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Social and political magazine №7, OCTOBER 2014 license No20601-10401Р of 28.03.2014
Lviv “asks in” to have a cup of coffee
Founder and Chief Editor Butt Umair Ahmad
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Autumnal Equinox Day Autumnal Equinox Day is the day of the astronomical beginning of autumn. On this day, the sun is located above and below the horizon for the same peiod of time (the day is equal to the night). Earth on this day holds a strictly vertical position relative to the sun. In 2014, Autumnal Equinox Day falls on the 23-rd of September. This day is one of the four power points of the year — (the spring and autumn equinoxes and the winter and summer solstices), which the human community have considered to be the celebration of natural forces since the beginning of times. The first dates of the astronomical and calendar seasons do not coincide, so the astronomical autumn falls on different time. Astronomers estimate that from 2012 to 2044 in leap years the autumnal equinox will fall on September, 22, and in other years on September, 23. Autumnal Equinox Day is one of the four sacred festivals that have been honored and solemnly celebrated since ancient times. It was a time of thanking the gods for the harvest and prosperity, as well as commemorating the dead and decorating their graves. In cosmic terms, Autumnal Equinox Day is the beginning of the astronomical autumn; it is the time, when the nature is full of silence and tranquility that promote concentration and inclination to contemlating the world’s beauty and harmony. The ancient Slavic custom of celebrating Autumnal Equinox Day gave us an incredibly beautiful rite called the Feast of a Candle or the Candle’s Wedding that was widely performed even after the conversion to Christianity. It was based on ceremonial lighting a fire in a house with the help of a consecrated candle (or a lamp). The owners were to bring this fire home from a church (a pagan temple) and light a home candle, or even a more ancient posvit-kabytsya — a container for a wooden stick used to light a house. The Candle’s Wedding was celebrated with great pomp in town as well as in the country. Thus, in Kyiv, craft fraternities organized all night long performances in the light of candles, and in daytime day they took a large wax candle and a humanlike doll to the market and officially «wedded» them going by all the necessary ceremony. On this day, young people were telling fortunes, which was also an echo of ancient customs. In villages a decorated candle was taken from house to house, and with its light people ate ritual wedding meals. The event lasted for a whole week, and then women solemnly used the “wedded candle” to light the wooden stick with the light of which they would work. The ceremonies of honoring the spiritual home fire prepare a person for the autumn, when we spend more time in artificial light, encourages us to feel the nature, that certainly improves our mental and physical health. One of the most ancient rites of Autumnal Equinox Day is baking a round loaf of this year harvest that was a symbol of prosperity and abundance. In ancient times the community baked a giant loaf the size of a human being. If no one could see the priest praising the gods for the harvest benihd it, the next year was expected to be fruitful as well. Ancestors dedicated Autumnal Equinox Day to Syvoyar — the Autumn Sun or Svitovyd, a deity having four faces. He embodied the four solar conditions - winter, spring, summer and
autumn. Nowadays, supporters of the ancient Slavic Custom of Rusyns-Ukrainians celebrate Autumnal Equinox Day as the Holiday of Svitovyd. In Japan, Autumnal Equinox Day (Shūbun no Hi) is considered to be an official holiday. It has been celebrated since 1878. On this day the Japanese celebrate not only the unique astronomical phenomenon, but also perform the ancient rituals of the Buddhist Ohigan holidays when people traditionally commemorate their dead ancestors. Before the holidays they clean up thoroughly, especially the home altar with photos of the ancestors and things that once belonged to them, they put there new flowers, ritual food and offerings. This day people cook only vegetarian dishes. They contain beans, vegetables, mushrooms, a plant-based broth, as a reminder of the Buddhist prohibition of killing a living being and eating the meat of the killed one. In the days of Ohigan Japanese families go to worship the graves of their ancestors, order prayers and provide the necessary funeral honors. In Mexico, when the autumnal equinox comes, many people want to visit the famous Temple of Kukulcan (in the language of the Maya it means “a feathered serpent”) in the ancient city of Chichen Itza. The pyramid is oriented to the sun so that in the days of spring and autunmal equinoxes the rays project shadows of the platforms to the main stairs. It looks like alternating triangles of light and shadow. As soon as the sun starts dipping below the horizon, the shadow looks more and more like a winding snake. Its tail is located at the top of the platform, the body stretches along the stairs and the head lies almost on the ground. The light illusion lasts exactly 3 hours 22 minutes and, according to a legend, at this time you should be on the top of the pyramid and make a wish. In Rus, the autumnal equinox was also considered a holiday and it has always been celebrated with pirozhki and folk festivals. Autumnal Equinox Day is the day when the second half of the Indian summer starts and, according to a popular thought, this autumn weather depends on the weather on Autumnal Equinox Day. Our ancestors also thought that the better the weather is, the better the autumn will be, the later the real winter will come. Autumn is the best time for meditation, spiritual exercises and self-contemplation, completion of chores and planning for the future. We congratulate Rusyn-Ukrainians with the ancient natural holiday. May your home be always comfortable and full of light, may everyone be healthy and have family welfare and prosperity.
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Some signs of Autumnal Equinox Day: During this period, people watched the rowanberry harvest - if it was abundant, the autumn was expected to be rainy and the winter - cold. If the rowan produced a poor harvest, the beginning of winter will be dry, without rains. If the rowan and the birch already have yellow leaves, the winter will start with early frost and will be cold. If there are many acorns - Christmas will be snowy. If there are storms in September, the autumn will be warm.
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Lviv “asks in” to have a cup of coffee From 19 to 21 September 2014 the festival «Have a cup of coffee in Lviv» was held in Lviv. During the festival, anyone could have a tour through the cafes of the city that participated in the competition and could taste the «festival» coffee. All the participants make coffee with exclusive recipes and brands to make a real celebration of the most favorite drink all over the world. Surrounded by the aroma of coffee one can savor a drink and enjoy a conversation — an integral part of the culture of Lviv cafes. Lviv has always been famous for its coffee. In 1683 a Galician Franz Yuri Kulchytsky founded the first coffee house in Vienna and one of the first in Europe - «Hof zur Blauen Flasche». Since then - whether because Yuri Kulchytsky had been born in Lviv, whether because the coffee tradition quickly came to the city, and stayed here forever - Lviv became known as the coffee capital of Galicia. The invigorating flavored drink has long been a symbol of the most romantic cities of Ukraine — it is Lviv where tourists come to enjoy real coffee, and the inhabitants of the city are known for being real coffee lovers. And from the autumn of 2007 the coffee culture of Lviv has been strengthened by the city coffee festival. The Coffee Festival in Lviv, which has become very popular both in the city and beyond, became a symbol of the city in autumn. In these September days cozy Lviv cafes offer a particularly large choice of the most original coffee treats, and each year all coffee lovers who visit the fragrant holiday elect the most delicious of them. For this festival the best of Lviv cafes had prepared tons of coffee from all around the world and a very large selection of delicious coffee treats. It was presented at the Coffee Fair at Rynok Square. Last year, the record fair brought together 50 of the best cafes and coffee producers who represented their products to the guests of the holiday. The climax of the festival is the tour of the Coffee King and Queen who travel around Lviv coffee houses, savor coffee and then name the winner of the Coffee Festival - the best cafe in Lviv. This year the best cafe is GLORY CAFE. The Festival is accompanied by other attractions - the presentations of history and drinking traditions, retro music and a jazz concert. Each Lviv citizen and a guest of the city can find coffee and a pleasant coffee atmosphere here. During this year’s feast «Have a cup of coffee in Lviv» the organizers were collecting money to purchase the necessities for the military. In particular, anyone who made a charitable contribution, got a coffee corn and could take part in making a huge coffee panel «Make coffee. Not war». Also within the Coffee Fair the restaurant keepers were giving away 1 UAH for each sold cup of coffee. In connection with the situation in the country the holiday had fewer music performances and concerts, but the traditional events such as Coffee VeloMYLYA, Coffee Fair, Coffee Tour, were not eliminated. Also this year the professional component of the holiday «Have a cup of coffee in Lviv» was expanded — the citizens and the guests of Lviv could visit the exhibition «KavaEXPO», in which the world’s leading manufacturers of equipment and accessories took part. Also they could visit five official national championships under the aegis of SCAE (Specialty Coffee Association of Europe). 3
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The Autumn bicycle day in Kharkiv On Sunday, September 21, Kharkiv hosted a bicycle day as part of the European mobility Week. The citizens of Kharkiv gathered with their “iron horses”, and a huge column of cyclists rode from the monument to the Biker to Shevchenko Park. Interesting quests, varioud workshops, exhibitions and a fire show - that was waiting for Kharkiv citizens that day.
riding a bicycle in a child seat behind his father. It is nice to see that children are taught a healthy lifestyle from since their first years. There were many elderly people, and they were no worse than youths in riding their “iron horses”. Besides ordinary people who just took the bikes and went to the bicycle day, members of various sports clubs and organizations of the city, children and youth sport schools, sport veterans, professional athletes participated as well. It is an interesting fact that Kharkiv citizens displayed originality and arranged a little masquerade. They rode bikes wearing costumes of nurses, clowns, tigers, bears and even Vikings. Some took their pets with them: Shepherds and Huskies joyly rang next to their owners. And, of course, some bikes were decorated with Ukrainian flags. The column was accompanied by law enforcement and traffic police, as well as by cyclist regulators who did a great job by keeping the column in the traffic lane that had been given to the participants, and keeping an eye open for nobody to come to the oncoming lane. In the final point of the ride - Shevchenko Park - there were a variety of games, quests, workshops. Also on this day everyone could have their “iron friends” repaired for free, because there were free bike services. Those who waited until the end of the bicyce day could enjoy a magical fire show. Everyone who participated in this event, remained satisfied. For professional cyclists once again were able to safely ride the streets and gather together. And beginners got a lot of new emotions and experiences. Now all of them are looking forward to the Spring bicycle day!
