breakingnews
20.10.2009, 11:02
13 comments
The continuing rise of neo-Nazis in Europe has provoked condemnation from the United Nation's General Assembly, but its rapid growth has many demanding action rather than words.
14.05.2010, 07:20
11 comments
After NATO was formed in 1949, the Soviet Union built up its own military alliance, the Warsaw Pact. The Soviet Union and seven European socialist states joined the treaty on May 14, 1955.
01.09.2009, 16:51
9 comments
“Historians know what preceded the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact. The Polish have to admit that their dramatic plight was determined by erroneous policy of a Polish government,” – Natalya Narochnitskaya, a political scientist.
24.08.2010, 14:10
2 comments
Major reforms in Ukraine are just beginning, President Viktor Yanukovich has said at a ceremony marking the country’s 19th anniversary of independence, which is marked on August 24.
27.02.2010, 17:08
5 comments
Ukraine’s President Yanukovich has instructed the Prosecutor General’s Office to check up on Yulia Timoshenko’s work as Prime Minister, especially in relation to budget expenditure.
01.09.2009, 14:18
5 comments
French historian Edouard Husson thinks that the vehement attempts to rewrite history are linked to the longing for the independence of every European country, which leads to the adaptation of history to a national ideal.
12.10.2009, 11:50
3 comments
Ahead of Viktor Yushchenko’s visit to the Ukrainian city of Zaporozhye, the local administration has made sure that all signs in Russian were hidden from the President’s eyes.
02.06.2009, 17:31
2 comments
Rumors are rife in Ukraine over a possible radical change of the political system in the country. Two rival parties in the parliament in the parliament may unite to change the constitution.
04.02.2010, 13:37
2 comments
Ukraine’s Constitutional Court has overruled the government’s decree which forbid teachers from speaking Russian language in schools.
25.02.2009, 19:38
2 comments
On February 25, Georgia marks ‘Sovietization Day’. Introduced in the early 1990s, the holiday has recently acquired a slightly different sense.
Published: 28 October, 2009, 10:58
Edited: 29 October, 2009, 06:19
For the first time in 65 years, official celebrations are being held to mark the freeing of Ukraine from Nazis by Soviet forces. Yet two weeks ago, thousands honored the insurgent army which fought on the fascists’ side.
I have trouble distinguishing National Socialists and Socialist Bolsheviks .... they are both the same!