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United Basketball Investments to build EuroBasket 2015 arena in Kiev

KIEV, July 16 - United Basketball Investments (UBI), a company co-owned by Ukrainian businessman Ihor Kolomoisky, is planning to build an arena for the EuroBasket 2015 European Basketball Championship on the grounds of the Kyivhuma plant in Kiev at 6 Holosiyivsky Avenue, according to Kommersant Ukraine newspaper. According to the newspaper, a respective ad banner was put up on the territory of the plant, and UBI's press service also confirmed this information.

200 VOLUNTEERS WILL ASSIST IN KYIV for the U16 European Championship Men.

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The Local Organising Committee (LOC) EuroBasket 2015 will attract around 200 volunteers for the U16 European Championship Men, which will be held in Kyiv's Sports Palace from 8 to 18 August this year. According to Tournament Director  Markian Lubkivskyi , the Local Organising Committee will recruit about 200 volunteers who will be co-organisers of the U16 European Championship Men in 2013: "We have had a successful experience of a volunteer project during UEFA EURO 2012, back then it was actually the first major international sports event held in our country and it's success would be hard to imagine without the thousands of volunteers who helped the organisers during the tournament. Holding the European basketball championship this year also involves attracting volunteers. It's nice that many of the volunteers who worked during EURO 2012 gladly agreed to participate in this year's volunteer project." According to M. Lubkivskyi, less than one month af

The Jubilee "Dreamland" in Kiev.

The  tenth j ubilee  "Dreamland"  festival  took place   in Kiev on the "Singing Field"  on 6 and 7 July . According to organizers, this "feast of live ethnic music, living legends of kobzartva, original artists that inspire and share charming cosmopolitan energy." There were  work-craft Alley, Children's Glade, Workshop folk dances, open-air catwalk, Cossack entertainment, literary scene, the book fair. Both days worked eight scenes: four musical (Home, Crimean Tatar, "green meadow", Kobzarska workshop), dance (dance workshop) and three literature (literary scene, literary kitchen, Kurin). The festival was attended by 350 artists from 15 countries: Ukraine, Britain, France, Austria, Turkey, Belarus, South Africa, Bulgaria, Germany, Kazakhstan, Israel, Canada, Mordovia (Russia), Armenia, USA. On the main stage were, in particular, the groups Kozak System (Kyiv), MorDens (Mordovia, Russia), Ram'd 'mes (Paris, France), Sun

Depeche Mode Concert on 29.06.13 at Olympic stadium kiev Ukraine. Video from the Stadium.

Depeche Mode Concert on 29.06.13 at Olympic stadium Kiev Ukraine. Depeche Mode - Welcome to my World on 29.06.13 at Olympic stadium Kiev Ukraine  Depeche Mode - Walking in my Shoes on 29.06.13 at Olympic stadium Kiev Ukraine Depeche Mode - Enjoy the Silence on 29.06.13 at Olympic stadium Kiev Ukraine Depeche Mode - Soothe my Soul on 29.06.13 at Olympic stadium Kiev Ukraine Depeche Mode - Black Celebration on 29.06.13 at Olympic stadium Kiev Ukraine Depeche Mode - Question of Time on 29.06.13 at Olympic stadium Kiev Ukraine Depeche Mode -  Just can't get enough on 29.06.13 at Olympic stadium Kiev Ukraine Depeche Mode - I feel you on 29.06.13 at Olympic stadium Kiev Ukraine Depeche Mode - Secret to the end on 29.06.13 at Olympic stadium Kiev Ukraine Depeche Mode - Home Martin Gore on 29.06.13 at Olympic stadium Kiev Ukraine Depeche Mode - Halo on 29.06.13 at Olympic stadium Kiev Ukraine Depeche Mode - Higher Love by Martin Gore on

Sergiy Stakhovsky - the man who tamed Roger Federer

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London:  Sergiy Stakhovsky, the man who hails from Kiev in Ukraine and is ranked outside the world's top 100, wiped the smile off Roger Federer's face on Wednesday after evicting the Swiss from his own backyard at Wimbledon. Since winning the first of his record 17 grand slam titles on the Centre Court here in 2003, no one had managed to eject the grasscourt master before the quarter-finals. On Wednesday, the world finally met a man who did. Sergiy Stakhovsky is the  116th ranked tennis player  in the world. Today he defeated Roger Federer at Wimbledon in the second round. You would assume that is the greatest thing he has ever done, but you would be wrong because two years ago, the 27-year old Ukranian married Anfisa Stakhovsky (formerly Anfisa Bulgakova. Or “ Anfissa Bulgakova .”). She happens to be a 5-foot-10 Russian model. In addition to being tall and pretty, Anfisa holds a Masters degree in Strategic Marketing. Stakhovsky, 27, turned professional in 2003 and