The European Mobility Week is traditionally held from September 16 to 22. It is an official pan-European campaign, supported by the EU DG Environment. The objective of the campaign is to promote a broad debate on the need to review existing attitudes to transport and, in particular, to usage of private cars. The action aims at promoting healthy lifestyles and at drawing attention to environmentally friendly vehicles. The organizers of the «Autumn bicycle day» are Kharkov bicycle alliance together with the community of travelers «Kharkiv Tourist», a cycling club «Bike Center», The Mutual Help Fund of cyclists with the support of the Department of Family, Youth and Sports of the Kharkiv city council. The citizens of Kharkiv actively participated in this event. According to the estimates, it was attended by about 2 thousand of cyclists. This was declared by the director of the Department of Family, Youth and Sports Constantin Loboychenko on September, 22. «We expected that the column would consist of more than a thousand of participants, but in the end, the number of them was much bigger. In general, everything was fine, especially taking into account that this time it was not just a race, but also an entertainment program. We will try to hold such bicycle days twice a year,» the director of the department said. The event was attended by people of all ages, from kids to senior citizens. The youngest participant was only two years old,
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The Chestnut Run in Kyiv About 6000 people took part in a charity event Chestnut Run in the capital. It is the 22-nd time when Ukrainians join the marathon, the contributions for which are used to purchase the necessary equipment for the Center of Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery. The «Chestnut Run» is the most popular sport and charity event in Ukraine. Every year the Day of Kyiv is opened with the Run. Its is repeated once more, on the last Sunday of May at the Independence Square. However, as an exception, the 2014 Run was held on September, 7. The funds collected as part of the Run, will be used to buy equipment for the Center of Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, the doctors of which save children with congenital heart diseases. Over the past four years, those who participated in the Run provided the sick children with about 1 000 000 UAH. The organizers believe that this year, despite the fact that is the first time when the Run will be held not under the arches of flowering Kyiv chestnuts, but in autumn, the number of people willing to join the 22nd start of the action will be the same as usual, and the help to the Center will be as noticeable as in previous years.
There also were two special teams participating in the Run. The first of them - «The team of the Dream that has come true» — the children, operated at the Center, the real proof that a small contribution of each of us can change the world for another person. Today they are healthy children and they are ready for athletic feats to help other kids struggling with congenital heart diseases. The second — «The team of the courageous» is the team of participants in wheelchairs. These people managed to prove that a sincere desire to be healthy and beautiful can overcome all the limitations even those given by the destiny. They come to the start not for themselves and not to draw attention to people with disabilities. Their goal, as well as the goal of all the participants of the Run, is to help little patients of Center of Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery.
The twenty-second annual «Chestnut Run» started at St. Michael’s Square at 10am. Before the main start the organizers held a «Star workout» with a graduate from «Fabrika Zirok» and a solo singer Svitlana Tarabarova. It is the fifth Run when the participants do morning exercise before the start, and it is considered one of the most popular workouts in Ukraine (in 2010 the Run got into the Ukrainian Book of Records as a project with the «most popular workout»). The first participants of the Run were children aged 6-12 months. They cannot walk by themselves, so for them there was a «Run in a babywalker.» Kids coped with a 10-meter distance to prove once more - one can be responsible and kind from the first days of life.
Interesting facts: - The first Run was held in 1993, gathering 150 participants; - In 2010, the «Chestnut Run» was attended by a record number of people - 15 100 (the record was included into the Guinness Book of Records of Ukraine as «the most popular sport and charity event»); - Every year the Run involves more than 100 corporate teams, numbering from 5 to 12 000 employees; - The age of the youngest participant registered in the Run is 1 month, the oldest one - 98 years; - The funds collected during the Run 2010 were used by the Center of Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery to purchase the unique for Ukraine «artificial heart» (extracorporal membrane oxygenation apparatus); - While supporting the Center the participants of the «Chestnut Run» bought and gave to the medical facility the equipment and supplies costing in total over 1 800 000 UAH. 5
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Iryna Gagarina: «The most important thing in Ukraine is its open heart and honesty. Also we have a high quality education!» Back in early autumn millions of pupils and students traditionally went to their schools. Universities are getting new applicants, the enrollment to some departments and specialties hasn’t been finished yet. Not so great in number, but very significant and important for our country, is a community of international students who each year come to Ukraine to obtain a high-quality European education. But this year, taking into account the events in the East and Crimea, there have been much fewer students from other countries. In addition, the state has faced the problem of transferring the students who studied in the universities of Crimea, Donetsk and Luhansk regions, to the universities of other regions. We discussed these and many other issues of the international education sphere of Ukraine with the director of the Ukrainian State Center of International Education in the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine Iryna Gagarina.
that they would not return to their universities in September. Besides, a very large problem, as I said, was connected with medical students, for almost all Ukrainian medical universities could not admit more students according to their licensed number. Therefore it was necessary to take an immediate decision that would allow these students to continue their studies in view of special circumstances. This situation involves not only the transfer of students from one university to another, but also the problem of enrollment of the students who have completed the pre-university courses and are planning to enroll to the full-time learning. The same goes for those who have completed their undergraduate studies. These students are in a situation when they need to start their Master’s studies in a completely different University with no bachelor’s degree. This is a somewhat special case because it is not a transfer of students, but a re-entrance without the necessary documents. The Ministry adopted a number of prompt decisions taking into account exceptional circumstances and understanding that students are no way to blame for this situation. We had to do everything that depended on us to make these students the least affected ones. The Ministry issued two circular letters to the universities with defined procedures by which they could accept these students without a full list of documents and in a short time. The procedure of enlarging the licensed number of students was adjusted. These are very strict rules in the education, but our ministry took such a decision, and now almost all the foreign students are enrolled in other universities. However, in addition to academic issues, there are other ones. For example, the problem of dormitories. We understand that the problem is objectively present, and many university dormitories of the western Ukraine, for example, are occupied, by refugees from conflict zones. However, these issues are being addressed, the students are either renting apartments or the universities are trying to keep some place for foreigners and not accommodate their Ukrainian students and refugees in the hostels designed for foreigners. There is a serious problem related to immigration laws. Of course, in addition to academic, there are also migratory regulations. The Ministry of Education has asked the migration service to consider the situation and retreat from the practice when the documents for the continuation of a temporary residence permit is made not later than 15 days before it expires. The migration service met the request of the Ministry of Education and now accepts the papers of such a category of foreign students up to the last day of their validity.
In connection with the military actions in Luhansk and Donetsk regions, local universities have stopped functioning. How was the problem of foreign students studying in these universities solved? How many of them left the country and how many were transferred to other schools? Back in spring, it was decided that all foreign students of Donetsk and Luhansk university would start their vacations earlier. That is, by the twentieth of May they all had had to leave, even if they did not have time to pass their finals. This was related to appeals of the embassies, and the main aim of this measure was to avoid risking the safety of foreign nationals who are studying here by all means. The problem of the foreign students of Donetsk and Luhansk region was first considered by the Ministry in June. Already in July there was a clear understanding that we will try to transfer all the foreigners to universities in other regions. That is about 9000 students of various specialties, the lion’s share of them are medical students. In its letter signed by the Minister the Ministry instructed the universities in other regions how to make the transfer of these students easier. In addition, we clearly understand that many students are not in the possession of academic and graduate documents, as they started their vacations early, not expecting
Does this affect only the students of Donetsk and Luhansk regions? Exclusively. The migration Service issued a circular that made it possible to accept these documents up to the last day of the residence permit in all the cities where the students came to. The 6
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Education to their poor progress. This means that students must repeat that course again. In general, the universities that are working in the occupied territories are well aware of our pitfalls, but I think we have to demonstrate the ability to effectively respond to unusual situations and provide such students with the possibility to acquire the Ukrainian diploma.
Ministry of Education also suggested that an exceptional decision should be taken that would extend the term of the permits of students of the universities in Donetsk and Luhansk regions, even when the validity of such permits had expired. It will enable those students, who have not enrolled in a university only because their temporary residence permit has expired, to complete their entrance to the new place and continue their education. The process of transferring such a large number of students is very difficult. Our Center was authorized by the Ministry to coordinate the transfer basing on the appeals of embassies and students. In order that we can effectively carry out the selection of a university in which a student may continue their education, we encourage students to give us more information about themselves in a specific form that allows the Center to quickly send the data about the students who apply to transfer to the university in which they are planning to pursue their further education. The Center has got the appeals of about 200 students, to be honest, I thought there would be more. But many of them solve these problems by themselves, many people cooperate with the companies that helped them to arrive here. Nowadays, according to the data updated yesterday, we can say that there very few people, maybe, up to 10, who have not yet received the confirmation of enrollment to an educational institution. Many of them are still waiting for a decision on the extension of a residence permit. We will try very hard to make the most out of our power to ensure that the students are not affected, and that they do not have to go home to receive a visa once more.
