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35 Years of Ukrainian Independence: Why Its Continuation Determines European Security
On the occasion of the 35th anniversary of the Ukrainian Declaration of Independence on August 24, 1991, Eugene Czolij – President of the NGO "Ukraine...
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"Independence is Our Right": Heidelberg Celebrates with Ukraine
More than 120 people gathered on the evening of August 24 at the Anatomiegarten in the center of Heidelberg to celebrate the 35th Independence Day of...
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Without a Free Ukraine, No Free Europe
On August 24, Ukraine celebrates its Independence Day – in the fifth year of a war that has been imposed on it and that it is fighting with remarkable...
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Christ is Risen!
Easter is a sign of hope, renewal, and life - even where darkness and suffering are present. In these days, we especially think of Ukraine and the peo...
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Stolen Childhood: Russia's Policy of Abduction and Re-education of Ukrainian Children
A contribution following the lecture evening "The Abducted Children of Ukraine" (Heidelberg) There are numbers that cannot be resolved into statistic...
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February 24, 2022 - Four Years Later: Freedom is Not a Given
On February 24, 2022, Russia began its large-scale attack on Ukraine. What many had long refused to acknowledge became brutal reality: An imperial war...
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Between Morality and Reality: The Misguided Path of German Peace Yearning
November 19, 2025 A critical essay on selective blindness, ideological comfort zones, and the inability to identify perpetrators and victims in the fa...
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