best film directors. His works received many prestigious international awards, his film Milch only won 13 awards on its own. Today Kovaliov intends to film his auteur’s project in Ukraine and is now looking for a Ukrainian producer...
THE DAY — October 25, 2011: “Formerly We Had to Make Revolution but Now the High-Quality Evolution Is Needed”
Oleh Skrypka and the band Vopli Vidopliasova created back in 1986 are fairly considered to be the Ukrainian rock symbols. The concert of VV dedicated to their 25th anniversary that will take place on November 20 in the Kyiv Sports Palace nearly coincided with the 15th anniversary of The Day. By the way, our newspaper was the first to write about the musicians that had lived in France for several years before they came back to Ukraine in 1996. It was before VV’s 10th anniversary and the guys practically had to remind their Ukrainian fans about them again…
THE DAY — October 25, 2011: Ukraine-Iran Relations: a Fresh Start
Kyiv recently witnessed the ceremony of opening Iran’s exclusive exhibit of export commodities. Its scope exceeded all the previous ones and was meant to demonstrate Iran’s production potential, output, and technologies. Among those present during the ceremony was Iran’s Minister of Industry, Mines and Trade Mehdi GHAZANFARI. Despite his tight schedule, Mr. Mehdi kindly agreed to the following exclusive interview (he has a fluent command of English and he lapsed into Farsi only when answering the final question)...
THE DAY — October 25, 2011: Borys HUDZIAK: I live With a Great Hope
This year the Ukrainian Catholic University (UCU), small university in Lviv, was among the national lea-ders in the university ranking Webometrics, which measures the success of universities based on the degree of their presence on the Internet. This is the only Catholic university in post-Soviet space and it has been around for 17 years financed exclusively by patrons without any government support. Charity ball will be held in Kyiv in the end of October...
THE DAY — October 20, 2011: Shock Time Fashion
The 29th Ukrainian Fashion Week finished on October 17 in the Mystetsky Arsenal. In our subjective opinion its brightest events were the new collection by Lilia Poustovit, the show of three Italian designers Cristiano Burani, Francesca Liberatore and Mauro Gasperi and the unexpected for many people (and even for the organizers) appearance of the overseas party-goer Paris Hilton on the runway...
THE DAY — October 20, 2011: Business with a super-mission
The British Council experts held a survey of the social entrepreneurship sector in Ukraine. The experts found three promising regions, where Donetsk and Lviv oblasts belong, as well as the Autonomous Republic of Crimea. These are the regions where for three months (June through August) last year the British Council sponsored training in organization and management of social business for 80 entrepreneurs...
THE DAY — October 20, 2011: Partnership Against Cyberterrorism
These days international expert consultations “Ukraine-NATO” on cybernetic defense took place in Yalta. As the participants stated, the problems of information networks security are coming in the foreground as a result of the rapid growth of internet environment and advanced technologies. First of all, it is about securing information which is part of state property or constitutes a state secret or bank secrecy, confidential data, special networks, personal user data, etc. Most of the developed countries have faced the attempts to interfere with the work of state agencies, banks, or closed networks, made by both separate individuals and whole criminal groups...
THE DAY — October 20, 2011: Young and Motivated
A few days ago the deadline for submission of application of those willing to volunteer at UEFA Euro-2012 passed. The program results were a pleasant surprise for the local Organizing Committee Euro-2012 Ukraine. The Committee began recruiting people in June and today they already have over 24,000 applications: 90 percent of those willing to help for free during the Championship are mostly citizens of Poland and Ukraine...

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