Of course, it is too early to evaluate the success of the season, but are there any estimates of the primary student recruitment? It is clear that the season is harder than all the previous ones, but can say that what numbers are there compared to the last year? I can only line out a situation that we have today, and what we hear from companies working in the markets. A very broad information war is going on. It is also going on in the target-oriented countries. And I must say that in these countries we compete with Russia, as everybody knows. Until this year we have competed quite successfully. But due to the current events, we certainly feel the fears of parents to send their children to study in Ukraine, it is absolutely understandable from a humane point of view. As for the estimates, I can say that the last year was the peak one, the most successful year, we admitted about 20 thousand foreign students. Last year, to our knowledge, about 34-35 thousand invitations were given out. This year, from January 1, all invitations are recorded in our center, so we know the number of issued invitations for sure. Today, there are nearly 11 thousand. Thus we see that the activity of inviting foreigners to study here has reduced in 3 times. But I think we should forget the way of evaluating the success of the Ukrainian education only by the number of applicants. I strongly believe that we should use the quality of education as the evaluation criterion, and it is also the policy of the Ministry of Education. Talking about a lower rate of the number of applicants: firstly, the number of students will reduce significantly due to the information propaganda of the hostile competitors. We understand fears of the parents. We also lost a set of Crimean universities. As for the universities of Donetsk and Luhansk regions, the Ministry recommended to suspend the enrollment of foreigners for the current academic year. That means that all the invitations issued by these universities were canceled. So I think we will get up to 10 thousand of students this year. But the picture can change if the situation stabilizes; quantitative indicators may also be affected by the students of pre-university courses who may come during the school year.
Does this affect the students of Donetsk and Luhansk regions, and what about the occupied territory of Crimea? Is there any data on the number of transferred students from all these regions? Now there is no exact data, because the process has not been completed yet. On November 1, we will ask all the universities to provide us with the lists of students, to take them from Donetsk and Luhansk regions and Crimea. We are holding only fragmentary information from the universities, which have questions regarding admission of the students. Therefore, I can not name the total number now, but we will get the data. Such information is also necessary to embassies to account the number of their citizens studying in Ukraine. As for Crimea, there is a determined position of the Ministry that we must create conditions for the students to transfer to Ukrainian universities, because the diplomas issued in that territory under the name of the Russian Federation, will not be recognized anywhere else in the civilized world. In Ukraine, a law was adopted, which regards exclusively these areas, it applies to academic issues as well. However, foreign students are not defined there clearly enough. Soon we are expecting the separate letter of the Ministry concerning Crimean students. For this category of foreign students there are some peculiarities related to their study, but the documents that the Crimean universities give them, bear a date of September. And according to the Ukrainian procedure, one should resume their studies before a school year starts. This is done specially for students not to lose a year, or go back to Crimea. But I think that the question of admission of these students will be regulated by the Ministry for the good of students. We’re interested in having these students stay in Ukraine, to receive the Ukrainian diplomas. In the near future it will be done. We have seen some artificial obstacles from the Crimean universities - they try not to let students leave, sometimes they do not give the proper documents, some students were expelled due
Recently, a law «On Higher Education» has been passed. How will it affect foreign students? If to read the text of the law, there is no detailed indication of foreigners’ studies, but it is not the most important thing. Most importantly, it provides for the restructuring of the Ukrainian higher education system basing on the principles of modern international standards. Our Center is planning some active measures related to the popularization of the Ukrainian education to be taken in foreign markets next year. We are preparing for the season, and one of the main arguments is precisely the approach of the Ukrainian education to the European standards. And after the Ministry takes a number of planned solutions to improve the quality of training requirements for foreigners, I think it will be a great combination. This will guarantee quality on the one hand and good opportunities in the labor market, which is wider than one country, on the other hand. This is very important for students who study here. Let’s hope that we will manage to do it. The new law has broken many stereotypes. And not will be 7
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continue their studies in the areas that are currently occupied by we know what. The enrollment of foreign students to universities in these regions is suspended. The Instruction of the Ministry of Education is compulsory for all universities of all forms of ownership and subordination.
simple with its implementation. But I think it is a significant step forward. I am sure in it. In any case, the structure of the education system becomes understandable in terms of international perception. That is, we do go towards the implementation at of the standards that are clear to foreign students as well who are familiar with the educational system of the European countries, America, etc. That is, those countries which they consider as an alternative to our education. There is another important point that I want to mention in connection with the law. You know that one of the key, so to speak, «chips» of this law is providing universities with autonomy, including financial. I hope very much that our universities will treat this autonomy right and use the funds that will be remained to them to improve their laboratory facilities, classrooms, dormitories. If this happens, it will also give a very good advantage to the Ukrainian offer in the field of education.
Not all students went home, some spent their summer vacation here. What will you tell us about the safety of these students? Were international students affected due to the events, such as those on the Maidan or in the East of Ukraine? When there was danger in the eastern regions, the Minister invited the ambassadors of all countries, from which our students come from. It was the first meeting of this kind after many years, the topic was the safety of international students. About 19 countries were represented there, it was a big audience. And the position of the Ministry was clear: «We are ready for all urgent and extraordinary measures to protect the foreign students first and in the best way.» As I said, it was decided that there would be early vacations, the educational institutions were recommended to let the students leave, so the majority of them could return home. Many embassies, in particular, those of Turkmenistan and India almost deliberately took their students away. But we perfectly understand that students are of full age and one cannot make them leave. For example, African students say «it is still worse at home.» That is, in their view, there is no sense in leaving. Therefore, a certain number of students remained in those regions. I regret to say, but in Luhansk terrorists captured a group of Nigerian students. There was information that they were partially released, the OSCE stated its position on capturing the students. It was very problematic. On the Maidan, as far as I know, none of the international students was hurt. However, embassies and universities tried to keep foreign students away from any participation in the revolutionary protests and movements. Exclusively from considerations of security of the foreign nationals.
And will the universities establish the rates themselves? For example, in Bulgaria, the universities have an autonomy as well, but it is the Cabinet of Ministers that establishes the prices. Each country has its own regulations. In ours the Cabinet of Ministers does not establish the rates for education. There is only one old regulation dated by 1996, which sets the minimum bar. I have not heard any ideas on how to regulate this issue on the state level. I believe that the university as any structure, including business structures as well, should sit down and calculate how much the teachers’ work costs, how much maintenance of premises costs, etc. This is an economic value, and I believe that these funds should be calculated fairly and accurately. One cannot set the highest rate as nobody will enter such a university. One cannot put a very low price too, so that the university will be in loss, the educational activity must still be profitable. But I do not think that there will be any central control.
We know that Luhansk Medical University has still been functioning. Starobelsky university too. Do these universities still invite foreign students to study and what is the procedure? The official position of the Ministry, which was told to all the embassies, students and all those who asked, is like this: we do not think that now there should be any international students in the region. However, I also had information that some workers, in particular, those of Luhansk Medical University agitated students, called them and invited to study there. The attitude of the Ministry and our Center towards such an “initiative” is very negative, and we ask students not to pay attention to such invitations.
So Ukraine suspended the admission of foreign students in Crimea, Luhansk and Donetsk regions, and you can officially confirm this?
What can you say about the safety of foreign students in other cities of Ukraine today?
In accordance with the law adopted on the regime in Crimea, the State of Ukraine does not admit so much a thought that foreign students can be enrolled into universities situated in the occupied territories. Ukraine cannot allow the students to whom it guarantees the Ukrainian quality of education and the Ukrainian state diploma to go there. As for the students of Luhansk and Donetsk regions. Ukraine, as a state, represented by the Ministry of Education made a decision that was reported to all embassies and at all levels, that temporarily, to stabilize the situation, foreign students are transferred to universities in other regions and do not
Anyone who arrives to Ukraine to other cities except from those that, as we know, are in the fire, can see a completely normal, peaceful life in which no one walks with guns. There are concerts, advertisements, on the contrary, people have a very positive attitude. Ukraine lives a normal, ordinary life. Thank God, we feel no threats here, and share with foreign students every day, those realities which are present in our lives too. Ukraine is not the only country in the world in which events of this kind are taking place. We know many examples of countries or regions where 8
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Education I want to say that this year is not very stable, no one in Ukraine is trying to hide it, but I can say officially that if there are any threats the first measures will be taken in relation to foreign students. This will be the first task - to ensure the safety of the international students who study in Ukraine. It is absolutely sure.
