What to do while in Ukraine

In the last decade Ukraine’s capital Kiev has grown into a European entertainment hub, attracting some of the world’s most famous musicians and DJs. For example, Joachim Garraud, who is one of the brightest stars in the French DJ scene, has been a regular visitor to the nightclub Dali Park since 2004. In Ukraine people are more likely to spend money on leisure. It also has less restrictive alcohol and tobacco advertising, which means clubs get more financial sponsorship. Club manager, Fabrice Schwarz explained how that benefits the venues there: “We have exactly the same DJs as in Europe, who play in the most important clubs. From that point of view Ukraine is ahead of the game. They can get artists who play in France and are very difficult to hire because of their high fees”. In Kiev’s Arena Entertainment Centre, night club Decadence has opened its party season on a summer terrace. It is one of the most popular nightlife attractions among foreign visitor

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.

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  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

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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

World Forum of Russian-speaking Jews presents plans for site, which is expected to be constructed within three years. A new memorial complex will be built at the site of the Babi Yar massacre in Kiev, where an estimated 50,000 Jews were murdered by the Nazis during the Holocaust, the World Forum of Russian-speaking Jews announced Sunday. The model of the memorial site was presented at a gathering of the Governing Board of the Jewish Agency, which is currently convening in the Ukrainian capital. According to WFRJ President Alexander Levin, the new memorial site seeks to provide visitors from around the world with an emotional connection to the massacre. In addition to a Jewish center and synagogue at the site, there will be a display of historic material including remains of clothes and belongings of the murdered, documents from the Nazi archives, a 3D film, and interviews with survivors, the WFRJ said in a press statement. Construction of the site, which is expected to t

At  midnight sextremists FEMEN staged a late-night raid of the residency  of Belarusian dictator Lukashenka in Kiev, that is protected by dozens of policemen.  FEMEN with screams and fire tried to attack sadist Lukashenko. On their bodies they wrote: " Viva Belarus", "Dictator, get out".  FEMEN reminds Lukashenko the wild  brutal harassment of FEMEN activists by the KGB  in Gomel in the forests in the  2011. FEMEN reminds Lukashenko about  beaten and repressed Belarusian heroes who called to fight against Lukashenkos dictatorship. FEMEN reminds Lukashenko about escapes of  journalists who were criticizing the regime.  FEMEN can't stand the  President Yanukovych for his  friendship with garbege like Lucashenko that breakes the  European course of development for Ukraine.  FEMEN fights for overthrowing Lukashenko, the last dictator of Europe for free Belarus without dictatorship, prisons and deaths!  FEMEN calls the world to the psychological wa

In September 2015, Ukraine will host Eurobasket 2015, which is one of the top 3 sport events in Europe. Ukraine expects to host 24 participating European national teams, to host 90 matches in 6 cities in 7 sports arenas and the whole event will be broadcasted internationally. The tournament is organized every 2 years.  In February 2013 a Local Organising Committee was set up to to organize and to promote the tournament, as well as to monitor the sports arenas construction according to the requirements of the Federation of International Basketball Association (FIBA) and international standards. Private investors will develop 6 new multipurpose indoor arenas in Kyiv, Kharkiv, Donetsk, Lviv, Odessa and Dnipropetrovsk. In addition, the government will renovate the current Palace of Sports in Kyiv as the 7th venue. The capacity of the arenas will vary between 5,000-18,000 guests. The three private investors are United Basketball Investments (Kyiv, Lviv, Odessa, Dnipropetrovsk), Donb

Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk, the leader of the Eastern-rite Ukrainian Catholic Church, has issued an invitation to the country’s most prominent Orthodox leader to attend services for the opening of a new Catholic cathedral in Kiev. The Orthodox Metropolitan Vladimir expressed thanks for the invitation and “wished God’s blessings” on the cathedral, the Ukrainian Catholic Church reports. The invitation to the Orthodox prelate, and his friendly reply, could mark a thaw in the often tense relations between the Catholic and Orthodox churches in Ukraine. The Russian Orthodox Church had strongly objected to the plans to move the headquarters of the Ukrainian Catholic Church from Lviv to Kiev. But Metropolitan Vladimir—whose Ukrainian Orthodox Church- Moscow Patriarchate is allied with the Russian Church—seemed ready to accept the development. In conversations with Catholic prelates last week—during a visit to Ukraine by Cardinal Kurt Koch, the president of the Pontifical Counci

  FEMEN has scared to death Merkel by its attack and battle shout "Free FEMEN!".  The chancellor will here this scream of the soul for a long time till she will contribute to free FEMEN. FREE FEMEN! FEMEN disrupted the speech of German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin, demanding the release of their fellow members from the Tunisian prisons. FEMEN calls from world leaders to force the Islamist savages to implement the provisions of international human rights and contribute immediate release of all four, illegally detained in Tunisian prisons activists.

