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“Twelve hours on your feet, flying to Kyiv to Zanzibar and back. If you wear high heels, you are hardly able to walk afterwards,” says flight attendant Daria Solomennaya, 27. “That includes four hours
Oct. 3, 2021
A memorandum of understanding between the Ministries of Internal Affairs of Ukraine and the United Arab Emirates on mutual recognition and exchange of national driving licenses, signed in Abu Dhabi on
Oct. 1, 2021
Sergei Korotkikh, a member of Ukraine’s Azov volunteer force, has been a member of neo-Nazi and far-right movements in three countries. Korotkikh, also known by his nicknames Malyuta and Botsman, grew
Oct. 1, 2021
At the age of 22, rapper Ivan Dryomin stood onstage in Moscow before a protest crowd of 50,000 people and issued a call for the Russian authorities to respect basic human rights. Read more here.
Sep. 30, 2021
How to stay resourceful, learn to concentrate in the era of multitasking and enhance your memory? How to stay productive in 70 years? Why is physical activity so important for the brain? This and much
Sep. 30, 2021
Movies
All film screenings in different Kyiv cinemas are now brought together on one website. English Cinema Kyiv was launched in early September by Danish expat Klaus Jensen to give the local international
Sep. 29, 2021
Politician and comedian Serhiy Prytula, who ran for Kyiv mayor as the Voice party candidate in 2020, announced he’s creating a political party on Sept. 28. “So far, it’s in the process of being forme
Sep. 29, 2021
In August 2021, the average nominal salary in Ukraine amounted to Hr 13,997, which is 22.3% higher compared with August 2020, according to the State Statistics Service. Read more here.
Sep. 29, 2021
The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry is inviting the Hungarian ambassador to Kyiv to explain Ukraine’s position on the Budapest agreement with the Russian Gazprom, Spokesperson for the Ukrainian Foreign Min
Sep. 28, 2021
When the government put Kyiv’s central Dnipro Hotel on sale in February, esports entrepreneur Alexander Kokhanovskyy knew he wanted to buy it. However, speculation is rife about where Kokhanovskyy got
Sep. 27, 2021
Wagner, a Russian notorious private military company has imposed restrictions on hiring mercenaries for the upcoming Mali mission, banning any new recruits who were born in the territories of the form
Sep. 27, 2021
Belarus-founded tech firm PandaDoc, which moved to Ukraine in 2020 during the protests against dictator Alexander Lukashenko, has become a ‘unicorn,’ bringing its total valuation to $1 billion, accord
Sep. 24, 2021
Pivdenny seaport (formerly Yuzhny, Odesa region), the largest seaport in Ukraine in terms of transshipment volume, in January-August 2021 reduced cargo transshipment by 22.05% compared to January-Augu
Sep. 24, 2021
The Ukrainian parliament on Sept. 23 supported the second reading of President Volodymyr Zelensky’s “deoligarchization bill” in an attempt to curtail the influence of the country’s wealthy elite. The
Sep. 23, 2021
The High Court of Justice in London dismissed a claim of Ihor Surkis and a group of companies against Petro Poroshenko and Valeria Gontareva in the case of the PrivatBank nationalization, demanding co
Sep. 22, 2021
Tech company GitLab, founded in Ukraine, will soon go public on the U.S. stock exchange Nasdaq. Founded by Ukrainian tech entrepreneur Dmytro Zaporozhets and the Dutch-born Sid Sijbrandij in 2014, Git
Sep. 22, 2021