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Yuriy Lukanov cannot hide his amusement over the recent vandalism of the monument to Vladimir Lenin on Taras Shevchenko Boulevard. July 16 at 18:37 | Yuriy Lukanov |
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The recent Russia-U.S. summit bore the first strategic arms reduction movement in seven years. This was duly dangled before the world’s eyes as an achievement, something to sing and dance about; Presidents Dmitry Medvedev and Barack Obama gazing out into a new world – as Shaun Walker, for the Independent dubbed it, a “post-Cold War world.” July 14 at 13:03 | Roland Sylvester |
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If there is one thing that struck me at the latest Krayina Mriy ethnic music festival, it’s the crowd of people wearing traditional dress. Their number seems to be growing rapidly each year, and just about outnumbered us, plainly clothed, this time. July 07 at 22:23 | Katya Gorchinskaya |
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Crimea is, for so many Ukrainians, a special place; a Black Sea Garden of Eden in which to unwind the knots of city life. Whether bathing on an idyllic Balaklavan beach, or perusing the pristine remains of Ancient Greece in Sevastopol, the peninsular seduces with its coquettish charm. Many have fallen under this spell over the ages: Greeks, Romans, Mongols, Russians and Ukrainians have all, at various times, staked their claim to Crimea. July 06 at 13:49 | Roland Sylvester |
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What sex scandal? Unlike in the West, extramarital affairs in this nation tend to enhance a public man’s reputation July 02 at 20:05 | Yuriy Lukanov |
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“I am convinced that all constructive forces should unite around my initiative on the holding of a referendum to defend the constitution and guarantee constitutional stability”, Arseniy Yatseniuk wrote in the Kyiv Post on June 26 and also in Ukrayinska Pravda. June 30 at 14:01 | Taras Kuzio |
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On June 27, the eve of Constitution Day in Ukraine, the Ukrainian community celebrated the 45th anniversary of the erection of Taras Shevchenko monument in the American capital. June 30 at 13:47 | Yuliya Melnyk |
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On June 16, I witnessed the opening of a new museum in Washington, D.C., that will have special interest for Ukrainians. June 22 at 14:21 | Yuliya Melnyk |
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Yuriy Lukanov diagnosed the Ukrainians with social schizophrenia, taking the interior minister’s case as an example. June 18 at 19:33 | Yuriy Lukanov |
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In the USA, they sell a beer called “Budweiser Lite.” As Budweiser is already a very “lite” beer, I usually say when I am in an American bar that the concept of a “Budweiser-light” is scientifically impossible and ask the waiter or waitress to bring me “real beer.” June 16 at 10:55 | Taras Kuzio |