What would you like to tell our readers, including foreigners? I would like to tell the foreigners, who either do not know a lot about our country or consider coming to Ukraine, that I have never met a single person who would come to our country and remain indifferent to it. Every day many students come to our Center, and we hear students from African countries say «Glory to Ukraine!». We get e-mails containing such words as «God bless you, you will win» or «we respect this country, we respect this people, people here are very open, they have a pure heart, you have a beautiful country.» These are experiences that we hear from the foreigners who are here with us in difficult times. I think that those who decide to come to Ukraine just to look at it or to study here will be pleasantly surprised that they have never been here so far. Of course, we have our problems like any other country, but certainly when it comes to Ukraine, the most important thing here is its open heart and honesty. It is a beautiful country and we have a high quality education. I meet lots of foreign diplomats, and many of them studied in Ukraine. They come here and say: much time has passed, but we still warmly remember Ukraine. Perhaps there is a good reason for it.
there are hot spots or the whole country is in a troubled state, or some threatening events are taking place. And we have had 23 years of quiet, peaceful life. We were proud of this, we were glad, we got used to such a life. Unfortunately, today Ukraine is surviving hard times. However, we see a lot of foreigners who live, study here, who come to visit our country. They live the same life as we, Ukrainians, live. There was an incident, when the embassy of Angola, which is located in Russia, announced the decision of the Ministry of Education of Angola to take all their students who studied in IvanoFrankivsk away from Ukraine. That is the right of a state, its position. And in response the students wrote a great letter to our Minister and Ambassador such as: «We do not want to leave Ukraine, we want to continue our studies here. It is safe, people here are good and open, everything is fine. We study in Ukrainian and we do not want to learn Russian in order to pursue our education.» I even have a copy of this letter somewhere. And this position is shared by a great number of students.
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The Verkhovna Rada ratified the Association Agreement between Ukraine and the EU On Tuesday, September 16, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine and the European Parliament simultaneously ratified the Association Agreement EU-Ukraine in Kiev and Strasbourg. President Petro Poroshenko and Speaker Oleksandr Turchynov called this day historic. 355 deputies of Ukraine and 536 MEPs voted for this decision. and its ratification is the first step, is only the beginning of the great European way, « Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk said. The President stressed that the Association Agreement is ratified in its entirety. «No point, no comma, no word of the agreement concerted, initialed and signed by me on June 27 is subject to changes. And the implementation of it starts right now,” - the head of state declared. According to Poroshenko, the implementation of the Agreement implies rule of law, freedom of speech, strong anticorruption measures and reforms, and a separate agreement on a visa-free regime and investment climate issues, and the question of protection of individual and property rights. «I think that de facto this is a program of reforming our country,» the president said. Poroshenko pointed out that: «Thanks to the brilliant efforts of Ukrainian diplomats, we managed to get the right, but not the obligation for Ukraine to protect its market through the appropriatetaxation rates for goods that we import to protect domestic producers, the national budget, to make sure that the currency does not leave the country in wartime. And I stress that this right is fully in the hands of Ukraine.» The Agreement provides for establishing a political association and deepening economic integration between the EU and Ukraine, as well as a reciprocal free market access. The political provisions bring Ukraine closer to the EU, opening new channels for political dialogue and establishing guidelines for cooperation, including energy, transport, education. The agreement requires reforms and respect for democratic principles, human rights and the rule of law from Ukraine. Among other rules, the Agreement provides for greater movement of workers, sets goals for a visa-free regime and promotes the convergence of regulatory frameworks of both parties, setting a specific period of time, during which Ukraineis to integrate part of the EU laws into its own legislation and also implement them. The part of the Agreement that provides for the establishment of the DCFTA, in its turn, significantly integrates the markets of the EU and Ukraine. This is done via abolition of import duties and other trade restrictions; at the same time special restrictions and transitional periods for the most «sensitive» areas, including agricultural trade, are still in force. The Agreement also partially integrates government procurement markets. As it is noted by the Delegation of the EU, due to the simultaneous voting in the European Parliament and the
President of Ukraine pointed out that the European Parliament had prepared for the ratification using a special simplified procedure. «Those things that needed three or four months of hard work in preparing for the ratification by the European Parliament have been done in a very short period of time - we spend only two weeks,» Poroshenko said. During the Council meeting, where the ratification was taking place, the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko said that the heroes of the Heavenly Hundred and 872 Ukrainian military men sacrificed their lives not only for Ukraine but also for Europe. «Since World War II, no nation has paid such a high price for the desire to be Europeans,» the president of Ukraine said. He added that that day would be a historic day and a holiday to Ukraine and across Europe. «The European integration has become a national idea of Ukraine,» Poroshenko said. 355 MPs of 381 registered in the session hall voted for that decision. None of them voted against it; 26 - did not vote at all. The synchronized voting was held as a teleconference. After voting, MPs, cabinet members and President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko got up and sang the anthem of Ukraine. «For the first time in the history of our continent, millions of people have risen to fight for the right to live in the European community. The Agreement gives us a unique opportunity. Its ratification paves the way for a comprehensive reform of Ukraine according to the European values. Today the Agreement will be ratified simultaneously with the EU. With this agreement the state emphasizes its choice in favor of future membership in the EU, « Oleksandr Turchynov said before voting. «Voting for today’s ratification is a civilizational choice of the Ukrainians. We will fix a mastake that was made 350 years ago - Ukraine is Europe - so the Ukrainian people said and did. This agreement is signed by all Ukrainians and I wish it was not sealed with blood. That is the price of freedom, democracy and independence. It is the same way that our soldiers are fighting for the Ukrainian independence and integrity. Signing the agreement 10
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Parliament of Ukraine, the Association Agreement will be provisionally applied. However, the date of application should be further confirmed by the Council. To gain full legal force, the Agreement shall be ratified by all 28 EU member states. Currently, it has been ratified by only six Member States. On the other hand, the complete process of ratification by the member states can last for several years. Originally it was planned that the trade rules contained in this Agreement will enter into force on November 1. However, on September 12 during the negotiations between Russia, Ukraine and the EU is was decided to postpone the entry into force of the temporary trade rules until December 31, 2015.
Poroshenko said. He stressed that «the domestic economy gained 1.5 additional years to be competitive and effectively prepare for the competition with our European partners and manufacturers.» «I want to thank the European Union for this multibillion-dollar bonus, which they gave us supporting Ukraine in these difficult times,» the President of Ukraine said, adding that in return the European partners ask for only one thing - reforms. According to Poroshenko, neither war, nor the political situation can not justify the absence of reforms.
The government approved a plan of implementing the Association Agreement The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine approved a plan of implement the Association Agreement between Ukraine, on one hand, and the European Union, the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States, on the other hand, for 2014 - 2017. According to UNIAN, the plan was approved at a cabinet meeting on September 17. At the meeting the Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk stressed that the implementation of the Association Agreement between Ukraine and the EU should be completed by 2017. He explained that such a short period of time for implementation of the Agreement is related to the necessity of adapting the Ukrainian legislation to the European standards. Thay are to «show that Ukraine complies with the rules of the European Union.» «The sooner we carry out these reforms, the sooner the European Union will see that we actually executed the Agreement, the sooner we will have the chance to apply for EU membership and say that we meet the criteria, that we signed the agreement and that we have accomplished it. According to Article 49, Ukraine may apply for the membership in the EU. That is why the implementation of the Agreement and executing it are extremely important for the government,» Yatsenyuk said.
One and a half years of preparations for Ukraine Petro Poroshenko pointed out that the new agreement should replace the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement, which was signed earlier between the EU and Ukraine. He added that the Association Agreement should bring the Ukrainian standards in line with the EU standards on human rights, security and arms control, and remove trade barriers. The Ukrainian President once again confirmed that no parameters of the Agreement with the EU were changed as a result of negotiations with Russia. Poroshenko noted that «the arrangements that have been achieved recently in Brussels, have allowed us to get even more than this Agreement provides for.» «By the end of 2015, Ukraine has been granted preference, when on one hand our products are sold to Europe duty-free, and on the other European production at the Ukrainian market works under WTO rules, supporting Ukrainian products, Ukrainian budget and the rate of Ukrainian currency»,
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Deputies adopted a law on lustration
decision of a court. Derev’yanko noted that such people are not eligible to hold office for a term of 5 years. According to him, the law also applies to those who were «agents of the KGB, those who studied in the schools of the KGB, except technical specialties, those who were leaders of the Communist Party starting with the level of a District Secretary and those who led Komsomol starting with the level of secretaries of LKSMU.» He added that the law also requires officials to specify their assets and income in the declaration and include the imcome of those who live «together with them and have a common way of life.» Yuri Derev’yanko noted that the law provided that if the tax authorities check the conformity of the property declaration, they can not made decisions in the case of actual differences, without the official or the person subject to the checks being familiar with the observations and giving any explanation of these differences. Only then, considering explanations and facts provided by the person, the final decision will be made. We shall remind you that shortly before the deputies did not support the bill, but continued its discussion. During the previous voting 217 deputies gave their votes for the bill. Hearing about that, the activists, who had gathered near the parliament demanding to pass the law on lustration, blocked Hrushevskoho street with their cars and burned tires. In his turn, Speaker Oleksandr Turchynov said that none of the deputies would leave the session hall until the law on lustration was accepted. Only then, with adopting this law, the Parliament declared the meeting closed.
