Kasta (Rap), Bingo Club (112 Peremohy Pr.), 10 October at 19.00 Even though they look a little crazy and their lyrics can go well beyond that which is considered well-mannered, Kasta does not belong to those gangs of bands that

Talita Kum (Pop-Rock), Art Club 44 (44 Khreshchatyk), 9 October at 22.00 After taking quite a long break, Talita Kum is back on stage and delivering tons of new tracks, with one in particular, 'Believe', that they believe is going

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Corruption is endemic in Ukraine, and it starts right at the top, as can be clearly demonstrated by the collapse last week of the privatisation sale of the Odesa Port fertilisation plant. The State Property Fund, the agency that deals

Were we the only people wondering how long it would take for the mother of the little Ukrainian boy Elton John talked of adopting to appear out of the woodwork? Probably not, in fact, the big surprise to most people

The World Cup qualifier taking place this Saturday in Dnipropetrovsk will be shown live in the UK exclusively to subscribers on the internet who will have to pay a minimum of £4.99 for the privilege, according to a report from

Summer was long this year - in fact it seemed to last right up until the end of September, and even into a little of October - so we can't really complain that it is over. But it is over,

Ukraine's strangely impoverished state energy firm, Naftogaz, said it had not repaid a $500 million Eurobond by its maturity deadline, causing rating agency Fitch to downgrade it to restricted default. It is, however, seeking to restructure the loan, and a

There's no doubt about it, Ukrainians have a talent for computers, and even when they use that talent for nefarious purposes, they do it very well. Proving this, one gang of Ukrainian hackers has developed highly sophisticated ways of remaining