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Ukrainian Fashion Week attracted the glances of the international haute couture fashionistas for the 29th time. 42 designers presented their pret-a-porter Spring-Autumn 2012 collections. The event featured a gala show of the renowned British-Italian designer Antonio Berardi and a catwalk by American celebrity Paris Hilton.

19/10  29th Ukrainian Fashion Week: a Peak Into Spring-Summer 2012 Fashion Trends

The ten city districts created flower compositions utilizing three thousand chrysanthemums.

17/10  Majestic Chrysanthemums Scattered on the Hills of Kyiv’s Landscape Park

This fall the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University hosted 32 Ukrainian delegates, who participated in the newly developed one-week program “Management and Leadership”. The objective of this specifically tailored program was to enable the participants study public administration and improve their skills in implementing economic reforms.

13/10  Ukrainian Public Servants Intern at Harvard

On a chill Saturday night on October 8, 2011, approximately 60 thousand guests gathered in Kyiv, Ukraine to witness the official opening of the main Ukrainian stadium Olimpiyskyi that will host the 2012 UEFA European Football Championship. The opening of the National Sports Complex featured performances of 2,500 volunteers and 500 professionals including the world famous circus Sonics and a renowned pop singer Shakira.

12/10  Ukraine’s Capital Unveils Its EURO-2012 Venue in a Dazzling Show

The premium class sports complex Olimpiyskyi in the heart of the Ukrainian capital reopens after a major reconstruction. One of the world’s largest sports venues will host the final match of the top level football event – the 2012 UEFA European Football Championship. The opening featured many high profile guests including the President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych, Prime Minister Mykola Azarov, Ukrainian football star Andriy Shevchenko, boxing world champion Vitaly Klitchko, as well as pop diva Shakira, who gave a concert at the stadium.

11/10  Ukraine’s Major EURO-2012 Arena Reopens After Grand Renovation

Over the weekend Kyiv hosted an organic open market called "Organichny Dyvogray" which took place in downtown area for the second year in a row. The producers of organic food from all over Ukraine offered their produce to the visitors demonstrating growth of the relatively new, but very perspective branch of Ukrainian agriculture – organic food production.

11/10  Organic Food Production Develops Fast in Ukraine

The 5th season of yacht competition among professionals Wind Master Regatta took place at the Kyiv Sea this weekend. The competition featured many famous yacht-sportsmen including the three-times Olympic champion at three different yacht categories Valentin Mankin.

19/09  Ukrainian Professional Yacht Race Sets Sail at the Kyiv Sea

A unique musical illuminated floating fountain opened in the Western Ukrainian city of Vinnytsia on September 4, 2011. The fountain is the world’s only floating fountain mounted in the natural body of water and by its technical parameters can only be compared to one such water facility in the world – the Dubai Fountain.

06/09  Europe’s Largest Fountain Opens in Ukraine

Ukrainian men’s team won the 11th annual double-gender FIVB Swatch Junior World Championships over the weekend in Halifax, Canada. 59 teams from 24 countries competed in the Championships. Scoring high in all seven matches, Ukrainians Sergiy Popov and Valeriy Samoday won gold, beating the Polish duo Kantor/Losiak in the final set.

06/09  Ukrainian Men’s Team Wins Junior World Championship in Beach Volleyball

The Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series 2011 finished the season in Southern Ukrainian resort city of Yalta over the weekend. 15 thousand guests witnessed the final seventh leg of the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series 2011 competition. The event culminated in crowning Gary Hunt, the UK, as the champion of the 2011 season.

05/09  Extreme Sports: South Ukrainian Yalta Hosts World Cliff Diving Finals

The symbol of one of the most unconventional electronic dance music festivals in Europe “KaZantip” – a yellow suitcase – was obtained by thousands of guests this year as they had gathered for the 19th annual meet. “KaZantip” habitually took place in Popovka village in Crimea, located at the Black Sea shorein Southern Ukraine. The festival lasted for over a month and ended on August 27, 2011. Numerous electro music stars entertained the audience of the festival.

29/08  Thousands of Yellow Suitcases Leave Crimea as KaZantip Music Festival Comes to an End

The Second International Balloon Festival “Air Adventure” kicked off on the same day as the celebration of the 20th anniversary of Ukraine’s independence. The event takes place in a small town of Vasylkiv, located about 30 miles south of Kyiv.

26/08  International Balloon Festival Celebrates 20th Anniversary of Ukraine’s Independence up in the Air