http://ukrainianguide.com Your Gateway To Real Ukraine Thu, 21 Aug 2008 05:32:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en While the men were winning gold medals left and right, Ukraine women were having a slightly tougher time until Saturday when they were handed the gold medal for the women’s heptathlon.  Nataliia Dobrynska of Ukraine recorded 6,733 points after competing in a two-day, seven sport discipline event.  Her teammate Lyudmila ... http://ukrainianguide.com/ukraine-scores-first-olympic-gold-for-women/ The Olympics are in high gear and half-way completed and the team from Ukraine scored another gold medal on Saturday.  Olesandr Petriv Ukraine took the medal for the 25 metre rapid fire pistol event, beating the silver placed winner Ralf Schumann of Germany by 0.7 points   Petriv claims that his colleagues ... http://ukrainianguide.com/petriv-wins-25-metre-rapid-fire-gold/     If you are making plans to travel to Ukraine for a vacation or to visit friends and relatives, then you are going to want to go between late April and early June.  During this time of year the weather is warming up and the chestnut trees are in bloom.  This ... http://ukrainianguide.com/the-perfect-time-of-year-for-ukraine-travel/ When you visit Ukraine, you discover that there is a language barrier you are going to have to overcome.  The official language of Ukraine is Ukrainian and most visitors to the country will find this language or the language of the countries located around it – such as Russian, Romanian, ... http://ukrainianguide.com/understanding-the-language-barrier-in-ukraine/ Carlsberg, a well-known, international beer distributor has been investigating new locations across the world for a new brewery and distribution center.  One of the locations that representatives of the beer company are looking at is in Ukraine.  Managers and other spokespeople for the popular beer manufacturer have already visited a ... http://ukrainianguide.com/carlsberg-could-be-heading-to-ukraine/ The Ukrainian women’s fencing team made a great show in the 2008 Beijing Olympics by taking the gold medal and defeating the Chinese team by 45-44.  This win was an exciting finish ended the women’s Olympic competition.  China won the silver and the United States won the bronze by defeating ... http://ukrainianguide.com/ukraine-takes-gold-in-fencing/   On September 24 and 25, 2008 the 1st International Conference to promote cruise tourism will be held in Odessa, Ukraine.  The ‘BlackSeaCruise 2008’ conference has been organized by the Odessa Commercial Sea Port, the ‘Ports of Ukraine’ Publishing House, the Center for Information and Analytics ‘BlackSeaTrans’, and the International Black ... http://ukrainianguide.com/tourism-conference-scheduled-in-ukraine/ September 17 through 19, 2008 will see Atronic coming back to Kiev, Ukraine for this year’s Entertainment Industry show.  The company is a provider of casino games and services on an international level and their offices and products can be found in the United States, Europe, Russia, Latin America, Australia, ... http://ukrainianguide.com/entertainment-industry-show-in-ukraine-to-feature-atronic/   Vasyl Lomachenko, a boxer from Ukraine, has helped his country take another step towards earning an Olympic medal on Monday August 11, 2008 when he defeated fellow Olympian boxer, Russian Albert Selimov 14 to 7.  Selimov is currently the defending world champion in the 57 kilogram featherweight division.  This was ... http://ukrainianguide.com/ukraine-one-step-closer-to-an-olympic-metal-for-boxing/ Traveling in another country is always a harrowing experience no matter where you from.  When you go to a country where English is not the native language, it becomes even more mind boggling trying to get from to place.  When you are traveling in Ukraine – especially in Kiev – ... http://ukrainianguide.com/ground-travel-in-ukraine/