At third try MPs passed the law «On cleaning the authorities» 231 MP of 246 registered in the session hall voted for this decision. At the meeting of the Parliament, one of the authors of the bill Yuri Derev’yanko (independent) said that in preparation for the second reading of the bill it «was changed very much.» According to him, the bill no more contains any provisions contrary to the current constitution. Under the law «today all, without exception, officials, all government employees and all employees of local governments except for elected offices are subject to lustration.» Derev’yanko also noted that the law applied to the former President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych. The deputy noted that this law also applied to the Prime Minister of Ukraine, deputy ministers and deputy heads of other central authorities. Also, this law applies to governors. Derev’yanko said that the law also applied to all those who were directly «tied» to the events of the Maidan. He means the Maidan of the period from November 21, 2013 to February 22, 2014. People who were directly «involved in the illegal actions against participants of the Maidan» will be subject to lustration as well. According to Derev’yanko lustration powers include all judges and prosecutors who approved illegal decision against the participants of the Maidan. «They have no right to hold any public office for 10 years,» he added. He stressed that the next category of people covered by the law on lustration includes those who called for the split of Ukraine, to separatism if there was the correspoding Reference: Ukraine and the EU signed the political part of the Association Agreement on 21 March, postponing the signature of the economic part, which includes the provisions on a free trade area, until the presidential elections. After the election, President Petro Poroshenko signed the Association Agreement with the EU in its entirety on June 27. On September 12 Brussels hosted a trilateral ministerial meeting between the EU, Ukraine and Russia. In a joint statement after the meeting of European Commissioner for Trade Karel De Gucht, Minister of Foreign Affairs Pavlo Klimkina and Minister of Economic Development Alexei Ulyukayev, they reported that Ukraine, Russia and the EU agreed to postpone the provisional application of the free trade area between Ukraine and the EU until December 31, 2015 .
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Tens of thousands of people participated in the Peace March in Moscow On September 21, a Peace March against the military aggression of Russia against Ukraine was held in Moscow and other Russian cities. The campaign of the opposition was coordinated with the city authorities. According to various estimates, it united from 5 to 100 thousand people.
and posters. According to what one of the organizers of the March, Petr Tsarkov, wrote on Twitter, four posters were taken away, and therefore the organizers of the March are going to sue. In the resolution, the draft of which had been published online in advance, among other requirements there are «to withdraw Russian troops from the territory of Ukraine», to investigate «illegal inducing of the Russian military men by the authorities to take part in the military actions in the south-east of Ukraine» and «to cease the trading and gas war against Ukraine». The resolution was signed by the former Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov, the ecologist Eugenia Chirikova, the actress Tatyana Lazareva, the journalist Yevgeny Kiselyov, the artist Andrew Bilzho and others. Beside Moscow, anti-war actions were held in several Russian cities, including Voronezh, Volgograd, Perm, Yekaterinburg, Rostov-on-Don, Stavropol, as well as abroad - in Berlin, Vienna, Burgas, Paris, Kiev and Washington.
According to the opposition leaders, the event was directed against the war in Ukraine and the aggressive foreign policy of Russia and presented as the «Pan-Russian Peace March», as in other Russian cities similar events took place as well. In the capital the column walked from Pushkin Square to Sakharov Avenue. The application specified that the demonstration would include up to 50 thousand people. According to Deputy Secretary of the Civic Chamber Sergey Ordzhonikidze, this estimation of attracting 50,000 participants was completely groundless: «50 thousand people will never go there. This is nonsense. 50 participants will be just the right number. The action will bring together people who either do not understand what they are doing, or, on the contrary, are doing it deliberately, under any pretext. And they don’t care about such pretexts. The main thing is that the event is anti-government,» he said to Interfax on the eve of the March. According to him, it is absolutely unclear who is to be influenced by the March as Russia is not involved in the war. «The opposition is entitled to having their opinion, but they should have arranged this Peace March elsewhere, not in Moscow. In Kiev, probably. There it would have been more appropriate taking into account the political situation, because these are the Ukrainian authorities that are waging war,» Sergey Ordzhonikidze said, according to Interfax. According to the Russian Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Moscow, the total number of participants at the start of the march was close to 5000 people. «But the column includes both members of the opposition and supporters of the DNR and the LNR», the department states at its site. According to the leader of the party «Yabloko» Sergei Mitrokhin, the number of protesters was a little less than 50 thousand. The co-chairman of the RPR-Parnassus Boris Nemtsov wrote on his Twitter that the action had gathered 100 thousand people. According to Interfax, no major incidents were recorded. During the Peace March in the center of Moscow the security measures were enhanced. According to correspondents and witnesses, before admitting the demonstrators to the March, the police checked their banners 13
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Visa free travel to EU for Ukraine in 2015 - reality? Opinion of Ambassador of the Republic of Moldova to Ukraine Mr. Ion Stevile Times of ordeal force people to look at the world more widely and in a different way, especially at their neighbors and potential partners. To seek their support, analyze their experience, find common ground, areas for cooperation and mutual development. Moldova is a country so close to Ukraine geographically, and, in fact, so little known to us. Recently it has been drawing the attention of more and more of our fellow citizens. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Moldova to Ukraine Mr. Ion Stevile, whom we met in late September, said that he had never given so many interviews as during the last year, and it also confirms the thesis outlined above on the increased interest of the Ukrainians to neighboring countries, states and nations. The European integration and visa requirements We started the conversation with His Excellency with positive, optimistic and life-affirming subjects: those connected to the European integration. As you know, in the spring of 2014, the nationals of the Republic of Moldova got the opportunity to travel to the European Union without visas. His Excellency noted the synchronicity of the movement of Moldova and Ukraine to Europe, but in some aspects the states are half-step ahead of each other. Visa-free travel — is this «half-step», which the Moldovans are ahead of us. After discussing the matter with a specialist, one could get a lasting impression that the Ukrainians should blame no one except our own government in the absence of a visa-free regime with the EU. The matter depends upon introducing biometric passports. Thus, Moldova, with its 3.5 million people could make this step much easier. The negotiations with the EU on visa liberalization started in 2010. The first biometric passports were given to Moldova citizens in 2008, and starting from January of 2011 the state started to issue only biometric passports. Since then they even managed to change the «old» biometric passports to the documents of the new model, which, by the way, are externally indistinguishable from passports of the citizens of EU member states. A Moldovan national can get a biometric passport at the
place of residence, as well as in any diplomatic mission of the State in the world: all the embassies have the appropriate equipment. Old passports are still in force, one can visit the EU countries with them, but in this case it is necessary to obtain a visa. It turned out that the introduction of a visa-free regime had not caused a wave of migration, including the labor one. In fact, as His Excellency pointed out, everybody who had the desire, energy and capabilities had been working abroad for a long time already (it is about 30 percent of the population!). The visa-free regime made it possible for many of these people to legalize their stay in other countries (and therefore provided them with additional guarantees of protection, additional rights), simplified the procedure of entering another state, and, al last, served as an important moral factor. His Excellency is upbeat about the prospects of a visa-free regime with the EU for the Ukrainians: according to his forecast, we will be able to get it in the beginning of the next year, year 2015! The ratification of the Association Agreement, to which Moldova and Ukraine moved synchronously, particularly as part of the Eastern Partnership, is, according to our interlocutor, the «half-step», which we are ahead of the Moldovans, taking into consideration that the European Parliament has already ratified the document, and Moldova has not done it so far. The very agreement was signed by President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko and Prime Minister of the Republic of Moldova Yuri Leancă on June 27, 2014 in Brussels. The Moldovan Parliament ratified it almost immediately, on July 2, but the document has not yet been ratified by the European Parliament, while the Parliament of Ukraine ratified it on September 16 in sync with the European colleagues. By the way, His Excellency sees postponing the introduction of certain provisions of the Agreement, due to which the government of Ukraine has recently been exposed to furious criticism, as a solely positive achievement of the Ukrainian government. It’s an incredibly beneficial preference, the possibility to export their products to the EU market duty free for more than a year and at the same time to tax imports of the European goods, fill the budget, and, last but not least, to have more time to prepare local producers for the competition with the goods produced in Europe in domestic market. Moldova had similar conditions, but it already
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enters the free trade zone without exceptions and limitations. The only area for which the customs regime like ours is preserved, by agreement of the Moldovan Government and the relevant European authorities, is the so-called «Transnistria». His Excellency stressed the importance of the simultaneous motion of neighboring countries in a geopolitical and cultural directions. He believes that the key to the further development of the relations between our countries and peoples in future and the common cause that should unite us, give us a new impetus to relations in many areas for long years.
