Ukraine fun news

9/03/2008
Ukrainian egg decorating tradition thrives at festival in Sharon. You can find it at a little studio next to Billy’s Black and Gold, a bar on Sharpsville Avenue in Sharon. You can find it Sunday at the 19th annual Egg Festival, which Billy’s will host along with help from St. John’s Ukrainian Orthodox Church. You can find it at the hands of Carol Novosel, who owns Billy’s and has been decorating the eggs in a Ukrainian tradition that uses wax and dye since she was around 5 years old. The tradition was passed down through the generations in her family.
Novosel’s studio on Sharpsville is full of eggs she’s decorated in preparation for selling them at the festival. Proceeds will benefit the church, which is going to be there, too —selling food that includes pieroghi, stuffed cabbage, halushki, chicken Kiev and baked goods.
The money will also go toward helping orphanages and children’s hospitals in the Ukraine, which is still feeling the effects of the Chernobyl nuclear reactor disaster from April 1986.

29/02/2008
Actress Jessica Simpson is in demand in the Ukraine following the success of her latest film in cinemas there.
Blonde Ambition was a flop in the U.S., where it made just over $1,000 (£500) at the box office during its opening weekend in December.
The movie, which also stars Luke Wilson, was pulled from theatres, but it has been reborn in the Ukraine, where it's become a surprise hit.
And now local film bosses want Simpson to consider a trip to the country, where she has become an overnight sensation.
Film producer Alex Shpiluk, a member of the Ukrainian Film Commission, tells In Touch magazine, "She is really the ideal of American beauty and style, like Barbie. She would be useful to us and our image." And Arama Gevorcyan, another leading Ukrainian film producer, has gone so far as to invite Simpson to be the guest of honour at a September movie celebration in the Eastern European country.

27/02/2008
The Kyiv city state administration decided to hoist national flags at all administrative buildings of establishments, companies and organizations subordinate to local government bodies before March 27. Ukrainian News learned this from the municipal administration order. The municipal administration attributed its decision to the need for forming the feeling of patriotism and respect to the national symbols. As Ukrainian News reported, President Viktor Yuschenko intends to present the Ukrainian flag to each family. The National Flag Day is marked on August 23.

29/12/2007
An initiative called “St. Nicholas for the Unborn” was conducted near the bronze Statute of Oranta, the Mother of God in the center of western Ukrainian Lviv. The event’s objective, according to the Institute of Marriage and Family Life at the Ukrainian Catholic University (UCU) in Lviv, was to attract public attention to the tragic fate of unborn children deprived of their right to live, to be able to receive presents, enjoy a Christmas tree and Christmas holidays.
The initiative stressed that there is enough material welfare, financial capacity and presents in the world, but that all of these are useless if parents and neighbors are not generous and deprive children of the greatest gift of God, which is life.
According to Natalia Tsiupka, organizer of the event, preparation for the prayer initiative was actively supported by youth communities, the Institute of Marriage and Family Life at UCU and the students of the Holy Spirit Seminary of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC). A central symbolic act during the event was the placing of toys near the statue, meant to communicate to the public that the unborn child is a person who needs care, love and prayer. 1/01/2008

19/09/2007
Days of Astana's Culture have started in Kiev. The delegation of Astana city is headed by its akim (mayor) Askar Mamin.
The artists from Kazakhstan are expected to give performances at the Kiev House of Operetta, the Chaikovsky National Academy of Music and the Academic puppet theatre.
Within the framework of the event the administration of Astana and Kiev cities are to sign the 2008-2009 plan for cooperation. Besides, a round table with the participation of the businessmen of Kazakhstan and Ukraine will be held there. 21/09/2007

9/05/2007
President Viktor Yuschenko is calling on Ukrainians for unity in connection with Victory Day. He made this call in his May 9 holiday speech. "I am deeply convinced that we must be proud of numerous examples of unity and bravery of our people in war years. This unity existed despite evil, despite violence, war fronts and lines. This unity was created by millions of Ukrainian names and thousand of feats of arms... in the ability to give up ideologies and see in each heroic deed love to Ukraine - this is the real unity of our nation," Yuschenko said.

8/04/2007
Several hundred supporters of Ukrainian Prime Minister have celebrated Easter in Kiev's main square. Even the icing on some of the Easter cakes was blue and white - the colours of Viktor Yanukovich's Party of Regions. Yanukovich attended mass in the eastern city of Donetsk with his family while Yushchenko was seen at Kiev's St Sophia Cathedral with his wife and daughter. The last meeting between the two men on Friday ended in deadlock.

6/02/2007
Canadian group JumpTV Inc said it has signed an internet-broadcast agreement with Ukrainian channel Studio 1+1 International, which is owned by Central European Media Enterprises. "JumpTV's platform will make it easy for us to reach the millions of Ukrainians living outside of Ukraine. Additionally, we will be able to generate a new revenue stream through the international distribution of our content" - saying Andriy Shekhovtsov.

18/01/2007
The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity will be observed in Ukraine from 18 to 25 January 2007.
On 19 January, an evening of Christmas and Epiphany carols will be held at the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church’s (UGCC) Cathedral of the Resurrection in Kyiv. On 21 January, Fr. Roman Nebozhuk of the UGCC will speak at the Church of St. Catherine of the German Evangelical-Lutheran Church. On 23 January, UGCC Bishop Bohdan Dziurakh will deliver the sermon at the Roman Catholic Church (RCC) of St. Alexander. On 25 January, Patriarch Lubomyr (Husar), head of the UGCC, RCC Bishop Stanislaw Szyrokoradiuk, and Pastor Claus Vandergruppe from Holland will speak at UGCC Church of St. Basil the Great. 19/01/2007

9/01/2007
The finance ministry has decided to seriously tackle and regulate the situation on the lottery and gambling market, which suffers full legal vacuum. In the first quarter of 2007 the ministry means to submit a bill on holding lottery and gaming in Ukraine.

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