A man has received a warning from police after calling 999 to complain that a prostitute he met outside a hotel was not as attractive as she had promised. The nuisance caller claimed that the woman had 'breached the Sale of Goods Act' by mis-representing her looks in a newspaper advert. However, officers in Solihull told him that the prostitute had not committed an offence - and reminded him that he may have broken the law against soliciting for sex. West Midlands Police have now tracked the man down and sent him a letter warning him about wasting police time with frivolous complaints. A spokesman for the service said: 'A 999 call was received by police at around 7.30pm on Tuesday evening from a man wishing to complain about a sex worker he had met on a hotel car park. 'The caller claimed that the woman had made out she was better looking than she actually was, and he wished to report her for breaching the Sale of Goods Act. 'When he raised this is

West Brom and Hull City look set to miss out on Anderlecht striker Dieumerci Mbokani, who is set for a medical at Dynamo Kiev. The DR Congo striker is ready to travel to the Ukraine to finalise the move on a three-year contract even though Anderlecht have not confirmed whether they have agreed a fee for him. The Belgian champions' asking price is believed to be £9million for the 27-year-old frontman, who scored 19 league goals last season. Mbokani was waiting on an EU passport application which would have opened up the door for a move to the Premier League as he would not have needed a work permit. But it looks as though his hopes of receiving the documentation have been hit, forcing him to consider Dynamo Kiev's offer which has been on the table for over a month. West Brom had been chasing Mbokani but knew that they would have been struggling to get a work permit for him if they went to the Home Office as DR Congo are currently outside the top 70 on the Fifa World Ranking

KIEV, June 12 (RIA Novosti) – Customs officials at Kiev’s international airport have seized a total of 15 rare monkeys, Ukraine’s Ministry for Revenue and Duties said on Wednesday. The ministry said officers found the endangered animals hidden in two suitcases belonging to a Syrian national, who has permanent residence in Ukraine. The suspect tried to sneak the animals past customs. The monkeys have been taken to the airport’s storage facility and will be later under the care of local veterinarians.

DuPont Co . (DD), the largest U.S. chemical company by market value, is opening a seed plant in Ukraine tomorrow to meet increasing demand in the region that supplies corn and sunflower products. The facility, with a planned annual capacity of 500,000 units and the potential to expand, cost DuPont $41.5 million, Jeffrey D. Rowe, the regional director for DuPont Pioneer Europe, said in an interview in Kiev today. The central Ukrainian plant will process seeds from this year’s harvest mostly for sale to domestic customers in 2014, Rowe said. Some output may be shipped to Russia. “We feel that Ukraine is in a great position because of the location, the access to the Black Sea region, the ability to export, the ability to improve productivity on hectares that are in production right now and the ability to bring new hectares into production,” Rowe said. Ukraine is the world’s biggest supplier of sunflower seed oil and the fourth-biggest exporter of corn in the marketing year end

On 6 June 2013, the Board of the National Bank of Ukraine adopted the Resolution on setting an upper limit on cash payments, which takes effect from 1 September 2013, the press office of the National Bank of Ukraine announced . In accordance with the requirements of the above Resolution, settlements in cash carried out between enterprises (entrepreneurs) within one business day shall be limited to UAH 10,000. Cash payments for goods (works and services) between a natural person and an enterprise (entrepreneur) shall not exceed UAH 150,000. In addition, cash payments of up to UAH 150,000 are permitted between natural persons under purchase and sales agreements subject to notarization. Natural persons are allowed to make payments exceeding UAH 150,000 by transferring funds from one current account to another one, depositing and/or transferring funds to current accounts, including notary's deposit account, or separate current account in national currency. The Board of the National

Another very good video from city of Kiev. Kiev - Capital city of Ukraine from Red Film Tv on Vimeo .

