What to do while in Ukraine

  In June, the National Philharmonic of Ukraine ends its concert season. Visitors can expect a rich program: from an introduction to the versatile Mozart to the pure music of Pyart and Sylvestrov, from the monoopera of Vitaly Gubarenko to an evening of vocal music by students of Yevgenia Miroshnichenko. Foreign guests will visit the capital as well: conductor Teodor Kuhar will take up the viola, Spanish conductor Ramon Torrelledo will prepare a program of works by Ukrainian and Spanish composers of the classical era and the 20th century, Hungarian musicians Zofia Baichai and Zalan László Kovacs will demonstrate an unexpected combination of harp and tuba. Symphony No. 3 "Love" will be performed for the first time in Kyiv, written by Lviv composer Bohdana Frolyak and performed according to the new sheet music edition of the works of Borys Lyatoshinsky. Music lovers are also invited to listen to soundtracks to Ukrainian films from different years, American modernist music of

  The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine reformed the list of controlled substances, excluding cannabis and its derivatives from it, a step towards the legalization of cannabis in the country. Source: kmu.gov.ua Ukraine has reorganized its legislation on controlled substances. According to recent changes, the government removed cannabis, its resin, as well as extracts and tinctures from the list of particularly dangerous substances. The specified changes took place against the background of preparations for the activation of the law allowing the use of cannabis for medical purposes, adopted by the Verkhovna Rada on December 21, 2023. Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the main psychoactive component, has also been reclassified. It no longer belongs to the list of particularly dangerous psychotropic substances, from now on its circulation will be limited, and not completely prohibited. The conditions for the cultivation of hemp for industrial purposes have also undergone changes. The law