№23, (2011)
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The sacred water of Songkran
April 13, 2011. Young Thai monks pray during the Songran festival at the meditation center Sakhira-Dammasatan in Bangkok. It is considered that on this holiday the Thai new year arrives. Songkran...
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Why do Ukrainian-speaking parents have Russian-speaking children?
It’s been over 15 years now that the Social and Political Psychology Institute at the Ukrainian Pedagogy Academy has been monitoring and analyzing the Ukrainian youth — their values,...
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Mysterious tragedy, real fear
MINSK — The mysterious tragedy in Minsk gives food for rumor. Many in Belarus and abroad are still wondering about the real objective of whoever engineered the metro station explosion. Was it...
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This day in history
1768: Koliivshchina, a Cossack and peasant rebellion against Poland, begins in Ukraine, led by Maksym Zalizniak and Ivan Honta. 1852: Kyiv Central Archives are established at St. Volodymyr University...
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The first medal before the 2012 Olympics
Ukrainian triathletes keep winning prizes in international events. In the latest stage of the European Cup in Quarteira, Portugal, our national team was represented by Anastasia Chernenko and...
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We are building a “five-star” Ukraine
Our readers probably remember that this has been Viktor Yanukovych’s second visit to the city of Lviv over the past year. The first took place on May 27, 2010. “I brought here a great many people...
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AUT-2011
The exhibition includes works by 24 contemporary artists from various countries, including Nazar Bilyk, Marcia Smilack, Anna Shabunina, Igor Konovalov, Seth Chwast, Deborah Jill, Michael Madore, and...
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Chairs for “pragmatists”
“The major positive result of the discussion,” Ukrainian Prime Mi-nister Mykola Azarov said yesterday, while summing up the negotiations with Vladimir Putin, “was that the Russian...
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Auditing directorate sets a record
“This money is enough to keep all Ukrainian Army conscript soldiers well-fed for at least two years,” said Denys Krasnikov, deputy chairman of the State Financial Inspection of Ukraine. In his words...
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Council of Europe prepares for systematic reforms
Strasbourg — This May in Istanbul, during the spring session of the Council of Europe (CE), Ukraine will for the first time preside over the CE Committee of Mi-nisters, receiving the baton from...
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No one sings like Ukrainian girls!
The 12-year-old Kyivan Olha Kovalska has won the First International Contest of Children and Youth Song “Two Cats,” which was held in Moscow. Children from different countries took part in this...
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EVENT
American experts devise development plan for Sevastopol port
Specialists from the United States Agency for International Development — Local Investment and National...
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Ukraine and Poland to prepare Euro-2012 volunteer workers together
Activists from youth movements in Ukraine and Poland discussed the preparation of volunteers for the Euro-2012 within the framework of the program of the corporation Ukrainian-Polish Center of...
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BEST Engineering Competition
Do you know that Ukrainian college students can easily solve the problem of traffic jams? I witnessed this when visiting the Third Ukrainian BEST Engineering Competition (UBEC) at the Kyiv...
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Yurii Boiko: Ukraine has levers for talks with the EU and Russia
Prime Minister Mykola Azarov of Ukraine has instructed Energy and Coal Industry Minister Yurii Boiko to make sure Ukraine’s own oil is used with maximum efficiency so as to stabilize light...