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Ukraine

Odessa Welcomes MedCruise General Assembly

Aleksandr Shatskih

More than 100 participants are expected at Odessa during the 48th MedCruise General Assembly at Hotel Bristol, a round table meeting dedicated to cruise and yacht tourism.

10 years ago

Bulgaria’s 2014 Tourism Boom: Help Wanted

Aleksandr Shatskih

With the summer season in full swing now news from Bulgaria’s tourism industry tells of Black Sea resorts there in dire need of skilled workers to meet demand. According to the director of labor there, Dobrich Vasil Sivkov, there’s hundreds of vacancies in the industry.

12 years ago

Germany’s Steinmeier Warns of War in Ukraine

Aleksandr Shatskih

The situation in Ukraine has the world on pins and needles as chaos prevails almost nationwide there. Germany’s Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier has gone so far as to warn that the crisis may turn into war in eastern Europe.

12 years ago

Starwood Hotels & Resorts to Open Aloft Hotel in Kiev

Mihaela Lica Butler

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE:HOT) plans to open a hotel in Kiev by 2015: Aloft.

13 years ago

Koktebel & Maximilian Voloshin House & 2013’s Night at the Museum

Aleksandr Shatskih

This Saturday evening in Koktebel the Museum of Maximilian Voloshin will host an international event, “Night at the Museum”, which will commemorate the 100th Anniversary of the poet’s house. Each year in this part of the Crimea, museums all celebrate International Museum Day, a festive program with readings, exhibits and special programs for visitors.

13 years ago

Art Arsenal Kiev Reveals Xenia Gnilitskaya and More in May

Aleksandr Shatskih

Opening in Kiev May 16 at the Small Gallery of Art Arsenal, an exhibition of Xenia Gnilitskaya Kolorotest will feature a series of paintings of the artist.

13 years ago

Places You Never Heard Of: Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi in Ukraine

Phil Butler

It’s a sure bet if you are from the United States or even the UK, probably anyplace in Western Europe even, the city of Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi is as foreign a name and place to you as Mars or Pluto. But if you only knew, the seaside wonder probably would not be for long.

13 years ago

Kiev Beaches Get VIP Cinema Touch

Aleksandr Shatskih

Visitors to Kiev will get a treat when they visit the Park of Friendship of Peoples near the Moscow Bridge. May 17th will see a beach cinema that seat 60 people open frmo 10 at night until 6 am in the mornings on weekends.

13 years ago

Ukrainian Railways Further Extends Summer Services

Aleksandr Shatskih

In European rail news, Ukrainian Railways will extend their operations of the high speed (160 kmh) long distance services for the Summer. According to the news from the company, starting May 16th the Kiev-Poltava-Kharkov line services are slated to increase to three trains per day.

13 years ago

Crimea Readies for Summer Tourist Season

Aleksandr Shatskih

Tourists to the Crimea will have 15 new tour and travel routes to enjoy this travel season there. According to the AR Crimea Minister of Resorts and Tourism, Alexander Liev, new tour and visitor excursion routes from Theodosia to Yalta will further facilitate fun along the Southern Crimea coast.

13 years ago

Ukraine Flights and Other News Bits

Aleksandr Shatskih

In flight news from Kiev and Ukraine, Lufthansa is to resume flights to Odessa as of yesterday. Regular flights from Munich to Odessa will run three times per week according to the airport’s spokesperson, Maria Popovych.

13 years ago

Ukraine International Travel & Tourism Exhibition 2013

Aleksandr Shatskih

Coming next week, the Ukraine International Travel & Tourism Exhibition (UITT) is the country’s biggest and most crucial travel industry event. Scheduled to run from March 27th through March 29th, this year’s exhibition targets exhibitors from farther afield than ever.

13 years ago

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Aivazovsky’s Arkadi Painting Returns to the Place that Inspired It

2026-09-05 By Victoria Udrea

Ivan Aivazovsky’s 1867 painting The Explosion of Arkadi Monastery is on display at Arkadi Monastery for three months.

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