Ukraine

Many people, including news anchors on the BBC refer to Ukraine as the Ukraine.  Would you say the France, the Russia, the Poland?  I have no idea how people started calling Ukraine, “the Ukraine”, but its mildly irratating.  I think it comes from thinking Ukraine is a region, like “the steppes” . Ukraine is the [...]

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Russia wants to takeover part of Ukraine Russia wants Crimea to be part of Russia not Ukraine. Why? Oil. Read my comment at the bottom, its really about oil. What does Russian say is the reason? There are many Russians that live in Ukrainian Crimea.   Why is this crazy that Russia wants Crimea? Because [...]

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15% more earnings for bilingual skills I have been looking around at how much people get paid for being bilingual. If you are talking apples and apples, bilingualism will reward you with about a 15% increase per year in your pay. However, this is for basic job. The reward for a professionals, will be a [...]

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