Ukrainian designer Julia Perekriostova has created a stir and gained international recognition for a range of masks using leftover fabrics from a recent collection
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Photogenic Kyiv ranks among the world’s top 50 Instagram cities for 2020
The Ukrainian capital is in 33rd position globally in the annual ranking based on appearances on popular social media photo-sharing platform Instagram
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Ukrainian-American artist Ola Rondiak explores Ukrainian realities six years after Maidan
Ola Rondiak’s “Metempsychosis” exhibition will open at Kyiv’s Revolution of Dignity Museum (Independence Square) on 21 November
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Chornobyl attracts record numbers of tourists as HBO effect generates interest
The hit HBO TV series has helped revive interest in Ukraine’s Chornobyl Exclusion Zone and sparked efforts to upgrade tourist infrastructure at the site of the world’s worst atomic energy disaster
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Digital distractions and informal attire: Ukraine’s ever-evolving business etiquette
Exploring how the norms of Ukrainian business culture have developed as the country has come of age over the past few decades
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Kyiv: Culinary Capital
Beyond the borsch: how Kyiv’s vibrant and increasingly inventive dining scene is helping the Ukrainian capital gain a reputation as the most exciting new gastronomic destination in Eastern Europe
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Ola Rondiak and Monique Rollins explore Ukrainian identity in new Kyiv exhibition
Artists Ola Rondiak and Monique Rollins will present their interpretations of the Ukrainian soul in an original exhibition running in Kyiv throughout the second half of summer 2019
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Vilnius City Guide
Kyiv’s closest EU capital: Lithuania’s largest city offers an intriguing mix of timeless European charm and smart city swagger
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POLITICIZED POP: Exploring why nation-building Ukraine takes the annual Eurovision Song Contest so seriously
Ukraine will not participate in the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest following a scandal over the Russian touring schedule of national competition winner MARUV. This is not the first time political considerations have overshadowed musical merits in the country’s rollercoaster relationship with Europe’s kitschest cultural contest
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Why Kyiv is the New Berlin
The Ukrainian capital has emerged since the 2014 Euromaidan Revolution as the latest pretender to Eastern Europe’s hipster crown