Culture & Events

The “Vietnam Day” programme was recently held in Lviv city, the centre of culture and history in western Ukraine, as part of activities of the Vietnamese Cultural Year in Ukraine. The event was co-held by the Embassy of Vietnam in Ukraine, the Vietnamese Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the Vietnam-Ukraine Friendship Association, and local authorities. Organised in western Ukraine for the first time, the “Vietnam Day” saw the participation of Vietnamese people across the…

Christmas is a wonderful holiday, it’s a feast of Christ’s birth and it’s celebrated on the eve of 7th of January. In the mid-4th century it was established by the Roman Catholic church as a separate feast and was celebrated on 25 December according to the Julian calendar. In the 10th century with the introduction of the Christianity into Rus it was fused with the local pagan celebrations of the sun’s return or the commencement…

The airport invites couples to take a part in “A Gift Wedding in “Boryspil”! If you are dreaming of a wedding and fantasizing about an extraordinary location for it to take place in, do not look any further. The main airport of Ukraine is expanding its services to include “Marriage in a Day” and is ready to greet our very first newlyweds. The first ceremony is to take place on December 15th at 11:00 am….

Saturday, October 21 the Kharkiv Airport Run took place at the Kharkiv international airport. It became the first run in Ukraine on the runway. More than 300 professional sportsmen and amateurs took part in the event, they ran for a choice of a distance of 5 or 10 kilometers. The best result of 31 minutes 19 seconds at a distance of 10 kilometers among men showed Dmytro Lashyn from Bila Tserkva, the champion of Ukraine…

October 21 at 3:00 PM on one of the runways of the International Airport “Kharkiv” will take place Kharkiv Airport Run. It will be the first such race in Ukraine. Participants will be able to choose between five or ten kilometers race. You can register on the site at https://sportevent.com.ua/events/airport-run2017/. The organizers expect 300-350 participants. At the moment, more than 200 registered. Among them: the master of sports, the winner of the Second Kharkiv International…

A celebration of Rosh Hashanah in Uman has been marred by an explosion that authorities say lightly injured two Israeli pilgrims, a 13-year-old boy and an Israeli man. Ukraine’s National Police said that an unidentified explosive device went off early in the morning on September 21 in a garage near the site where pilgrims are celebrating the Jewish New Year.   More than 30,000 pilgrims from 14 countries came this year for the ceremonies, which end…

The Festival d’Automne à Paris (Paris Autumn Festival) is a festival of contemporary arts, embracing and combining different art forms. The Festival presents works that stand as references, involving approaches of an experimental nature by, inter alia, commissioning artists to create original works. Every year, from September to December, the Festival features over fifty events attracting a total audience of more than 100 000. The Festival d’Automne à Paris was founded in 1972 by Michel Guy,…

July 8th Latin Dance Open Air Kiev and Casa De Ritmo unveils Free Latin Fest that will take place in Shevchenko Park for all fans of salsa, bachata, kizomba, zouk, stretching, reggeaton, lady style.  Beginning of open air dance workshops – at 16:30. The spectacular performances of professional Ukrainian coaches of Latin American dances and their talented students are waiting for the guests of the event from 20:00 to 22:00.   Take rugs (mats), comfortable shoes and…