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...example, the Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute began funding Ukrainian language instruction this academic year—a hefty financial responsibility that had traditionally been upheld by the Slavic Languages Department, says Executive Director Tymish J. Holowinsky...
...will Europe do? No. 1, a new diplomatic service. That means a face for Europe, across the world, engaging. Second, Europe has to be a more effective operator in its neighborhood: we have to look at what we do in the western Balkans, Bosnia, what we do after the Ukrainian elections with the new government, looking at our relationship with Russia...
Just days before Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych's scheduled inauguration on Feb. 25, his defeated rival, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, withdrew her petition to annul the election. She then challenged the government to hold a no-confidence vote, believing that opponents do not have enough support to oust her. The infighting threatens to further destabilize Ukraine's political system, which is still recovering from 2004's Orange Revolution...
Taking advice from Paul J. Manafort, a political consultant who has worked on numerous campaigns for the Republican Party in the U.S., Yanukovych has learned to speak Ukrainian and replaced rambling, incoherent monologues with short, prepared sound bites. "We shouldn't look for enemies in our country," he said after proclaiming victory on election night. "We should unite and defeat poverty, irresponsibility and corruption...
...recent interview. (The problem actually predates Yushchenko - Ukraine ranked 122nd in Transparency International's 2004 ratings.) "Since 2005, they have been accusing each other and members of their teams of corruption, an inability to manage the state properly and all other mortal sins," he added. "Not only are the Ukrainian people fed up with this, but [so too are] a lot of Ukraine's partners in the world...