During the Cold War‚ Poland was under Soviet influence. Poles had a difficult time practicing their religion. Due to his country’s inability to practice Catholicism‚ Pope John Paul II grew troubled. This led to June 2nd-8th 1979‚ when the Pope visited Poland to awake the religious zeal and pride under the weight of the Soviets. Pope John Paul’s interactions brought hope and faith to Poland and influenced Gorbachev and Reagan. Before his life as Pope‚ Karol Jozef Wojtyla‚ raised in Poland‚ learned
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Presentation of the terrorist attack of the XX century The Avivim school bus massacre was a terrorist attack on an Israeli school bus on May 22‚ 1970 in which 12 Israeli civilians were killed‚ nine of them children‚ and 25 were wounded. The attack took place on the road to Moshav Avivim‚ near Israel’s border with Lebanon. Two bazooka shells were fired at the bus. The attack was one of the first carried out by the PFLP-GC. Early in the morning‚ the bus departed from Avivim heading with its passengers
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A revolution in Ukraine took place in February 2014 after a series of violent events in the capital of Kiev culminated with the ousting of the then President of Ukraine‚ Viktor Yanukovych. This was followed by a series of changes in quick succession in Ukraine’s socio-political system‚ including the installation of a new improvised government‚ the revival of an older version of the constitution‚ and the request to hold spontaneous presidential elections within months. Before
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would you ask the president or leader of your country‚ and why? Nowadays it is a popular trend among leaders of CIS countries to hold Q&A sessions with the people of their countries at least once a year. Mr. Yanukovych‚ the President of Ukraine‚ followed this trend as well and held the session at the end of February 2011 just one year after his election. Over 50 thousands of questions were sent prior to the event. One of them was mine. Among the questions on democracy issues‚ economic
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Ukraine in the modern globalization processes Бурдяк Віра Іванівна (Vira Burdyak) д.політ.н.‚ професор Чернівецького національного університету ім. Ю.Федьковича Author points out that globalization‚ which has enclosed the overwhelming majority of states in the modern world including also Ukraine‚ is one of the most important causes of civilization development. It is especially accentuated that under the influence of global and local factors new geopolitical economic and civilization situation
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the state: integration with the European Union‚ a deepening of co-operation with Russia and with the U.S. This is demonstrated by the analysis of the geographic structure of Ukraine’s exports of goods. In 1999‚ only 18.3% of goods exported from Ukraine were supplied to EU member countries (while there was a general tendency toward an increase in the EU share)1‚ and the share of the former USSR amounted to 29.5%‚ this figure decreasing substantially WTO mechanism and structures. Therefore‚ the development
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Foreign relations of Ukraine have started to develop after it accepted the Declaration of State Sovereignty in 1990 and especially after the Act of Independence of Ukraine was announced in 1991. Ukraine was until then‚ although it had its own seat in the United Nations and was one of its 51 founding states‚ a part of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and thus unable to lead it own foreign policy. The Declaration of Independence became the cornerstone and starting point creation of the foreign
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Growth supported by domestic demand The peak of the global economic crisis and also Ukrainian financial crisis in 2009 saw growth rates slow dramatically in Ukraine. In 2010 and 2011‚ sales gradually recovered. Consumer confidence strengthened as the economy performed well‚ with GDP rising by 5% in 2010 and 2011. Ukraine’s total retail turnover grew by 15‚9% y-o-y in real terms in 2012‚ reflecting buoyant domestic demand and rising wages. Moreover‚ organized retail trade represented by hypermarkets
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Gulf Petroleum Investment Company (GPI) - Financial and Strategic SWOT Analysis Review On 20th January 2015 Summary Gulf Petroleum Investment Company (GPIC)is an oil and gas service provider. The company provides services in the areas of oil‚ gas‚ and petrochemical sectors. Its business areas include reservoir management and services optimization‚ oil wells engineering‚ reservoir development and planning‚ oil field implement‚ reservoir monitoring and control‚ crude oil and petroleum product trading
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celebrate Christmas on December 24th but in my country we cebrate it on January 7th. Christmas is the biggest celebration of Christians. Each countrys has its onw traditions to celebrate Christmas‚ although some of them are similar. In my country Ukraine we celebrate Christmas in special way‚ preparing to it very carefully and keeping old traditions. The Christmas Eve is considered as the most interesting part of Christmas as it has ritual and magic acts aimed at ensuring a good harvest and a life
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