Euro 2012. The Death Match

The victims of the “football-minded government” are not only coalminers in Donetsk but also children in Galicia

Everyone Is Guilty in Oksana Makar’s Death

We can reassure ourselves that both the crime committed against Oksana Makar and her eventual death struck like lightning out of the blue sky. It was an unexpected natural cataclysm that could not possibly been foreseen or prevented. There is a great temptation in this horrible story to pin all the blame on the three young men that committed the crime. But in fact, the indifference and conformism of each one of us are the true root of problem that resulted in the rape and death of the girl.

Help Yourselves

Democratic changes in Ukraine will be carried out by civil society, not by political elites who have proved their inability and ineptness

Not to Turn into Fodder

Interpreted, a public office means nothing but “feeding” instead of “governance.”

A Fair Election… But Are the “Rules of the Game” Fair?

The forthcoming election could be a small step forward, if opposition forces cooperate with the same goals this time around

Minorities: The Precious Voices of Baltic Multiculturalism

Lithuania was and continues to be unimaginable without its historically formed minorities and its precious voices.

Caution as the Best Recipe For Hard Reforms?

Being small offers both negative and positive opportunities in international politics.

Land Intrigues

If passed, the Law “On the Land Market” could destroy the land market in the bud

A Quarter to an End

When nostalgic fans lament for “good old” soviet music, which often really did sound better than what is played today, they tend to forget one thing: each good soviet song was accompanied by at least a thousand dull ones

Safety Check

The results of stress tests run at Ukraine’s nuclear power stations are comforting but fail to explain why the facilities' equipment malfunctions so often