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Is Britain still obsessed by social class? In recent years, this seemed to be fading. Under the governments of Margaret Thatcher and Tony Blair, British society appeared to be more egalitarian, more meritocratic and less dominated by the way people speak, what school they attended and what position their parents had in society.
11 October, 2012
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Michael Binyon
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A new investigation into the causes of the tragedy that took the lives of President Lech Kaczynski and other top Polish officials suggests that there may have been explosions on board their aircraft
10 October, 2012
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Zhanna Bezpiatchuk
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Nicholas Schmitt, a well-known researcher from the Institute of Federalism at the University of Fribourg, told The Ukrainian Week about Switzerland’s political system.
9 October, 2012
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Oleksandr Pahiria
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Those who observed the reform process in Georgia fall into two categories after the parliamentary election. “Everything is lost!” some lamented on Facebook, while their opponents reacted to the outcome with the utmost cynicism.
5 October, 2012
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Vakhtang Kipiani
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Andreas Gross, head of the PACE observers delegation to Ukraine and Chairman of the PACE Social Democratic Group told The Ukrainian Week about PACE’s evaluation of the election situation in Ukraine.
29 September, 2012
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Oleksandr Pahiria
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Jerzy Buzek was one of the first European politicians who said that the Yulia Tymoshenko case was politically motivated. Even after his term as a European MP expired at the beginning of this year, Jerzy Buzek continues to monitor the situation in Ukraine.
27 September, 2012
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Oleksandr Pahiria
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President Putin is nervous. Western experts believe that the European Commission has a good chance of winning the conflict regarding Gazprom’s monopoly prices on Central European markets
26 September, 2012
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Alla Lazareva
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Property reform is one of the most controversial issues haunting Estonia today. The restitution of property grew out of the need to return the property to those who lost it during Soviet nationalisation and collectivisation.
24 September, 2012
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Erkki Bahovski
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Greater Dependence on Russia is of No Good for Cyprus
20 September, 2012
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Oleksandr Pahiria
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Finnish reporter and writer Anna-Lena Lauren talks about her book and experience in what is considered one of Russia's most troubled regions
14 September, 2012
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Dmytro Hubenko
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Czech multiculturalists teach their compatriots to respect Ukrainians
13 September, 2012
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Valeria Burlakova
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Charles Tripp, Professor of Politics with reference to the Middle East, at the School of Oriental and African Studies, explains The Ukrainian Week what the quasi-democratic facade of Iraq policy conceals and what challenges Baghdad will face soon
12 September, 2012
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Viktor Kaspruk
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Mutual dependence of Ukraine and Russia is rapidly tilting and Ukraine is growing more and more dependant on Russia.
11 September, 2012
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The Ukrainian Week
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After one of the longest, costliest and most colourful court cases in British legal history, Boris Berezovsky has suffered a spectacular loss in his lawsuit against Roman Abramovich, and will have to pay one of the highest bills for court expenses ever incurred by a private individual - amounting, according to most estimates, to well over £100 million.
8 September, 2012
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Michael Binyon
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Case of Julian Assange founder of the Wikileaks became a diplomatic rebus for the United Kingdom and Ecuador
3 September, 2012
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Michael Binyon
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European MP Elmar Brok: "No-one in Kyiv should expect that everything will be over and forgotten after a falsified election"
31 August, 2012
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Milan Lielich
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How and why one of Russia’s leading opposition figures has been accused of stealing timber
14 August, 2012
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The Economist
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Out of all Western countries, Russia's worst relations are with the United Kingdom
13 August, 2012
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Michael Binyon
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Marek Michalak, Poland’s Ombudsman for Children, talks about upbringing without corporal punishment
2 August, 2012
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Inna Zavhorodnya
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The election of former ultranationalist Tomislav Nikolic as Serbia's President is generating uncertainty about the country’s future and the stability of the Balkan region. It has also raised questions about Russia's economic and political penetration in South East Europe.
24 July, 2012
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Janusz Bugajski
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Wojciech Borodzicz-Smoliński talks about modern Warsaw-Vilnius relations
23 July, 2012
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Oleksandr Pahiria
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Daniel Kaiser, author of Dissident Vaclav Havel, speaks about the first critical biography of the famed Czech politician and playwright
23 July, 2012
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Les Belei
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The appointment gives President Mikheil Saakashvili his biggest trump card in his confrontation with the Kremlin
19 July, 2012
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Vakhtang Kipiani
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The new Constitution brought Estonia back to the Western Hemisphere and constituted the backbone around which life in the new Republic would concentrate.
25 June, 2012
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Erkki Bahovski
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Joseph Daul is a well-known French politician and Chairman of the European People’s Party Group in the European Parliament. He is considered to be a consistent, thorough and slightly conservative politician. In his interview for The Ukrainian Week, Mr. Daul comments on the new French president’s recent statements about Ukraine and shares his opinion on Ukraine-EU cooperation.
19 June, 2012
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Alla Lazareva
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Dr. Pascal Boniface, founding Director of IRIS (Institute for International and Strategic Relations), speaks on football as a factor of globalisation, the crisis of NATO and the future of Eastern Europe
18 June, 2012
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Roman Horbyk
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