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President Voronin Opposes Renaming of Moldovan Language

The President of Moldova, Vladimir Voronin, expressed his opposition to renaming the Moldovan language to Romanian and renouncing Moldova’s communist past for the sake of easing integration into the European Union. -- 02/26/2008 >>>

Belarus to Face Education Gap in 2011

The Minister of Education of Belarus Alexander Redkov announced at a Council of Ministers session dedicated to the discussion of the 2007-2016 general public education program, that by 2011 Belarus will have the lowest rates of primary school enrollment since the country’s independence. -- 06/01/2007 >>>

Armenian Tourism Expanding

The number of tourists arriving in Armenia will exceed 400,000 by the turn of 2007, Ara Petrosyan, deputy minister of trade and economic development of Armenia, announced at a press conference. -- 05/03/2007 >>>

Tajiks Go Back to Their Roots

The president of Tajikistan Emomali Rakhmonov, during a meeting with the country’s intelligentsia, appealed to his people and urged them to start using traditional Tajik first and last names. -- 04/02/2007 >>>

UKRAINE: Further Region Grants Russian Official-Language Status

The Mykolaiv Oblast Council declared Russian a regional language, thereby authorizing local authorities in the southeastern region to use Russian, along with Ukrainian, in official dealings. -- 06/15/2006 >>>

American Views on Entertainment Media

Fifty percent of Americans hold audiences responsible for the amount of sex and violence present in the entertainment media.

-- 06/08/2005 >>>

American Advertisers Increasingly Take Aim at Children

Every year, the average American child is exposed to roughly 40,000 television commercials. -- 11/15/2004 >>>

Betrayal

While Puritan mores no longer hold sway for most Americans, rumors about a permanent sexual revolution in America have been greatly exaggerated. The average American’s views on marriage are fairly conservative.

-- 04/19/2004 >>>

American Students Are Staying at Home

Homeschooling is becoming an increasingly popular alternative to public education. Curiously, the parental level of income seems to have no correlation with their decision to homeschool.

-- 03/23/2004 >>>

Myths about Sex Abound Among America's Youth

America is among the most liberal countries in attitude towards sex, and American teenagers receive significantly more “sexual” information than their peers in other parts of the world.  Nevertheless, their level of sexual education often borders upon ignorance.

-- 03/16/2004 >>>
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