or other significant differences, and the role of philosophical, ideological and other differences with the inhabitants of other parts of the country is greatly exaggerated. The «signature» of one of geopolitical players, that stands to benefit from instability in neighboring countries that it considers its «sphere of influence», is obvious, as people say, to the naked eye. The evidence for this is not only the chronology of events, but even the presence of the same people in the «leadership» of the selfproclaimed «states» first in Transnistria, then in Crimea, and then in the «LNR» and «DNR». For the Republic of Moldova the left bank of the Dniester is not an «occupied territory» as Crimea is for us. However, there are Russian troops - about two thousand people, 500 of whom are involved in peacekeeping operations in accordance with the Moldovan-Russian agreement on the suspension of the armed conflict in 1992. Other Russian troops stay in Moldova without the consent of the Moldovan authorities, which is illegal, so Chinau calls on Moscow to withdraw them with no conditions. By the way, about ten Ukrainian military observers are involved into the peacekeeping operation on the Dniester. For many years already Transnistria has been considered a «territory not controlled by the government.» There is a special law passed in 2005 by a hundred deputies of one hundred and one who make up the Parliament of Moldova. By the way, the
«Transnistria»: the experience of Moldova
third President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko was directly related to the preparation and adoption of this document: it was one of the points of the so-called «Yushchenko Plan». The issues of the areaare negotiated in the format «5+2», one of the participants of the negotiations is Ukraine. They are controlled by the appropriate Deputy Prime Minister of the Moldovan government, who is head of a special government agency (which used to be a Ministry, but got a higher status). He also represents the government of Moldova in the so-called format «1 +1», which occurs almost every week with a representative of Transnistria to address a range of issues connected to social welfare, medicine, education, food and other support, etc. In spite of any separatist statements, the Moldovan state refers to any and all people living on the left bank of the Dniester with Moldavan passports as to their full citizens. They enjoy the same rights and guarantees, have access to all the government services and programs throughout the country, without any limitations and exclusions. The Government of Moldova even cares about the economy of the self-proclaimed republic, though no revenues from their activities go to the budget. But the authorities realize that the viability of enterprises in an uncontrolled territory depends on the level and quality of life of people living there. It is really a noble, reasonable and responsible position! As noted above, the Moldovan authorities even reached agreements with the EU so the companies located in the said territory would be able to continue using trade preferences, such as those that are in force now and will be available until the end of 2015 between Ukraine and the European Union. While the state itself already has a duty-free regime with European countries, its producers have to compete with the European ones and the state no longer receives revenues from imports from the EU. After the introduction of a visa-free regime with the EU the residents of the territory on the left bank of the Dnieste started moving to the main part of the country where they line up to get Moldovan biometric passports. In this case no one forces them to give away «Transnistrian», Ukrainian and Russian papers. His Excellency is sure that the only and best way to return the excluded territories of Moldova and Ukraine is to build the states themselves, creating such an environment, such a quality of life,
The topic of «Transnistria», of course, could not be avoided in a conversation with the Ambassador of the Republic of Moldova. It is the bitter experience of neighbors that we are trying to survive now. Though the majority of the Ukrainians have heard of the conflict that is going on not in the faraway Africa or Asia, but literally at our borders, they are completely unaware of its effect, actual and declared causes, consequences and prospects for its resolution. But our internal situation forced the Ukrainians to start being interested in this topic, because it is an experience that we can use to solve our problems, as well as the material for synthesis and analysis of the causes of their occurrence. A fruitful, incredibly interesting and useful, due to the high expertise and knowledge of His Excellency, conversation concerning this subject lasted more than two hours. There were two surprising facts. First, how similar are the nature and algorithms of the situation in Crimea and eastern Ukraine, as well as on the left bank of the Dniester in Moldova. The second interesting fact is the active involvement of Ukraine into the conflict in the so-called «Transnistrian Moldovan Republic» from the very beginning.
It was astonishing to realize that after more than twenty years of watching and knowing the Transnistrian conflict fundamentally, all its causes and consequences, our country managed to allow exactly the same on its territory! To this genuine surprise our interlocutor, who, in addition, is a professor of history, reacted with a smile and a quote from Hegel: “What experience and history teaches us is that people and governments have never learned anything from history.” The population of that part of Moldova, located on the left bank of the Dniester River, consists of three relatively equal ethnic parts: Moldovans, Ukrainians and Russians. As in Crimea and the Donbas, there is no significant «ethnicity» the culture, language or identity of which could be threatened. There are no religious 15
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our government has not found time to extend this agreement, the validity of which expired last year, but the issue is under control of the relevant authorities and this misunderstanding will be corrected, and the agreement will come to force once more. Many Moldovans study in Ukrainian universities at their own expense, or even at the expense of our budget, we are talking mainly about Odessa universities, though their number is quite difficult to name: there is a visa-free regime between our countries, and many citizens of Moldova also have Ukrainian passports. Recently, the idea of studying in universities of Moldova has been getting more and more popular with the Ukrainian youth, as the educational field of this country has significantly reformed in the direction of the European standards, and already has some achievements.
with whcih all the inhabitants of the excluded territories would forget the question «where is better to live» and «in what way we should develop» - the answer and the choice should be quite obvious for everyone! We also talked about the relationship, actual and potential, about the possible impact of the events in Crimea, Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts of Ukraine on the situation on the left bank of the Dniester River. As we know, mass-media actively discuss the plans of the Russian Federation to create a «land corridor» to access Crimea, the Donbas and Transnistria. There was also information on conducting «interviews» on the attitude of the residents of the said area to join the RF (with “traditional” 97 per cent of votes «for» it). His Excellency said that Moldovan authorities are ready for such a course of events, but at the same time is quite concerned about it. By the way, analyzing the speech of Vladimir Putin regarding the concept of the «Novorossiya», our interlocutor delivered another small excursion into history, to the times when it was used by the rulers of the Russian Empire. Novorossiysk province was established in 1764 year, the south-western border of it was the Dniester. But since 1822, it starts expanding and turns into Novorossiysk and Bessarabian Governorate General, the the most famous head of which was Prince Mikhail Vorontsov. Talking of the content of history lessons, His Excellency was surprised to estimate the plans of the politicians who today, in the 21st century, are seeking to reestablish empires that historically tend to disintegration with force of arms. Traditionally, talking to the senior diplomatic representative of another state in Ukraine, we could not help but wonder the consequences of the situation in Crimea and the East for the nationals of the country he or she represents. His Excellency noted the large number of representatives of the Moldovan expatriate community in Ukraine: both Moldovan citizens living in our country and Ukrainian citizens of Moldovan origin — it numbers over 400 thousand. But they are mostly settled in Odessa and Chernivtsi regions, also they live in Kirovohrad, Mykolaiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Poltava, so on. It was in the Donbas and Crimea where few Moldovans lived, so it is no use to talk about a large scale or a great number of people affected by the conflict or forced migrants.
His Excellency told us an incredibly interesting story about the historical ties between Ukraine and Moldova in the context of specific individuals, including the daughter of the Moldovan hospodar Vasile Lupu, who married the son of Bohdan Khmelnytsky, the Metropolitan of Kyiv Petro Mohyla, Paisius Velichkovsky and many others. To be honest, we would have never guessed how intertwined are the destinies of our countries, states, nations, key personalities that define the development of not only Ukraine and Moldova, but of the whole Europe! Unfortunately, an article can not comprise all the information provided, but we promise our readers to devote a separate article to this topic in one of the next issues of the magazine. His Excellency ended our meeting with sincere wishes to our readers to get peace and prosperity. He wished us to remain cool-headed, wise, sincere, honest and noble, in spite of any events and challenges. He expressed confidence in the inevitability, of the European way for Ukraine and assured that his country would always be a perfect companion on this way!
Education and human relations Our magazine, as its readership knows, pays special attention to international education as one of the most important areas of establishing, strengthening and developing humanitarian ties between the Ukrainian people and other peoples of the world in the long-run perspective. His Excellency told us about the intergovernmental program of student exchange, which has existed between Moldova and Ukraine for many years. Each year, a hundred students from our two countries got an opportunity to get free education in the best universities of Ukraine and Moldova. Unfortunately, due to the difficult situation in Ukraine, 16
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Architecture
OLEKSANDR DOLNYK THE FATHER OF DNIPROPETROVSK ARCHITECTURE Oleksandr Dolnyk was one of the most popular and well-known Ukrainian architects. Numerous and large-scale projects that have been implemented into life by his company for the past 20 years, have greatly changed the center of Dnipropetrovsk. Therefore Dolnyk can easily be called one of the fathers of Dnipropetrovsk. Oleksanrd Dolnyk was born in 1954 in Dnipropetrovsk. He graduated from the architecture school of the Dnipropetrovsk Civil Engineering Institute. Since the mid 1970s he worked in the State Planning Institute, more than once won the All-Union competitions of young architects. In 1989 he founded a cooperative, which eventually turned into Dolnyk & Co. Ltd. Today it is one of the largest architectural firms in Ukraine with about 90 architects and engineers. Dolnyk was the Laureate of the State Prize for Architecture. The key projects of his company were implemented in Dnipropetrovsk. Among them are residential houses, offices, shopping centers, private villas, the Choral Synagogue, etc.. During a quarter of a century more than 850 000 square meters of Dnipropetrovsk land were used for buildings from Dolnyk’s drawings. In July 2013, at the age of 59, he died. The brilliant architect left behind 53 buildings that have made Dnipropetrovsk the flagship of the modern Ukrainian architecture. The residential building «The Towers» The architecture must be honest,» Alexander Dolnyk believed. “And, therefore, should belong to the era in which we live, to take into account the historical context, but without being archaic. Rejecting the past in the architecture is wrong. We incorporate the past into new projects without trying to imitate it. We express our view of the world, and at the same time treat the historical heritage with respect to. This is what I call the honest architecture. And the approach, popular in Ukraine, which is based on simulation of historical objects is savagery, to put it mildly. A city is interesting because it reflects the architectural representation of different times. If we do not see these temporary layers, then the city is dead, and its architecture is similar to plastic apples and pears.
The 30-storeyed twin towers have become a kind of a symbol of the urban Dnipropetrovsk. They represent a cascade of laconic yet expressive forms, organize the panoramic disclosure and a holistic descent to the river. The towers are distinguished by a size outstanding for the historic center and a strict centrally symmetric solution that is especially emphasized.
The Sinagog The architect restored the synagogue building built in 1852, which had been converted into a club and «coded» in its bowels lots of symbols that comprise the model of the world order in Judaism. So, the staircase with six stair-steps represents the six days of creation, and the five arches - the five books of Moses.
