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Celebrate American Independence day with
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Ukraine Travel |
The Other Crimea
Out of Yalta and Away From the Ex-Pats
Lots of ex-pats hear ‘Vacationing in Crimea’ and generally think ‘Yalta’. If they only understood how wrong they are.
I know a lot of Ukrainians, and Ukrainians know a lot about Crimea, which is why I’ve been blessed by being coaxed into the sweeter, better, more provincial Crimea beyond the gilded-class perversions of latter-day Yalta. Crimea’s a sleepy southland, what Southern California must have been like a before we all destroyed it, and not an hour passes when I’m down on the Black Seat ...
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Ukraine Today |
Bringing Little League Baseball to Ukrainian Orphans
It is a well-known fact that Ukrainian orphanages are drastically under funded, and the kids that live there are lucky if they have a decent pair of shoes. While there are many charities trying to help the unfortunate children who live there with clothes, hygiene materials and even food, one man is trying to bring a little quality to their lives, American style.
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Kyiv Cars |
The Auto Equivalent of a Bangkok Ladyboy
With consumer needs becoming ever more diverse, some car manufacturers stick to their guns with a specific model for every requirement. Others, however, trying and incorporate everything into one vehicle, and that’s what Nissan have done with the Infiniti FX35, which is stuck straddling the fence to severely it’s in danger of castrating itself.
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This Week Russian Bad Girls Bring Naughty Teenage Kicks |
Tuesday, 03 October 2006
t.A.T.u in concert, Palace Sport, 12 October at 19.00 The marketing men certainly end their daily bread when they hit upon the idea of getting Russian pop music duo t.A.T.u to dress up as schoolgirls and kiss each other in the rain and thanks to this sound bit of strategy the girls have been able to remain in the public spotlight, despite being not particularly proficient when it comes to making music. That said the girls seem to have rediscovered their form recently, looking better than ever and releasing a series of more than passable singles including the undeniably catchy ‘All About Us’. Young Lena and Yulia come into their own when performing live, occasionally still taking the stage in their underwear! Tickets are 60-300hrv, for more information call 246-7406. |
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Diplomatic Service An Intellectual Peruvian Approach |
Tuesday, 03 October 2006
Since setting up her country’s embassy ten months ago, Peruvian Ambassador Mrs. Liliana Torres-Muga has become an integral part of the Kyiv diplomatic scene. An intellectual heavyweight, Her Excellency nevertheless understands that academic ability is not enough in her sphere of life, both on the work and domestic front. more... |
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Headliner Monsters of Rock |
Tuesday, 03 October 2006
Pioneers of heavy metal and an inspiration to aspiring rock musicians the world over, Deep Purple is one of the most prolific, longest-lived and hard working groups in the history of music. The band cut a swathe through the 1970s rock scene thanks to their heavy riffs and since getting back together around a decade a day, continue show the youngsters how rock and roll should be done. more... |
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Whats Up? Surprise at Ani’s Wedding News |
Tuesday, 03 October 2006
The Kyiv chattering classes were in a frenzy last week when long-time loner Ani Lorak suddenly announced plans to marry. The sexy singer, famed for her perfect midriff and failure to win the country’s 2005 Eurovision nomination, had previously been locked into a ten-year contract that expressly banned her from marriage, but it seems that all that is now long forgotten. Lorak, real name Karolina (read it backwards and you get her stage name!) is set to tie the knot with Murat, a dashing a young Turk from Antaliya whom she met while on her summer holiday. Gorgeous little Lorak had previously been the subject of constant media speculation and has been romantically linked to a wide range of local stars and kingmakers, notably Kuchma-era head of the Presidential Administration Viktor Medvedchuk and both Klitschko brothers, but she surprised everyone by opting for someone outside of the Ukrainian society set entirely. Turn to page 35 for more on Kyiv’s most talked-about couple! (Staff Writers) |
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Whats Up? New Linguistic Scandal |
Tuesday, 03 October 2006
Restaurants and nightlife venues around Kyiv are considering introducing blanket bans in the use of the dialect known as Diaspora Ukrainian in a bid to prevent further bloodshed following a spate of ‘diaspora rage’ incidents that have left five Canadian citizens hospitalised and one theme restaurant facing a staffing crisis after a mass walk-out. The use of heavily-accented Ukrainian learned in North America is being widely blamed for a recent deterioration in expat-Kyivite relations, as locals respond angrily to this specific linguistic conundrum with claims that it is hard to understand, sounds silly and is downright irritating. It is thought that the ban will be informally imposed by staff who will resort to speaking exclusively in English or Russian when confronted by offenders while making out that they don’t understand. (Staff Writers) |
