World Famous Pechersk Lavra
June 4, 2008
Pechersk Lavra is the most popular tourist attraction in Kyiv apparently with tens of millions having visited the site.
In 1990 the series of churches and caves were together named a UNESCO World Heritage Site,. The only other area in this vast country is the downtown area of Lviv.
The Lavra is one of the major sacred complexes of Orthodox Christianity, and its golden domes have dominated Kyiv’s skyline for more than a thousand years, making it the oldest monastery in Ukraine.
Tymoshenko rules out Coalition
May 25, 2008
Prime Minister rules out coalition between her bloc and opposition Party of Regions
KYIV, May 22: Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has ruled out the possibility of her political bloc forming a grand coalition with the opposition Party of Regions. The Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc’s press service quoted her as saying: “For us, there is only one coalition which creates possibilities for putting things in order in the country.”
Tymoshenko also said her Cabinet was constantly dealing with powerful resistance. “There are only two ways: either we agree with what happened before 2004, or we make real changes. Unfortunately, we are facing powerful resistance,” she said.
Russia in Ukraine missile threat
April 11, 2008
Russia has said it may target its missiles at Ukraine if its neighbour joins Nato and accepts the deployment of the US missile defence shield.Russian President Vladimir Putin made the comments in Moscow alongside Ukraine’s President, Viktor Yushchenko. Read more
