Wizz Air Ukraine, the country's first budget airline, has taken a big step toward offering service from Ukraine to other countries, last week obtaining the necessary documentation from the Ukrainian governmental organs. Now all they have to do is get

He was a legend of Ukrainian history, and all sorts of things in Kyiv and across the country are named after him, including the street on which the Rada is located. His kindly, bearded face stares out from the 50hrv

DJ Fun2Mass and DJ Dread, Xlib club (12 Frunze), 26 September at 23.00 DJs from both Ukraine and Germany will play Xlib on this night at the afterparty of the opening of the German Film Festival in town. Fun2Mass has

German Film Festival, Kyiv Cinema (19 Chervonoarmiyska), 26 September-1 October This year's German Film Festival at Kyiv Cinema presents a selection of movies that played in German theatres over the last twelve months. The films are coming to Kyiv and

Like spring, autumn is about new beginnings. School starts, the culture season kicks into gear, the first gurgle of centrally-heated water starts insinuating itself up through your heating pipes, and Ukrainians head out into the local woodlands to begin a

Nothing warms the heart like fraternal friendship between nations, and that's exactly what Russians say they want according to a recent survey conducted north of the border by the Public Opinion Foundation. The survey states that 56 percent of respondents

Hiphop, the gritty music that started as an expression of life in black America, has taken on a life of its own in Ukraine: an accessory of the luxury lifestyle. Ksenia Karpenko investigates.. Downtown. Arena Sports Bar. I'm meeting with

Etienne Frey dance workshops, call for more information about location, 27 and 28 September from 14.00 till 16.00 Geneva-based master choreographer Etienne Fray returns to Kyiv to give a dance workshop for local types who are interested in working with

On 6 September, the custodian at the Uzhgorod Castle Museum arrived at work to discover that the gallery was missing four works by the leader of the Ukrainian Zakarpattya school of painting. The works' estimated worth runs to hundreds of

Jazz Tap Ensemble in performance, Operetta Theatre (53/3 Chervonoarmiyska),27 September at 18.00 The great American tap dancer Sam Weber brings his Jazz Tap Ensemble to the Operetta Theatre to stamp away for Kyiv dance aficionados. Weber is one of the

Jazz Portraits of Haruki Murakami', Master Class Hall (34 Ivana Mazepy), 27 September at 19.00 Jazz connoisseur and music critic Aleksey Kogan presents an evening of Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami's essays combined with jazz music. Kogan himself will lend his

Official Kyiv is starting to resemble a nightclub act by an insult comic, with Prime Minister Tymoshenko in the comic's role and President Yushchenko as the hapless fellow in the audience getting abused in public. Last week, after the government

William Luce's 'Emily', Molody Theatre (17 Prorizna), 30 September at 19.00 The Molody Theatre presents the premiere of William Luce's 'Emily'. The play tells the story of the life of the reclusive American poet Emily Dickinson, who's famous not only

This competition is proving so popular we can't keep up with all the great photos our readers are sending of Kyiv's best magazine being read in all the best places all over the world. And this week's entries come to

That didn't take long. Kyiv's Golden Gate monument seems to be falling apart again, not long after re-opening in the wake of a major restoration. Cracks fully the width of a hand are visible to the naked eye on the

Exhibition of sculpture by Oleksandr Dyachenko, Tryptych gallery (34b Andriyivskiy Uzviz), till 1 October Tryptych gallery presents an exhibition of sculpture by Oleksandr Dyachenko, well-known for taking part in the reconstruction of the city's famous Princess Olga monument and as

In a sign that the Western consensus view on Ukraine's NATO membership could soon shift, an influential UK think tank is calling for the defense bloc not to expand. Said Dr. John Chipman, general director of the International Institute for