YanAir Airlines increases number of flights to Batumi
YanAir Airlines, which performs daily scheduled flights from Kyiv to Batumi, will launch four additional flights on this route in August.
Society and Culture
09.08.2019
Ukrainian flag raised in Crimea
Ukrainian patriots have raised the national flag of Ukraine in the city of Sudak in the temporarily occupied territory of Crimea, according to Bohdan Kovaliov, an adviser to the head of Kherson Regional State Administration.
08.08.2019
President Zelensky meets with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew. Photos
The meeting between President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople has been held in Istanbul.
President meets with Ukrainian and Crimean Tatar communities of Turkey
During an official visit to Turkey, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky held a meeting with representatives of Ukrainian and Crimean Tatar communities and took part in the opening of a new office of the Crimean Tatar diaspora, the president’s press service has reported.
07.08.2019
Catherine Zeta-Jones spotted wearing Ukrainian embroidery shirt
Hollywood actress Catherine Zeta-Jones has enlarged her collection of Ukrainian embroidered shirts.
06.08.2019
Ukraine, U.S. sign memorandum on search for POW, MIA
Representatives of Ukraine and the United States signed a memorandum of understanding between the Defense Ministry of Ukraine and the U.S. Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), the Embassy of Ukraine in the USA reports on Facebook.
SBI checking whether Poroshenko violated border crossing rules during trip to Maldives
Ukraine's State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) has opened criminal proceedings regarding the possible organization by former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko of illegal crossing through the border with the use of fake documents, the SBI has reported on its Facebook page.
Return of Yanukovych-era politicians to Ukraine a test for new government - Zhadan
The return to Ukraine of odious politicians who worked under President Viktor Yanukovych is a test of the "strength" of the new authorities and Ukrainian society itself, well-known Ukrainian writer and poet Serhiy Zhadan has said in an interview with Ukrinform.
05.08.2019
OSCE to conduct training course for Ukrainian civil servants
The office of the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities announced on 5 August 2019 that it is supporting diversity training courses for civil servants in Ukraine over the coming years.
Zelensky team doesn’t want to lift ban on Russian social networks
Presidential adviser Mykhailo Fedorov believes that ban on access to Russian social networks should not be lifted since there is a lot of content that has a negative impact on Ukrainians.
Presidential team preparing e-voting project
The team of President Volodymyr Zelensky is actively working on a project that will allow Ukrainians to vote online in the next presidential election.
UATV becomes available in cable TV packages of two more German providers
UATV, a TV channel of the International Broadcasting Multimedia Platform of Ukraine, has expanded its presence in Germany.
About 1.4 mln IDPs registered in Ukraine – Social Policy Ministry
The number of internally displaced persons (IDPs) from the temporarily occupied territories of Donbas and Crimea has reached 1.397 million people, according to the Social Policy Ministry of Ukraine.
03.08.2019
About 60 thousand foreigners came to Ukraine for treatment last year
Last year, about 60,000 foreign tourists came to Ukraine for treatment and spent nearly $150 million.