Iryna Zhuravska won the final of Miss Ukraine 2008 to end in Kyyiv. She received the crown worth 500 thousand dollars.

Tiny copy of Lastochkino Gnezdo (Swallow Nest) to be traditionally considered the symbol of the Crimea, will be made in the capital of Latvia Riga.

There is a "real possibility" that the Beijing Olympics will be attacked by terrorists, the head of global police body Interpol has warned.

A notorious drugs baron, who escaped from a Moroccan jail last December, has been recaptured, the Spanish authorities say.

At least 16 people were killed and 40 were wounded when a blast ripped through a packed commuter bus during the evening rush-hour in the Sri Lankan capital on Friday, a police spokesman said.

American jazz on Lenin’s birth day. Tuesday stars of world jazz performed in Kharkiv. Bill Evans’s quintet Soulgrass. All in all the musicians possess about a dozen Grammys together with Sting, Mick Jagger, Miles Davis and Joan Osborn. Three years

Birth rate is getting higher and higher in Ukraine. During the first four months this year birth rate has increased by 6 thousand people more comparing the same period last year.

A Moscow court has sentenced a US pastor to more than three years in jail for illegally importing hunting rifle ammunition into Russia.

Preparations for the Winter Olympic Games 2014 would be one of the most difficult, but Russia has chances for success, head of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Coordination Commission Jean-Claude Killy said on Tuesday.

External independent testing has started in Kharkiv today. More than 18 thousand high school students were taking it. 11 thousand of them are those finishing school. Another 7 those who had finished school a couple years ago. Today is the

Nineteen sportsmen in Kharkiv region are to take part in 29th summer Olympic Games, as a governor deputy of the regional state administration Yaroslav Yushchenko/ To his information, 13 sportsmen more also received licenses to participate in the 13th Paralympic

A man often described as a "bishop of the poor", former Roman Catholic prelate Fernando Lugo, has won Paraguay's Presidential election.

Police have broken up a fist fight between Greek and Armenian orthodox clergy at one of Christianity's holiest sites in Jerusalem. Eyewitnesses say the scuffles broke out at the city's Church of the Holy Sepulchre after an Armenian priest pushed

A Russian fighter jet has shot down an unmanned reconnaissance aircraft over Georgia, Georgian authorities say.

Scientists have completed the first stage of an ambitious plan to drill down into an earthquake-generating region near Japan.

A stunt driver has crashed the car used by movie secret agent James Bond into Italy's Lake Garda during filming of 007's latest movie, Quantum of Solace.

Before arriving in Italy, Vladimir Putin struck a number of deals in Libya. Russia's president agreed to write off Libya's debt in exchange for military and civilian contracts awarded to Russian companies.

A major Buddhist temple has withdrawn from plans to host Japan's opening stage of the Olympic torch relay.

The population of the Earth in May 2008 may reach 6 666 666 666 people. Many people to believe in numerology think that Antichrist is to appear.

Argentine President Cristina Fernandez has described as "irresponsible" farmers blamed for fires that have left a blanket of smoke across Buenos Aires.