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President Voronin Opposes Renaming of Moldovan Language

Mon, 03 Mar 2008 16:20:54 -0500

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.

Belarus to Face Education Gap in 2011

Thu, 12 Jul 2007 16:15:43 -0400

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.

Armenian Tourism Expanding

Thu, 03 May 2007 17:03:30 -0400

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.

Tajiks Go Back to Their Roots

Tue, 10 Apr 2007 10:56:21 -0400

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.

UKRAINE: Further Region Grants Russian Official-Language Status

Fri, 02 Mar 2007 11:32:41 -0500

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.

American Views on Entertainment Media

Mon, 09 Apr 2007 16:45:59 -0400

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

American Advertisers Increasingly Take Aim at Children

Mon, 29 Aug 2005 13:49:44 -0400

Every year, the average American child is exposed to roughly 40,000 television commercials.

Betrayal

Fri, 13 Apr 2007 14:51:28 -0400

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.

American Students Are Staying at Home

Fri, 05 Aug 2005 14:50:53 -0400

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.

Myths about Sex Abound Among America's Youth

Fri, 05 Aug 2005 14:05:31 -0400

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.

Meditation Mania

Thu, 04 Aug 2005 11:48:35 -0400

Over the last decade, meditation in America has been transformed from a hip, cultish activity practiced mostly by New Age spiritualists to a mainstream pastime.

A University Tailored to Your Needs

Thu, 04 Aug 2005 10:15:44 -0400

Colleges are ranked by more criteria than academic status. There are universities for food lovers, for ascetics, for partiers, and for nerds.

Russian Art in America: A Time to Gather Stones

Wed, 03 Aug 2005 15:15:18 -0400

An interview with Aleksandr Glezer, collector of unofficial and post-Soviet art and Director of the New York Museum of Contemporary Russian Art

The Future Belongs to Women

Wed, 03 Aug 2005 14:45:32 -0400

Thirty years ago very few American women went to college. As a result of protests organized by feminists and liberals, special programs aimed at correcting this inequality were founded in the U.S.

Problems with the U.S. Education System

Wed, 03 Aug 2005 14:42:27 -0400

The US spends more private and government funds on education than any other country in the world. However, according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, despite this a number of indicators show that American high school students lag hopelessly behind their foreign peers.