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Ukraine: Netizens Discuss Dnipropetrovsk Bombings
There has been a great deal of speculation about the four bombings that rocked the city of Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine, on Friday. The timing of the blasts is key to most of the popular theories emerging online, as Ukraine is undergoing a very eventful period right now.
Ukraine: Lukyanivska Prison - “Where People Are Kept Like Animals”
On April 2, the Ukrainian TV channel TVi aired Kostiantyn Usov's documentary about living conditions and treatment of inmates at Kyiv's Lukyanivska prison, as well as widespread corruption among the facility's staff. Many of those who have already watched Usov's documentary were shocked by what they saw, to say the least.
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Ukraine: “We Are Europeans” 29 October 2011
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Russia: Soccer Team Qualifies for Euro 2012 - “On To Ukraine and Poland!!!” 16 October 2011
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Ukraine: President Yanukovych in The Simpsons? 3 October 2011
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Ukraine: Short Films by Youth for Gender Equality 20 September 2011
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Syria: World Cities Rally Against and For Bashar 11 August 2011
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30 January 2012
Ukraine: The Story of Anna Boiko's Life
"She is a cheerful, talented, strong person. A person who has been through a lot, who is full of knowledge and memories," writes Olya Suprun about her 75-year-old grandmother, whose memories she is sharing on the award-winning blog called "The Story of Anna Boiko's Life." Tetyana Bohdanova reports.
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6 December 2011
Ukraine: Public Hospital Pioneers Social Media Usage
Founded in 1798, Dnipropetrovsk Regional Clinical Hospital is one of the oldest hospitals in Ukraine. It is also one of the first state medical institutions to use social media. Tetyana Bohdanova reports.
20 November 2011
Ukraine: Starbucks, Social Media Marketing, and “Language Issue”
Tetyana Bohdanova writes about social media marketing and the "language issue" in Ukraine - and a recent scandal caused by what turned out to be a fake Facebook page of Starbucks.
11 July 2011
Ukraine: Tymoshenko's Courtroom Drama
Since late June 2011, former Prime Minister of Ukraine and one of the Orange Revolution's leaders, Yulia Tymoshenko, has been on trial in capital Kyiv for abuse of power regarding a natural gas contract with Russia. If found guilty she faces up to ten years in prison.
6 June 2011
3 May 2011
Ukraine: World Press Freedom Day Sparks Discussions on the State of the Media
On World Press Freedom Day, Tetyana Bohdanova translates from online discussions about the state of the media in Ukraine and the possible reasons behind the shrinking of press freedom in the country.
13 April 2011
Ukraine: Politicians on Facebook and Twitter
With over a million of Ukrainians using Facebook and over 80,000 users on Twitter, more and more Ukrainian politicians choose to join these services, too. Tetyana Bohdanova highlights some of the findings by a Ukrainian Internet business and social media marketing website Watcher.com.ua, which has recently set up a real-time popularity ranking of politicians’ Twitter and Facebook accounts.
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8 April 2011
16 March 2011
Ukraine: Comparing Fukushima to Chernobyl?
The media are increasingly present the situation at Fukushima as the world’s worst nuclear accident since the Soviet-era Chernobyl disaster. This news has hit home in Ukraine, where Chernobyl is located and where memories of the terrible events of 25 years ago are still very much alive.
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Although the political climate of the country has many looking at these bombings as yet another reactinary measure to the...