Ukraine Travel News

Gay-rights campaigners and their opponents clashed at an unsanctioned rally in the Russian capital on Saturday, but a heavy police presence in Ukraine kept the two sides apart at that country's first-ever gay pride march.

On May 30, presentation of the book "Personality of the two epochs" published in Ukrainian and English languages and devoted to the national leader of Azerbaijan Heydar Aliyev will be held at the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine , the embassy of Azerbaijan in Ukraine said.

The statue of Luigi and Mokryna was erected in a park near the 'lovers' bridge' in the Ukrainian capital, Kiev.

The Russian Foreign Ministry has admitted that recent statements by Vladimir Andreyev, the Russian consul general in Simferopol, Ukraine's Crimea, about Crimean Tatars were inappropriate.

"THESE ORNAMENTS COULD HAVE BEEN LOST FOREVER, BECAUSE IT WOULD HAVE BEEN IMPOSSIBLE TO RECREATE THEM.

Horizontal: it's one of curator Yuko Hasegawa's preferred words, though she is anything but.

According to preliminary estimates, this year the flow of tourists in Crimea could exceed last year's figures, chairman of the Council of Ministers of Crimea Anatoly Mohyliov told a press conference, the Council of Ministers of Crimea press office informs.

Kindergarten teacher Danielle Kowalchyk will be thousands of kilometres away from her six-year-old twins this Mother's Day in an effort to bring joy to dozens of motherless kids in Ukraine.

The flow of tourists in Crimea from April 30 to May 6, 2013 grew by 24% compared to the same period last year, Crimean resorts and tourism minister Oleksandr Liyev said on Tuesday.

"Visitors return from the country amazed at its cultural wealth, the warmth of its people, and the fact that travelers can live large for under as "unspoiled by the tourist masses". "You can explore UNESCO World Heritage sites with locals and then tuck into a traditional meal for just a few dollars," suggests the author.

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On May 24 at the XII international conference "Grain Industry - 2013: processing, new markets, innovations" there will be presented the estimation of condition and prospects of development of the market of grain by-products. In particular, specialists of the leading grain-processing enterprises of Ukraine and industry experts will provide their ... (more)

Spring has sprung in Ukraine's cultured capital, a charming city of golden churches and gardens in bloom.

Participants of the international vintage car run made a stop in the National Museum of the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 in Kyiv on May 2. The cur run is organized in celebration of the 68th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War.

As we approach the May holidays, the majority of us wonder where to go. Those who can afford a trip choose between spring Crimea or Europe, hot South Seas or white Petersburg's nights.

Ukraine currently doesn't have observer status in the Customs Union of Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus, as this organization has not previously provided for such forms of cooperation, vice Prime Minister Yuri Boiko, who heads a working group on cooperation with the Customs Union, said in interview with ZN.UA. Commenting on the statement by Prime ... (more)

First vice Prime Minister of Ukraine Serhiy Arbuzov is convinced that Ukraine has much to tell proudly the European Union on the eve of signing the Association Agreement with the EU, he said in an interview with the Inter Ukrainian TV channel on the eve of visit of the Ukrainian government to Brussels, ForUm correspondent reports.

The development of the Novokostiantynivske uranium ore deposit will help gradually increase production to the level of Ukraine's need for natural uranium and build a base for the further development of the domestic uranium mining industry, Ukrinform reports.

Prime Minister of Ukraine Mykola Azarov took part in the ceremony of laying flowers to the monument to the Heroes of Chernobyl and the memorial sign of Warriors of Chernobyl on the occasion of the Chernobyl tragedy.