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Whats Up? Army Veteran’s Old Bullet |
Tuesday, 03 October 2006
A Red Army veteran from the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk had a surprise when he went to local doctors complaining of headaches – following X-rays they removed a WWII bullet from his skull! Mihail Kabalin was shot in the head while crossing the Desna river near Kyiv during the 1943 reconquest of Ukraine, but he has spent the past 63 years believing that the bullet was extracted at the time by field doctors of the Red Army. Instead the inch-long object remained lodged in his head, and doctors believe it must have recently moved, causing the headaches. After a successful operation to remove the bullet Kabalin boasted of having his best night’s sleep in years. He plans to now wear the bullet on a chain for luck. “After all, I would call it lucky to be shot in the head and yet still live another 63 years and have four wonderful children!” (Daily Mail) |
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Whats Up? Kyiv to get Official Anthem |
Tuesday, 03 October 2006
The good folk over at city hall have decided that the only thing missing in the Ukrainian capital is an oficial anthem, and they aim to rectify this fault in time for City Day celebrations in 2007! Kyiv officials announced a competition last week for an official anthem, setting the deadline for 1 May 2007. Many Soviet-era tunes are associated with the Ukrainian capital such as the oft-heard ‘Yak Tebe Ne Lubiti, Kieve, Miy’ (How not to love you, my Kyiv) but none has ever been given official status, leaving the way open for a new tune to be played on all public holidays and other suitable occasions. It is assumed that the anthem will be in Ukrainian, although Russian and even English language efforts are also welcome. (www.obzor.in.ua) |
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Editorial From THE EDITOR |
Tuesday, 03 October 2006
Have you heard the joke about the Ukrainian Black Sea Fleet having two ships and three admirals? Or the one about three Ukrainians producing two Hetmen and one traitor? So it should come as no surprise that we now appear to have one country and two heads of state. I am referring, of course, to the current flow of contradictory messages that are emanating from the helm of the good ship Ukraine courtesy of the country’s two Viktors, who share a first name but apparently little else. One minute we’re on course for NATO membership and then all of a sudden we’re not, but actually we are, and so forth. The two of them have taken to publicly airing their differences over issues as diverse as benefits for new mothers and foreign policy direction, creating the impression that the country is listing dangerously while they squabble about who should be in overall control. Clearly this state of affairs cannot go on forever, and you’ve got to wonder how soon it will be before the decisive moment is reached. When that happens it would be a brave man who would predict that the Euro-optimists will come out on top, but at least we’ll all know where we are at. Ukraine may well be the ‘neither here nor there’ borderland to beat all borderlands, but having two would-be heads of state contradicting each other publicly is too ridiculous for words, however richly ironic it may be.
Cheers, Peter Dickinson, Editor |
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Just a Minute This Month in History |
Friday, 29 September 2006
The second Treaty of Pereyaslav was concluded on October 27, 1659 between Yuri, the little known son of famous Ukrainian hero Bogdan Khmelnytsky, and the Russian tsar, and drastically limited the hard-won autonomy of Ukranianian Cossacks. The original treaty had been one of more or less equal UNI0N between Muscovy and the Cossack lands in Ukraine, but those gains were now largely forfeited. This second treaty came in the aftermath of the treaty of Hadiach (ugoda hadziacka in Polish) dated 16 September 1658 between the Cossacks and Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, which granted many privileges to the Cossacks and thus threatened Muscovite influence over Ukraine. Thus Ukraine had attempted to play Russian and European neighbours off against each other, and ended up losing out. Sounds familiar? |
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Just a Minute Statistic of the Week |
Friday, 29 September 2006
Kyiv’s magnificent and controversial Rodina Mat monument (known to many as the Iron Lady) is the fourth largest free-standing figure in the world, towering over the Dnipro at 46 metres in height. New York’s Statue of Liberty comes in third at 46.5m. while the Mother Russia monument in Volgagrad (Stalingrad) is second at 52m, but far and away the largest figure in the world is the Buddha of Tokyo who is over 120 metres tall! |
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Dancer Olena Shoptenko Ukraine’s Young Hoofer Hope
There’s hardly a TV addict out there who hasn’t heard of Olena Shoptenko, a 20-year-old dancer who made it big on ‘Dancing With the Stars’. With that show behind her, Olena remains as charming, eye-catching and intelligent beyond her ears as ever.
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