“The long road home from Afghanistan...” – under this title, a requiem concert dedicated to the 16th anniversary of the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan took place today at the Volyn Regional Music and Drama Theater. Those present had the opportunity to listen to a performance by the brass band of the Volyn Border Guard Detachment, the Volyn Academic Folk Choir, and other well-known performers, and to watch footage of documentary newsreels. After the concert, Afghan war veterans and representatives of the public and authorities marched in a solemn procession to the Memorial of Glory, where they laid flowers at the foot of the monument to internationalist soldiers. The head of the regional state administration, Volodymyr Bondar, took part in the ceremonies. Following tradition, the Afghan war veterans tasted soldiers' porridge at the Memorial and drank a “combat” hundred grams. \n
16 years ago, the war for Soviet soldiers in Afghanistan ended
Society · 15:26 09.03.2011 Let's defend the right of public organizations to transparent state grants!The Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine refuses to continue developing the draft Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine "On Approval of the Procedure for Conducting a Competition to Determine Programs, Projects (Measures) Developed by Public Organizations, for the Implementation of Which… | |
Society · 22:42 28.12.2010 In Volyn, there is a need to build new Ukrainian-Polish border crossing points!Visits abroad and assessment of the operation of crossing points According to the survey results, 55% of respondents make trips abroad to the Republic of Poland or other European Union countries. The majority of those who travel outside the country – 41.5% – make such trips once every few years, 17. | |
Society · 21:53 20.10.2010 LOCAL ELECTIONS THROUGH THE PRISM OF SOCIOLOGY AND PUBLIC MONITORINGThe results of the study were presented on October 20 at the Intermedia Consulting information agency by Olha Aivazovska, chair of the board of the OPORA Civil Network, and Iryna Bekeshkina, director of the Ilko Kucheriv Democratic Initiatives Foundation. The survey was conducted from October 3 to 15, 2010. | |
Society · 08:30 20.10.2010 After conducting an expert survey, OPORA identified the main problems of Lutsk and ways to solve themFrom October 1 to 8, the regional representation of the Civil Network "OPORA" conducted a survey of 32 experts - representatives of business, media, education and public organizations. |