Lifestyle
Ukraine comprises 24 regions, known as oblasts, and one autonomous region, Crimea. Can you recognize all 25 parts of Ukraine by their outline and location? Here’s a little tip: Ukraine’s biggest oblas
Mar. 2, 2019
After winning the local show Ukraine’s Got Talent in 2009, Ukrainian sand animation artist Kseniya Simonova took her act across the ocean to try to win the hearts of the U.S. audience. And she did: Si
Feb. 5, 2019
“O brown-eyed maidens, fall in love / But not with Muscovites.” These first lines from Taras Shevchenko’s narrative poem “Kateryna” in Ukrainian hung over Anna Kopylova’s desk since she was 13. Kopylo
Feb. 1, 2019
The Gulag, the system of concentration camps through which the Soviet Union carried out murderous political repression, is something many Russians and Ukrainians would rather forget. But while the reg
Jan. 18, 2019
Ukrainians in 2018 were most interested in the football World Cup, third season of Mazhor TV series and the Eurovision 2018 song contest, Google Ukraine has reported, referring to the top Google searc
Dec. 12, 2018
The annual Kyiv Post Tiger Conference Top 30 Under 30 award ceremony on Dec. 11 took an unexpected turn, as four nominees refused to accept the prize in protest against its sponsor – oligarch and phil
Dec. 12, 2018
Kyivans have finally found out why one of the city’s main bridges was closed to traffic around a month ago. It turns out that Darnytskyi Bridge was shut down at the end of October for the filming of a
Nov. 30, 2018
When Ukrainian photographer Ruslan Lobanov did his first shootings in 2010 at a new location, an old castle in France, he wasn’t sure if he would work there again. Over the next eight years, however,
Nov. 2, 2018
There have only been four years in the life of Ukrainian singer, musician and the leader of the band Pianoboy Dmytro Shurov that he didn’t play the piano — the first four. At 4, Shurov started taking
Oct. 5, 2018
Austrian-American actor and former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger will headline Olerom Forum One in Kyiv on Oct. 13. Olerom Forum One is an annual business event that has been held in Ukrai
Oct. 4, 2018
Ukrainian-made fashions are continuing to prove a hit with the global celebrity set. U.S. model and actress Emily Ratajkowski was spotted wearing a dress by Ukrainian brand Bevza as she visited Milan
Sep. 25, 2018
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U.S.-born video blogger Peter Santenello likes to get close to his subject. So in 2016, he left his comfortable life on the West Coast of the United States and came to Ukraine, where he has documented
Sep. 14, 2018
Britain’s Marks & Spencer Group Plc (M&S) has announced they will cut prices by 20 percent on average in the chain’s Ukraine stores. “This season, we have invested in our prices to make Marks
Sep. 13, 2018
There’s still almost a month of summer left to enjoy. Pick a swimsuit from one of the top Ukrainian brands, as well as a pareo, a tunic, or other accessories, pack some sunscreen, and head to the beac
Aug. 10, 2018
Three street artworks signed “Banksy,” spotted in Kyiv at the end of July, weren’t done by the world-famous anonymous street artist Banksy, contrary to what Ukrainian media reported. “This is not by B
Jul. 31, 2018
Ukrainian tennis player Dayana Yastremska, 18, became the youngest athlete to be ranked among the world’s 100 best female tennis players. Yastremska has been ranked the 100th best female tennis player
Jul. 19, 2018