MPs fail to call early elections in Kyiv
By Valeria at April 7, 2011 | 3:27 pm | 0 Comment
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has refused to support a bill on calling early elections of deputies of Kyiv City Council and Kyiv mayor, tabled in by representatives of the opposition BYuT-Batkivshchyna faction.
Ukraine’s talent show star Kseniya Simonova invited to Oprah Winfrey Show
By Valeria at April 6, 2011 | 2:19 pm | 1 Comments
Kseniya Simonova, Ukraine's sand drawing artist, TV and YouTube star, will be a guest of one of the Oprah Winfrey Show's editions.
Ukraine not buying Japan food products since March 11
By Valeria at April 6, 2011 | 2:10 pm | 0 Comment
After the disaster that occurred in Japan, no food products from that country have come to Ukraine. Now, Vietnam and Norway export their seafood to Ukraine, deputy chairman of the State Committee of Veterinary Medicine of Ukraine Vitaliy Bashynsky told the press Tuesday.
Kyiv develops tour itineraries for UEFA EURO 2012
By Valeria at March 30, 2011 | 2:31 pm | 0 Comment
Kyiv City State Administration has developed 13 special tour itineraries for visitors of the UEFA 2012 European Football Championship to be held in Poland and Ukraine, the press service of the KSCA reported.
Radioactive iodine from Fukushima 1 detected in Ukraine
By Valeria at March 30, 2011 | 2:26 pm | 0 Comment
The State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate of Ukraine has officially registered in Ukraine iodine-131 from the quake-hit Fukushima-1 NPP in Japan. On March 27, iodine-131 was detected in a microscopic lowest measured concentration, the chief inspector for nuclear and radiation safety Mykhailo Hashev told the press Wednesday.
Jewish culture festival running in Chernihiv
By Valeria at March 29, 2011 | 2:48 pm | 0 Comment
A traditional festival of Jewish culture has got underway in Chernihiv, north of Ukraine. It brings together creative teams of the Jewish community of Chernigov region and guests from other cities of Ukraine.
Full decommissioning of Chernobyl NPP will take about 100 years
By Valeria at March 29, 2011 | 2:45 pm | 0 Comment
It will take about 100 years to decommission the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in full, Dmytro Bobrov, first deputy chairman of the State Agency of Ukraine for the Alienation Zone, reported.
President’s Administration says foreigners should have right to privatize farmland
By Valeria at March 29, 2011 | 2:42 pm | 0 Comment
First Deputy Head of Presidential Administration Iryna Akimova said that foreign nationals should be eligible for the privatization of agricultural land in Ukraine. She stated this during the Ukrainian Forum, organized by Economist Conferences (The Economist Group).
Ukrainians like to buy books, PC, home appliances via Internet
By Valeria at March 28, 2011 | 2:57 pm | 0 Comment
The volume of Ukrainian market of online commerce in 2010 reached USD 500 million and this year may rise 60%. According to the research firm InMind, 66% of Ukrainian Internet users, or about 12 million people, say that they have experience of making online purchases.
