The rests of former cinematographic fame of Ukraine are being demolished
2010-07-21
In Ukraine it is used to complain that there is no Ukrainian cinema but a lot of Russian low-grade films that hinder the development of high-quality Ukrainian cinema how it has been in the Soviet Union. But was really hinders its development is clearly shown by the lot of the Alexander Dovzhenko cinema in Kiev. >>
There is a fight against corruption in Ukraine, isn't it?
2010-07-17
Yesterday the chief of a section of the Envirounmental Security Department of the Envirounment Protection Ministry was arrested. The official required and accepted a breib at the rate $5000 from the businessman for the allowing documents.
Police have arrested him during the receiving of money near the enter to the Ministry. >>
Ukrainian villages are vanishing
2010-07-12
More than 500 settlements were eliminated in Ukraine since the Soviet Union broke up. >>
The prior of Kiev Pechersk Lavra called the clinic for AIDS patients "a brothel"
2010-07-12
Since 2005 the priests of the Kiev Pechersk Lavra has appealed to the authorities to take the AIDS clinic away from the territory of Lavra. Now the hierarch of Lavra Pavel, who is in secular life the deputy of the Kiev council from the Party of Regions (headed by Yanukovich), once more said he can't stand the presence of this "brothel" on the territory of Lavra. >>
About the visit of Hillary Clinton to Kiev
2010-07-07 Vladimir Dmitruk
Ukrainian mass-media didn't strain a lot to cover this event, most of the reports were made rather careless. For example, radio "Freedom" erroneously took the helicopter that is permanently exhibited near the main building of the Kiev Polytechnic Institute, where the meeting with Hillary Clinton was held, for precautionary measures. >>
The "democratic selection" of medicaments
2010-07-05
The Ministry of Health of Ukraine accepted the decision to revive the prescription principle of sale of medications this year. >>
The unpaid wages are growing in Ukraine
2010-07-03
The newly elected Ukrainian authority does its best trying to show its functioning through rose-coloured spectacles, but the reality stays the same. Thus, due to the data of the Ukrainian State Committee of Statistics, this year the unpaid wages reached 1 billion 887 million griwnjas (240 million USD). It is the worst index since the second half of 2004. Of course, the workers of the state-financed institutions suffer from wage indebtedness, first of all medical workers and teachers. >>
2010-06-30
According to the research “Life in Europe”, nearly 17% of EU population (~85 million people) lives in poverty. >>
Stalin monuments are being demolished in Georgia
2010-06-30
Stalin monuments are being demolished in Georgia. According to the will of Georgian government a monument in Tkibuli was demolished, after the first one in Gori. >>
80% of Russians understand, that they can’t influence anything.
2010-06-29
According to the result of the poll, made by “Levada-center” in June on the whole territory of Russia, there are no changes in the amount of Russians (62%), who don’t want to take part in the political life of the country and don’t want to understand processes in their native regions. >>