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The residential building «The Amphitheater» Dolnyk was inspired by the previous function of that place: before the war there was the only Southern grandstand of the stadium «Dynamo». The Boffilian method of transferring a large historical form into modern residences was balanced by dividing the monolithic building into 50 residential communities, which were grouped into six sections and had separate entrances from the city streets-stairs. The complex is equipped with a spacious twolevel parking, and the terrace facing the Dnieper organizes the natural air-conditioning, ventilation and insolation of the dwellings in the best way possible. Since the first author sketches «The Amphitheater» has gained the lapidary shapes of the podium of “The Towers” as a symbiosis of pragmatic modernity and monumental Classicism. The suspended granite façade and band glazing emphasize the urban scale and the solidity of form. Wide planes of light beige granite in the amount unprecedented in the former Soviet Union, echo with the Greek and Roman marbles of the Mediterranean.
The residential complex «The Park Colonnade» The residential complex «Park Colonnade» is part of a designed architectural ensemble, which consists of 4 multi-storeyed buildings that form the northern border of Globa park, which is located in the city center. The main facade of the building facing the park is a huge colonnade overlooking the softscape.
Oleksandr Donlyk’s architecture expresses the spirit of feudal pride for the industrial city of Dnipropetrovsk. It reminds of the heavy industry. It has the rudeness of an industrial building. It has brightness and sharpness of textures, mass, space. It has a romance of feudal cities built on the basis of the former Soviet industry. This element of «memories of the classics», which is the flesh of this architecture, has a fundamentally different meaning. It is not an attempt to see through the industrial architecture the previous classical tradition. This is an attempt to turn industrial aesthetics into the classics,» a well-known architectural critic Grigory Revzin said of Dolnyk.
The Commerce and business complex «Prisma» A trade and business center building in Glinka Street, 7, is located in the city center area and surrounded by existing lowrise buildings. The main facade of the building trade and business center overlooking the red line construction st. Glinka. The project provides for preservation of the main historical facade facing Glinka Street by repairing and restorating it in full details on the basis of field observation according to the project of restoration. 18
Architecture
№7, October 2014 The residential complex «Amsterdam»
The architectural idea of “Amsterdam” was the result of a compromise. The persistent desire of the employer to «decorate» the future building with «historic elements» faced a hidden resistance of the architects who in response suggested a grotesque sculpture of a medieval city «carved» from a boulder of an ordinary house. As it turned out, the found image met the natural desire of prospective clients to live in houses visible from a distance, which contributed to the commercial success. Upon the employer’s request, the object was conceived as a club-type house in expectation of a «narrow circle» of residents with high incomes. All the apartments with no exception must have had a panoramic view of the Dnieper. This problem was solved on the basis of a duplex section, at the same time the planning of each apartment was arranged around a doubly oriented space of the living room and the dining room. The approved unusually wide bulk (18m) allowed to place parking and SPA center on the ground floors, and the L-shaped form of the building made it possible to organize a patio courtyard on a steep terrain.
The commerce and business complex “Bosfor” This is the commercial and business center that was the pretext for creating a new pedestrian boulevard Ekaterinoslavskiy at the historic crossroad of the city main avenue with Upravskaya Street (later Vykonkomovskaya). Functionally the building includes a trade area, a multistoried parking and an office block organized around the patio on the roof of the second floor. It was built in 2004. The multicomplex «Cascade Plaza» «Cascade Plaza» is the key building of Ekaterinoslavskiy Boulevard. Together with «Bosfor» they form a gallery square. The podium along with the parking and other city-wide functions is the basis for three residential blocks. The main «chip» of the building are the Hanging Gardens on the hard concrete frame.
Awards:
Diploma of I degree of the State Committee for Construction and Architecture of Ukraine to the winner of the competition for the best homes and buildings, built in 2003 «For the high quality of design»; Diploma of I degree at the State contest in the nomination «The best buildings and civil and industrial complexes», Kyiv, 2002; The Highest professional award in the field of architecture and construction «Golden Ace», Kyiv, 2003; the Award of the National Union of Architects of Ukraine «Voliuta», Kyiv, 2006; the State Prize of Ukraine in Architecture, Kyiv, 2007.
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№7, October 2014
Present day
“No war” - the citizens of Mykolaiv said
Kharkiv Freedom Square “put on” a vyshyvanka
At the central stadium of Mykolaiv 1200 citizens lined up and formed a Latin letter N, which stands for Mykolaiv region (Nikolaev in Russian). After a 5-minute fixation the protesters were joined by a thousand more citizens of Mykolaiv, together they created the phrase «No war» («No War»).
On September, 21, a hundred and fifty people with brushes in their hands decorated the main square of Kharkiv with a huge vyshyvanka. A work of art with the parametres of 30 and 100 metres was being created throughout the day by everyone willing to join. It is a record for Ukrainian symbols. The pattern was made with chalk, diluted in water and glue. The aim of the artistic action is to bring people together on the Day of Peace, for peace in Ukraine, as well as to demonstrate the unity of the Ukrainian people. Everybody who wanted could take a brush and join the action, dedicated to the International Day of Peace. Such an action was held earlier, two years ago, by the youth of Luhansk. Though their vyshyvanka was smaller in size, but it was painted twice — the second time they made it to honor the Day of the Ukrainian language.
As UNIAN reported quoting the press service of the Mykolaiv Oblast State Administration, the action took place on September, 21 to celebrate the 77-th anniversary of Mykolaiv region. The performance was observed by representatives of Guinness World Records, there was photo and video shooting with the help of helicopters and even an unmanned aircraft. According to the company, which fixes records for the Guinness Book, Yuriy Syretskiy, all the materials will be taken to the UK and studied by experts. In a week we will know whether Mykolaiv managed to set a new Guinness Book record, forming the biggest letter consisting of people, or not. “Dear citizens of Mykolaiv, I congratulate you on the Day of our region, on this sunny day. You know, we have a great human potential as well a lot of ideas, and to implement them we need peace. We will do our best to maintain peace and quiet in the Mykolaiv region. I am sure that the children who have taken part in an attempt to enter the Guinness Book of Records today, dream of it as well. We must take care of them and think about the future,” the head of Mykolaiv Regional State Administration Vadim Merikov said at the event.
Kharkiv chose Slobozhanskyi traditional ornament of three colors - red, black and white. To avoid the problems with washing it off, the organizers refused to use conventional paints. The paint they used is chalk diluted in water and PVA glue. This option is not harmful for children, who also participated in drawing, and due to the glue the towel “embroidered” on the square will be there until the first rain. The organizers marked the paving beforehand, in the morning, and signed in letters which colors should be used in different squares. When a few meters of marking was done, Kharkiv citizens, among them little children, took brushes and started painting. By the way, the paint required 5 liters of paint pigment, 30 pounds of chalk and a few cans of PVA glue, then everything was mixed in a bucket and poured into disposable cups.
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Georgia admits Ukrainian forced migrants and children of the Ukrainian soldiers On September, 16 a charter flight departed from the International airport Kyiv with 110 Ukrainian children. They went to the city of Anaklia, located on the shore of the Black Sea. At the invitation of the Georgian Government the children will rest in the «Future Camp» subordinate to the Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs of the country, UNIAN reports citing the press service of the Ministry of Social Policy of Ukraine. As noted in the report, the group included children from 15 regions of Ukraine (Kyiv, Zaporizhia, Ivano-Frankivsk, Dnipropetrovsk, Zhytomyr, Kirovohrad, Lviv, Poltava, Kharkiv, Khmelnytsky, Cherkasy, Chernihiv, Donetsk, Luhansk and the city of Kyiv). Among them, there are 53 children whose parents are members of ATO, 51 children come from families of forced migrants from the eastern regions. 3 children lost their parents in the protests on the Maidan Nezalezhnosti, the parents of two more were killed during the ATO. One child is an orphan. This trip became possible thanks to the cooperation of the Government of Georgia and the Children and Youth National Center on the Georgian part and the Ministry of Social Policy of Ukraine, juvenile services of Kyiv Regional State Administration and the International Charity Fund «The Country of Mercy» — on the Ukrainian part. In order to accompany the Ukrainian children State Minister of Georgia for Diaspora Issues Gela Dumbadze and Deputy Minister of Sport and Youth Affairs Rati Bregadze came to Kyiv. During the briefing, held at the International airport Kyiv before the plane departing, Dumbadze said that Georgia remembered the support that it had got from Ukraine in the difficult moments of the Georgian history, so she considered it an honor to thank our country today. In his turn, Deputy Minister of Social Policy of Ukraine Natalia Fedorovych thanked Georgia for inviting the Ukrainian children who particularly need rest and rehabilitation. «These children have experienced severe events. So I thank the Government of Georgia for the important thing that it does, « Fedorovych said. Young tourists will be accompanied by 15 teachers and health workers. The children will stay in Georgia for two weeks. The host country has prepared an interesting sports, cultural and educational program for them, as the report highlights.
