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[http://itsukraine.com] News and everything you want to know about Ukraine Home About Essentials Contacts Advertise with us Links Home » Essentials Essentials TIME: Ukrainian Time is +2 GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) It is altered twice a year to save electric power. The watches are set one hour forward in the last week of March and it’s called Summer Time. The watches are set one hour backward in the last week of October and it’s called Winter Time. To find out the exact time, dial 060. MONEY: The National Currency is Hryvnia (Hryvna, Hryvnya, Grivna). 1 Hryvnia equels 100 kopiykas. USA dollars and Euros are the most popular foreign currency in Ukraine. Make sure your foreign currency bills are new looking and crisp. Read more… MONEY TRANSFER: If you need to transfer money to from or within Ukraine, there are several International Money Transfer Companies like Western Union and MoneyGram. You can find them at many local banks or at major shopping centers and Malls. CREDIT CARDS: Many places in Kiev and other big Ukrainian cities like Odessa, Dnipropetrovs’k, L’viv started to accept major credit cards like Visa or MasterCard and some other. But it is still recommended to have cash with you as well and not to rely solely on credit cards. Only use a Card to debit for cash at a safe location. ELECTRICITY: Electrical appliancies operate at 220V in Ukraine. Plugs and wall sockets differ from North America and the U.K., being of europeon two pin style. So, don’t forget to take an International Power Adaptor and a power converter. Traveling with electronics will become much easier. For valuable equipment, you may consider bringing a surge protector. Please note: Ukraine uses more than one type of outlet configuration: you could find European outlets (new) and old Soviet type. The difference is in the diameter of the pins. European pins are thicker then the Soviet type ones. MEASUREMENTS: in Ukraine the temperature is in Celcius ( C ), weight is in gramms ( gr ) / kilogramms ( kg ), height is in meters ( m ) and kilometers ( km ), volumes are in litres ( l ). WATER: It’s not recommended to drink tap water in Kyiv and other cities of Ukraine. The better choice will be to just buy bottled water for drinking. You should be aware however that some bottled water from the smaller Kiosks can be counterfeit. The brand BonAqua or Morshins’ka seems to be the best bet as far as getting the genuine product. Also for cooking or drinking (after boiling) you could always use different types of filters (water purifyers) which you can get at the supermarkets or shopping malls. COMMUNICATIONS: Major Mobile Operators in Ukraine are: Kyivstar GSM, MTC (former UMC), Djuice, Jeans, Beeline and Life : ) To call Internationally the cheapest is by using LIFE : ) The oldest and widely spread mobile operators are: Kyivstar and MTC Kyivstar GSM: numbers start from +38 (067), (096), (097), (098) MTS (MTC): numbers start from +38 (050), (095) DJUICE: (part of Kyivstar), numbers start from +38 (067), (097) JEANS: (part of MTS), numbers start from +38 (066), (099) LIFE : ) (Astelit provider), numbers start from +38 (063) Beeline (Ukrainian radiosystems): numbers start from +38 (068) Read more… JSC Ukrtelecom (Ukrainian: Укртелеком) is Ukraine’s monopolist government-owned telephone company, also active on other telecommunications markets like Internet service providing. Ukraine Country Code: +380 International Call Prefix: 00~country code~city code~number National Kyiv (Kiev) Code: 0 ~ 44 XXX XX XX International Kyiv Code: +380 ~ 44 XXX XX XX There are also CDMA mobile Operators in Ukraine: CDMA Ukraine (International Telecommunication Company), IT CDMA Intertelecom, U’TEL (from Ukrtelecom), PEOPLE Net. All of them provide Internet (with USB modems) as well. Read news about new dialing system in Ukraine GD Star Rating a WordPress rating system GD Star Rating a WordPress rating system Essentials , 1.0 out of 10 based on 1 rating Tweet Business & Finances » Rosatom to Build Nuclear Fuel Plant in Ukraine Nuclear industry officials from Russia and Ukraine broke ground on a new nuclear fuel manufacturing plant in Ukraine. The $460 million facility is set to provide fuel for all of Ukraine’s four nuclear power plants and may eventually supply fuel to unspecified third countries. 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