Section news Opinion on www.kyivpost.com en Copyright 2008 www.kyivpost.com kpletters@kpmedia.ua <![CDATA[Ukrainian identity shines through at ethnic festivals]]> Kyiv Post editor Katya Gorchinskaya writes: Growing crowds take on to traditional Ukrainian dress, but what actually is the core of modern Ukrainian identity?
]]> Opinion http://www.kyivpost.com/opinion/44530 Section news Opinion on www.kyivpost.com <![CDATA[Commentary on Arseniy Yatseniuk’s column: ‘Threats to democracy need to be stopped’]]> “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.
]]> Opinion http://www.kyivpost.com/opinion/44328 Section news Opinion on www.kyivpost.com <![CDATA[A celebration of togetherness]]> 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.
]]> Opinion http://www.kyivpost.com/opinion/44325 Section news Opinion on www.kyivpost.com <![CDATA[The Jewish card in Russian operations against Ukraine]]> During his speech at an expanded session of Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB), which was held on 29 January 2009, the president of the Russian Federation, Dmitry Medvedev, revealed an FSB special operation in a few brief sentences: “An unstable sociopolitical situation persisted in a number of neighboring states, there were continued attempts to enlarge NATO, including by means of granting Georgia and Ukraine accelerated membership in the alliance.
]]> Opinion http://www.kyivpost.com/opinion/44324 Section news Opinion on www.kyivpost.com <![CDATA[Thepeoplesvoice.org: Color Revolutions, Old and New]]> In a June 29 report on thepeoplesvoice.org, Stephen Lendman writes: In his new book, "Full Spectrum Dominance: Totalitarian Democracy in the New World Order," F. William Engdahl explained a new form of US covert warfare - first played out in Belgrade, Serbia in 2000, and then spread to former Soviet countries Ukraine and Georgia.
]]> Opinion http://www.kyivpost.com/opinion/44250 Section news Opinion on www.kyivpost.com <![CDATA[Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: Constitutional instability in Ukraine leads to 'legal turmoil']]> ]]> Opinion http://www.kyivpost.com/opinion/44181 Section news Opinion on www.kyivpost.com <![CDATA[Gas dispute offers European Union an angle]]> BRUSSELS, June 26 (Reuters) - Just as Europeans are packing their bags for the beaches, another Russia-Ukraine gas row is flaring up. The European Union should use it as a stimulus to speed up connecting its energy networks to reduce eastern Europe's vulnerability to gas cut-offs.
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