№68, (2010)
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This day in history
1905: Ukraine’s first Ukrainian-language newspaper Khliborob (The Tiller) is printed in Lubny (Naddniprianska Ukraina, or Dnipro Ukraine). 1917: Ukraine’s Central Rada resolves to start printing its...
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Latin American dancing on… wheelchairs
The Wheelchair Dance Sport World Championship in Hanover, Germany, gathered sportsmen from all over the world. Ivan and Nadia Sivak danced in the the Duo Latin category, brilliantly outperforming 11...
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Funny, bitter and musical
The festival, which is organized every autumn by the rental company Arthouse Traffic and the British Council, already has its history. Typically, it involves viewings of films shot in the...
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What kind of political system are they building?
Ukraine’s official social policy has always been personified. Be that as it may, Ukraine’s social policy proves to have shown a degree of continuity during the presidencies of Kravchuk...
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Kim CAMPBELL: Introducing innovations is impossible without liberties
Numerous European institutions have recently voiced their anxiety about the situation with freedom of speech in Ukraine. Indeed, there are reasons to worry. And although Ukraine is not the only...
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Belgian investments seek entrance to Ukraine
A Ukrainian-Belgian business forum, headed by Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov and Prince Philippe of Belgium, was recently opened. Some 150 Belgian businessmen from 105 companies operating in...
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Glamour discussion and dances
“The role and lessons of Decembrists” was the title of the ambassador’s soiree. It should be noted that RF Ambassador to Ukraine Mikhail Zurabov, the host of the diplomatic salon...
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When the government doesn’t hear…
Will the camp of tents be demolished or not? Entrepreneurs protesting against the new Tax Code were expecting this. As it is known, mass gatherings were banned from downtown Kyiv on...
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Just tolerant enough
A sensible and tolerant attitude to other cultures, world outlooks, values, religions, races and languages is a must for a modern citizen. In Ukraine, the treatment of representatives of other...
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Ukrainian schoolgirl wins pan-European drawing contest
Over 50 thousand children from 61 countries submitted their drawings for the “Once upon a time there was a girl and a boy; together they wanted to make the world a better place”...
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Will the Tax Code distabilize the budget?
The government plans to submit the draft budget for 2011 to the parliament when the head of the state signs the Tax Code. Ukraine’s Finance Minister Fedir Yaroshenko announced this on Friday,...
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A European Bukovynian
During the month of November the Chernivtsi Art Museum presented paintings and photographs by Constantin Flondor, a renowned Romanian artist.
The painter can be dubbed a true Bukovinian...
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Great Spirits,
How do we revere our heros? This is no rhetorical question: a nation which neglects its past will inevitably be helpless in the future. The disregard for the past has now acquired a typical form...
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As outsiders or in the “shadow”?
Ukraine is second last in Europe in terms of per capita purchasing power. This information has been recently made public by the German office of the international sociological research company Gfk...
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Everything starts with elections
The international Ottawa Model Ukraine Conference “The Politics of Education and Elections in Ukraine” was organized by the Canada-Ukraine Parliamentary Program (CUPP), the Chair of...