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Eurovision isn’t all about songs. It’s about business, too. Initially, it was to have cost Ukraine about $24 million to host the show. Instead, Ukraine’s taxpayer-funded national broadcaster is spendi
May. 12, 2017
Lots of cities have Chinatowns — areas where expat Chinese people live and do business in close proximity. And with good reason. Chinese account for nearly 20 percent of the world’s population. But th
May. 11, 2017
The Norwegian participant and the winner of Eurovision 2009 Alexander Rybak recorded his own cover version of 1944 by Jamala. Thus, one winner of the contest contributed to even greater popularity of
May. 11, 2017
During the press conference after the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest late on May 9, contestants who made it to the final thanked their supporters, shared their feelings and some artis
May. 10, 2017
Many Ukrainians refuse to buy Russian goods and services, but not members of the president’s family, it seems. The 16-year-old son of Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko, Mykhailo, the youngest of th
May. 5, 2017
Music
Ukraine’s postal service on May 4 announced the issue of a stamp honouring 2016 Eurovision winner Jamala as the country gears up to host this year’s televised song competition in Kyiv. Read more here.
May. 4, 2017
One of the world’s top actresses, Meryl Streep, has called for the freeing of Oleg Sentsov, a Ukrainian filmmaker sentenced to 20 years in jail after being subjected to a sham trial in Russia. The U.S
Apr. 30, 2017
Sales of cigarettes by PJSC Imperial Tobacco Production Ukraine (Kyiv), one of the largest tobacco companies in Ukraine, in 2016 decreased by 15 percent, to 14.406 billion units in comparison with 201
Apr. 25, 2017
“I’m in (the Ukrainian town of) Konotop. They’ve made me get off the train. I cannot visit my child who is ill, as I’m banned from entering Ukraine. Therefore I’m immediately taking the train back (t
Apr. 23, 2017
Much has changed in the fortunes of the 100 richest Ukrainians over the last year, according to Ukrainian weekly magazine Focus, which has published its annual ranking of 100 richest Ukrainians. The t
Apr. 21, 2017
In 1996, Austrian aristocratic scion Julius Meinl V was ready to move back east. The Soviet Union had collapsed and Meinl — the fifth in a line of Julius Meinls extending back to the man who founded
Apr. 21, 2017
Volodymyr Lavrenchuk is chairman of the board of Raiffeisen Bank Aval in Ukraine, the nation’s 5th largest bank with an estimated $1.9 billion in assets and largest foreign lender. Its parent company
Apr. 21, 2017
Movies
Kyiv will roll out the red carpet for some of Ukraine’s biggest film stars this week as the glitz and glamor of Hollywood meet the grit and grace of Ukrainian film on the red carpet outside of the Fai
Apr. 19, 2017
The Pechersk Kyiv Court has arrested Rinat Akhmetov’s shares in monopoly fixed-phone operator Ukrtelecom and its subsidiary TriMob, “protecting the interests of the state and seeking to refund the los
Apr. 14, 2017
MYKOLAIV, Ukraine — Oleksandr Senkevych impressed many in November 2015, when he defeated a candidate from the old local elite for mayor of Mykolaiv, a southern provincial capital with a strong pro-Ru
Apr. 13, 2017
People
Ukrainian pop singer Ivan Dorn has found himself in the middle of a scandal after making controversial comments about Russia’s war against Ukraine in an interview with a Russian video blogger. In Dorn
Apr. 13, 2017
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Ukrainian forces repelled a major Russian offensive in Kursk, destroying a battalion, 28 armored vehicles, and inflicting over 200 casualties on Russia.
Nov. 12