Kyiv Post

Editor’s note: In this new feature, the Kyiv Post brings together the most relevant events from morning headlines. 

A unique display of 30 works of three generations of Chinese artists kicks off in PinchukArtCenter on May 17. Names simply "China China," it aims to show the tension between collective and personal thinking and its impact on modern society.

Editor’s note: In this new feature, the Kyiv Post brings together the most relevant events from morning headlines. 

Misirli Ahmet, a virtuoso darbuka player from Turkey, will give a concert on May 24 in Kyiv’s Palats Ukraina. 

Don’t miss an opportunity to visit Kyiv’s museums for free this Saturday. All of them will be working at no charge to mark International Museum Day on May 18. Moreover, several plan to conduct special events.

A retrospective collection of black-and-white photos taken in India between 1958 and 1968 by Hryhoriy Meshcheryakov, professor of the  Indian Institute of Technology and head of the UNESCO mission are on display at the Sanskriti Indian Culture Center in Kyiv.

Ukraine’s biggest book fair kicks off on May 24 bringing together works from over 200 international publishing houses. The program is expected to be very diverse.

American YouTube sensation Project Trio will give a concert in Kyiv’s Planetarium on May 21.

On May 18 millions of Ukrainians will be glued to their television screens cheering for 26-year-old Ukrainian singer Zlata Ognevich, who will perform in the final of the Eurovision song contest in the Swedish city of Malmo.

It’s that time of the year again: when the opposition calls for a rally and the authorities react with extreme paranoia.  

Numerous entertainment events and outdoor tent exhibitions featuring cultures of European Union states will be held on Khreshchatyk Street between 12 a.m. and 5 p.m. on May 18 to mark the Day of Europe, officially celebrated in Ukraine on the third Saturday of May since 2003.

On May 2, Ukraine’s state agency for food safety suspended the export of chicken meat to the Customs Union countries of Belarus, Kazakhstan and Russia, following the latter’s allegations of contamination.

This week parliament failed to pass a package of bills that would have brought Ukraine closer to a visa-free regime with the European Union for its citizens. The fact that the pro-government Party of Regions played a large part in voting against them, and didn’t author any of the bills in the first place, is a clear indication of where their priorities lie.  

Editor’s note: In this new feature, the Kyiv Post brings together the most relevant events from morning headlines. 

Around 300 anti-gay activists rallied in front of the Verkhovna Rada in Kyiv on Tuesday to protest a bill to be considered by members of parliament this week that would prevent discrimination of individuals based on their sexual orientation and a gay pride parade planned for later in May.

Zlata Ognevich will represent Ukraine at the upcoming Eurovision 2013 Contest.

Five romantic comedies released in Hungary in the last eight years will be shown in Kyiv Cinema on May 16-21.  

Grammy-winning American singer and songwriter Michael Bolton will perform solo at Kyiv’s Palats Ukraina on May 18. He is expected to sing some of the most popular romantic hits from his lengthy catalog.

The General (1926), a famous American silent film comedy starring Buster Keaton will be screened on May 14 in Kyiv Cinema. Both film critics and lovers consider the comedy to be Keaton’s best work. 

Almost seven decades ago the Red Army won the Second World War, which, six years earlier, it started by invading Poland together with Nazi Germany. Many Ukrainians see the celebration of that victory as a chance to picnic with their families, or to reminisce about the glorious bygone era. But for others it is a deeply offensive ritual, keeping the nation shackled to the lies of the past.