6 Ukrainian universities were ranked among the best universities of the world The universities of Kyiv, Kharkiv, Donetsk and Sumy got into the list of top-1000 best universities of the world. Kyiv and Kharkiv educational establishments are among the first 500. The annual ranking of the best universities of the world «QS World University Rankings» 2014-2015 was presented by the British international company «Quacquarelli Symonds» (QS). The purpose of this rating is recognition of universities as multifaceted organizations that could meet the needs of the range of everybody concerned: students, parents, researchers, university staff and employers. This rating is considered to be a comparative tool designed to enable potential foreign applicants to evaluate universities on a global basis. The rating is based on four keystones: research, education, employment and internationalization. The main methodological parameters in evaluating the universities were: the academic reputation of a university, the reputation amongst employers, the number of students per school, international students and schools, the number of quotations. This year, the top-1000 included 6 Ukrainian universities: the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, the National Technical University of Ukraine “Kyiv Polytechnic Institute”, the Vasyl Karazin Kharkiv National University, the Sumy State University, the Donetsk National University and the National Technical University “Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute”. In contrast to the past year and the year before that, the Taras Shevchenko National University was placed into the group of universities ranked from 421 to 430. Thus, the capital educational establishment shows slight growth every year. The Vasyl Karazin Kharkiv National University was ranked 481-490, the National Technical University of Ukraine “Kyiv Polytechnic Institute” was awarded with the ranking of 551-600. The Sumy State University earned 651-700 positions, according to QS. The Donetsk National University and the National Technical University “Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute” round out the ranking, occupying undivided positions from 701 to 1,000. The first three universities were: the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (the USA), Cambridge (the UK) and the Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine (the UK). The fourth position was given to Harvard University (the USA), the fifth — to the University of Oxford (the UK) and University College London, the seventh position belongs to Leland Stanford Junior University, the eighth - to the California Institute of Technology, the ninth — to Princeton University, the tenth — to Yale University. 21
№7, October 2014
World
Scotland said «No» Scotland remains part of the UK, the voters decisively rejected the independence, the BBC reports. According to the final results of voting in 32 districts, 2 million 1 000 926 persons (55.3%) voted against independence, 1.617 million Scots 989 (44.7%) - for Independence. The turnout was 84.59%. The independence referendum was held in Scotland on September, 18. Voters were to answer a single question: «Should Scotland be an independent country?» Public opinion polls showed that over the past few weeks the number of people who answered «yes» and «no» was almost equal. Yet more than a million and a half of voters were disappointed. The greatest percent of people ready to separate come from the city of Dundee: 57.35% of the voters chose independence. The largest city in Scotland, Glasgow, also voted for it, the capital of Scotland - Edinburgh - opposed. The First Minister of Scotland Alex Salmond has already admitted the defeat after the publication of the first results of the independence referendum. «I wish the results were just the opposite, but we accept the democratic choice of the Scottish people. I want to note that a significant number of people voted for independence,» the leader of the campaign for the independence of Scotland stated. He also highlighted the high turnout for the referendum, saying that it was one of the highest among referendums around the world. In his turn, Prime Minister David Cameron promised to Scotland, which according to the results of the referendum remained within the UK, expansion of its powers. He noted that the empowerment of Wales, England and Northern Ireland is also on the agenda. On September, 19, Scotland’s First Minister Alex Salmond, who had been leading the campaign for the secession of Scotland from the UK, declared his resignation. According to him, the work in the government was an honorable duty of his life, the Russian service of BBC reports. He also said that the dream of independence of Scotland «will never die.» Earlier Salmond had admitted the defeat, thanking the 1.6 million people voting for separation.
Wizz Air offers flights to Naples and Moscow «Despite the hard times and a difficult situation on the Ukrainian aviation market, Wizz Air Ukraine fulfills the promises given to Ukrainian passengers and offers them new opportunities to travel to European countries at affordable prices. Taking into account that we are stopping flights from Lviv to Dortmund since November 2014, we are glad to announce the opening of a new flight from Lviv to Naples that our airline will start performing on December, 23. Naples is the fourth direction, where our planes will fly from Lviv. This will expand the opportunities of the Ukrainians to visit Italy and enjoy the famous Italian hospitality. In their turn, Italian travelers will be able to visit one of the main cultural centers of western Ukraine,»Akosh Bush, CEO of Wizz Air Ukraine said. The new route from Lviv to Naples will open on December, 23, 2014. The flight will be executed on a new Airbus A320. The flights to the International Airport of Naples will be on schedule twice a week on Tuesdays and Saturdays. They will replace the direction Lviv - Dortmund, which the airline eliminates from its schedule since November 1. It is expected that the new flight will be in high demand with passengers. The tickets for the new flights from Lviv to Naples are already on sale online (wizzair.com) costing 639 USD. Also, the report of the airline contains the information that on September, 30, 2014 the airline opened a new flight «Kyiv - Moscow (Russia)». Airbus A320 took off at 14:25 Kyiv time with 165 passengers aboard. Wizz Air Ukraine flights from Kyiv to Moscow will be executed three times a week: from September, 30, to October, 27, on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, and from December, 15, - on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. From October, 27, to December, 15, the airline will fly to Moscow twice a week - on Mondays and Fridays. The flights will depart from the International Airport Kyiv (Juliani) and Vnukovo International Airport (Moscow). 22
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The exhibition project «The Apocalypse of the XX century. The World Wars» On September 5, the main building of the memorial complex «The National Museum of the Great Patriotic War 1941 - 1945» in Kyiv hosted the presentation of the exhibition «The Apocalypse of the XX century. The World Wars» dedicated to the 100th anniversary of World War I and the 75th anniversary of World War II. The two largest armed conflicts of the twentieth century brought destruction, devastation and death, killing 75 million people. Both times on the edge of the geopolitical interests of the conquerors there was Ukraine, each time the Ukrainians fought for interests of other peoples, under other flags, fought separately, if not against each other. Both wars has much in common. If one does not put the dates to the events, it is easy to get lost in time, so alike these conflicts were. Even the places of the most well-knows battles on the Ukrainian land coincided geographically with a shift in time for a quarter of a century.
sovereign nations and peoples. Any war is the apocalypse, deadly chaos. The lines from the diary of the future famous Ukrainian writer Oles Gonchar, dated July 28, 1944, say: «... Only the devil, the demon, could distort, distort a short human life in his demonic way, could fill it with suffering, which would be enough for hundreds of human generations. « The exhibition is designed for a wide range of visitors. Its goal is to focus the attention of people on the inhumane nature of the war, to warn them against a new apocalypse, to call for unity, consolidation, understanding, peace. The peace sought by Ukrane as well.
These ideas are those which are visualized by the exhibition that consists of a prologue, epilogue and the main part. At its core lie real monuments, most of which are on display for the first time. Among the heroes of the exhibition are General Simon Krasnopyevtsev, the commander of the partisan unit Sydir Kovpak, Sergeant Grygoriy Dahnenko, soldier Zachary Ostapenko, all of whom had to face two World Wars. The visitors will be able to see the photo of a church shattered in Dunkirk, Northern France, during World War I; Urakami Catholic Cathedral in the Japanese city of Nagasaki, destroyed by the nuclear explosion on August 9, 1945; the religious objects from the Cathedral of the Dormition of Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, destroyed in 1941; the Bible edited in the first quarter of the XIX century. The exhibition is rounded up with the photo chronicle of the events of 2013-2014, which took place on the Maidan, in Crimea, and now are developing in the south-eastern regions, where Ukraine is involved into an unequal battle for its own place among
To create a project the National Historical Museum of Ukraine, National Kyievo-Pechersk Historical-Cultural Preserve, the One Street Museum, Museum of historical and cultural relics of the Sheremetyevs the Museum «Orthodox Ukraine» of Kyiv Metropolitan of UPC, Central State Archive of Public Organizations of Ukraine, Central State Historical Archive of Ukraine in Kyiv, The Central State CinePhotoPhono Archives of Ukraine named after H. Pshenychny, All-Ukrainian public association “Union “People’s memory”.
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World
The cafe from the show «Friends» was opened in New York The starting episode of the favorite series was first shown on September, 22, in 1994, so it has celebrated the 20 years of viewers’ love to the serial Friends Rachel Green, Monica Geller, Chandler Bing, Joey Tribbiani, Ross Geller and Phoebe Buffay. In honor of the anniversary the company Warner Bros. announced the opening of a “replica” of the serial cafe where «Friends» spent a lot of time. The cult cafe Central Perk is situated in 199 Lafayette Street, New York. From September, 17, to October, 18, fans of the series will be able to have free coffee there, sit on the famous orange couch, look at props from the set and of course, buy souvenirs. To celebrate the anniversary of «Friends» a new coffee mixture Central Perk Roast was created. It is also promised that visitors would be able to enjoy musical performances of Phoebe’s the most famous songs and visits of James Michael Tyler, known for playing Gunther, Manager at Central Perk. The Smelly Cat song and other songs performed in the show will be the musical accompaniment. The cafe will also host contests with prizes. The idea of opening a cafe like Central Perk is not new similar cafes work around the world, for example in Beijing and Dubai. The New York cafe’s salient feature is, of course, the «historic» birthplace of the series — according to the script the six friends living in Manhattan (New York).
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190 years ago horse racing changed watchmaking forever.
In 1821 at Đ° horse race in Paris Nicolas Rieussec successfully tested his revolutionary invention that allowed recording time within the accuracy of a fifth of a second.
The chronograph was born. In honor of the creator the model of a watch Nicolas Rieussec Chronograph Anniversary Edition is based on the technology of the invention — rotating disks.
Montblanc. A story to tell
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