Here’s the latest news from the Kyiv Post:
- Election Watch: Newcomers, veterans will vie for seats in parliament. The Kyiv Post weekly roundup on the upcoming snap parliamentary elections focuses its attention on parties revealing the names of their parliamentary candidates.
- Constitutional Court rules utility tariff commission NERC is unconstitutional. In Ukrainian reality the government keeps energy prices for households below the market, yet the commission that draws these prices is illegal.
- Ukraine successfully sells 1 billion euros worth of Eurobonds. Government officials say high interest a sign of investors trust in Ukraine’s development.
- Organizer of 2014 Donetsk ‘independence referendum’ taken into custody. In 2014, Roman Lyagin helped organize an illegal independence
referendum in Donetsk Oblast. In 2019, Lyagin is in custody for treason.
Here’s the latest Kyiv Post news sparked by HBO’s Chernobyl miniseries:
- Real-life heroes of Chornobyl talk disaster, HBO show. The Kyiv Post talked to four men involved in the cleanup efforts after the explosion at Chornobyl’s Nuclear Power Plant, on April 26, 1986.
- ‘Chernobyl’ series triggers interest in Ukraine’s history. The show’s American release was followed by a boom in Chornobyl-focused journalism in Ukraine. While the series has been praised in Ukraine for humanizing a tragic chapter in the country’s history.
Here’s the latest lifestyle news from the Kyiv Post:
- Entertainment Guide 14-23 June. If you’re in Kyiv, check out our Entertainment Guide for the best shows, exhibitions, and parties in the city until June 23. The full calendar of events is also available here.
- Summertime, and the livin’ is easy. During the hot summer days its impossible to stay on the streets of Kyiv, so why not switch your attention to Dnipro River, taking a stroll on a boat, canoe or a kayak.
- Food Critic: Political refugee opens delicious, low-key Uzbek-Uyghur eatery. Beneath Kyiv’s Bessarabsky Market lies an Uzbek-Uyghur restaurant Halal Food, owned by a political refugee Farrukh Nurmatov, forced to flee Uzbekistan for criticizing the government.
- City Life: Paternity leave helps families and fathers. According to a report, dads that are closer to their children are healthier, happier and more productive. Yet, in Ukraine only 1 percent of dads take parental leave, due to social and cultural biases.
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