On June 6, Dutch company Multi Development Ukraine LLC started the construction of the Forum Lviv shopping centre in the inner city of Lviv. It is Multi’s first shopping centre in Ukraine and it will be one of the most prestigious retail projects in the country. Multi is developing Forum Lviv together with two experienced Ukrainian real estate partners, Galereja Centre and Bud House Group. Forum Lviv covers an area of 69,000 m2 with retail, restaurants, entertainment, a cinema and an underground car park. The EBRD (European Bank for Reconstruction and Development) and UniCredit are responsible for financing the construction of the project. The opening of Forum Lviv is planned for the first quarter of 2015. Multi Corporation bv Ellen van der Feltz, Communication Manager T: +31 (0) 182 690 900 E: evdfeltz@multi-development.com Multi Development Ukraine LLC Arvid Krechting, Project Manager T: +38 044 220 06 70 E: akrechting@multi-development.com

Kiev has unveiled an unusual monument paying tribute to the thousands of exuberant Swedish football fans who flooded into the city last year for the 2012 European championships hosted by Ukraine and Poland. Up to 25,000 Swedish supporters visited Kiev where their team played all of its three matches. They were the largest group of fans and generally left a favourable impression on locals, who are keen for them to return as tourists. City officials on Saturday unveiled the sculpture on the picturesque Trukhaniv Island in the Dniepr River where many Swedish fans camped out in tents. The sculpture is topped with Viking horns and depicts the number "12" in Sweden's national colours of blue and yellow. Fans are sometimes described as the "number 12" player in a team. Nevertheless some Swedish fans complained the figures also brought back bad memories of the first game of the championship when Sweden lost 1:2 to Ukraine. "I see the numbers. It i

Call it ‘commando stripping’ if you like; that is how radical feminist protest group Femen grabs attention. This week bare-breasted in Brussels, at the Islamic Cultural Centre the women called for the release of a young Tunisian. Amina’s ‘offence’ was disrupting ultra-conservative Muslims. She upset a lot with online photos showing “my body is my own” written on it. One of the movement’s founders issued a warning from home base in the Ukrainian capital, Kiev. Oleksandra Shevchenko told our correspondent there: “Our main target today is the Middle East. Our first action in the Islamic republics yesterday was set up by two French activists and a German. They were defending our fellow activist. She’s been in prison for two weeks. I think that Amina could become the trigger of a women’s Arab Spring.” So, countries where Islamic traditionalist law imposes on women have been added to the Femen field of operations. But even in London, during the Olympic Games they protested again

On Tuesday, May 28, exciting event happened in life of Oleg Gusev the midfielder of Kiev "Dynamo" and the national team of Ukraine  .  It is  the second time wedding for 29-year-old football player. The chosen one blonde named Mary,  he lived for a while  with her in a civil marriage.

https://www.facebook.com/BastianSchweinsteigertiger Bastian Schweinsteiger celebrates Bayern Munich victory in CL final with Ukrainian flag.

MOSCOW 17-05-2013. Alexander Povetkin vs. Andrzej Wawrzyk. Povetkin won by knock-out in  third round. Lebedev vs Jones

Astana Arlans Kazakhstan - Ukraine Otamans - Team Finals - Day 2 - WSB Season 3.

UEFA has ordered Dynamo Kiev to play their next two home matches in European competition behind closed doors due to two incidents of "racist conduct by their supporters" at the Olympic National Sports Complex. The Ukraine club's fans are alleged to have behaved in a racist manner in Dynamo's Champions League clash with Paris St Germain in November last year and then again in the Europa League against Bordeaux in February. And UEFA, whose general secretary Gianni Infantino has announced proposed sanctions of banning players for a minimum of 10 matches if they are found guilty of a racist offence, has taken a dim view of the fans' conduct although the club has lodged an appeal. "FC Dynamo Kiev have been ordered to play their next two UEFA competition home matches behind closed doors due to racist conduct by supporters," said a statement on UEFA's official website. "The first match behind closed doors applies to the next UEFA club compet

Динамо Киев - Шахтёр 1:0 Ярмоленко 10′ по fcdk

Ukrainian boxers team "Ukrainian Atamans"  has lost return match against "Lights of Baku" with a score of 1:4 on aggregate reached the semifinal of World Series of Boxing (WSB). The first part of the confrontation, which took place last week in Kiev, the Ukrainian team ended with the victory 5-0. In Kiev, for "Ukrainian Atamans   boxed from Kharkov Alexander Gvozdik, who brought his victory point, knocking out his competitor Vladimir Chelesa. There was a knock and in Baku. This is the local heavyweight Abdulkadir Abdullayev in the fourth round a right to the chin sent in a deep knock-out Dmitry Rudenkogo. In addition, the boxers' Baku Fires "won three battle: Magomed Kurbanov at Aleksanra Rishkana Mikhail Veselov over Alexander Stretskim and Ramazan Magomedov over Sergei Lapin. Saviour "Ukrainian Atamans" was a two-time Olympic champion Vasyl Lomachenko. He won a split decision of the judges over his rival Albert Selimov. Referee ca