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Last Chance at Love: Sleeping Beauty Ukraine Style

2012-09-07 by Phil Butler

Is he the one? Sleeping Beauty courtesy Taras Polataiko's Facebook

Visitors to Kiev may have an opportunity like no other visitor to any city. The National Art Museum of Ukraine has a special guest on exhibition, Sleeping Beauty. You read that correctly, an art project by the same name sets Ukrainian beauty to the test, “will true love awaken Sleeping Beauty?”

Tags: Kiev exhibit, Kiev travel, museums, Prince Charming, Sleeping Beauty, Taras Polataiko, Ukraine art, Ukraine events, Ukraine museum, Ukraine tourism, Ukraine travel, Viktor Yanukovych

What Makes Kiev a Fashionable Destination in 2012?

2012-04-24 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Ukrainian dancers

Many musical, cultural and sport events take place in Kiev every year, but 2012 takes the cream. Check out some of the top reasons to visit Kiev this year.

Tags: Euro 2012, Euro 2012 football finals, Formula 1 Powerboat Competition, Kiev, Kiev Days, Kiev events, Kiev travel, White Sensation

Kiev Rooms for Euro 2012 – A Costly Proposition

2012-02-29 by Phil Butler

Euro 2012

In news from Ukraine and the upcoming 2012 European Championships, organizers are concerned with keeping down hospitality prices for the coming wave of travelers headed East. Along with integrating their efforts with those of sister venues in Poland, soccer fans being fleeced seems to be tops on the agenda of late. But is the concern already too late and too little?

Tags: Cold War, Euro 2012, Fairmont Grand Hotel, Google hotel finder, Hyatt Kiev, Intercontinental Hotel Kiev, Kiev ghetto, Kiev stadiums, Kiev tourism, Kiev travel, Poland games, Poland hotels, Radisson Blu Kiev, soccer, Ukraine hotels, Ukraine travel, world cup soccer

East Europe Cold Snap Won’t Let Up

2012-02-13 by Phil Butler

The Danube ice patches

Rivers across Eastern Europe remain frozen as a record cold snap covers much of the continent. Reports that the Danube froze over, disrupting shipping and river traffic, reveal one of the most bitter Winter weather situations in modern history. Hundreds of deaths and literally thousands of cases of frostbite and hypothermia have also been reported.

Tags: Bucharest travel, Budapest travel, cold, cold snap, Danube, Danube River, East Europe, Kiev, Kiev travel, Ukraine, Winter alert

Kiev International Film Festival 2011 News

2011-05-29 by Phil Butler

Adrien Brody and Hiroyuki Tagawa last year

Visitors to Ukraine, particularly Kiev, will have the unique added attraction of the Kiev International Film Festival to take in. From September 15th until the 20th, Kiev will be a bit brighter than usual because of the added International stars visiting. The stars will come out to light up the Kiyv night.

Tags: Adrien Brody, film awards, film celebrities, Hiroyuki Tagawa, Kiev events, Kiev International Film Festival, Kiev travel, Kiyv, Kyiv Film Festival, Otar Iosseliani, Russia, Travel to Ukraine, Ukraine festivals, Ukraine film, Ukraine travel

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