It is nice to see the remodernisation of the airport start. As this is the capital city’s flagship airport.

Major plans are underway to modernise the whole airport site.

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A taxi can be ordered by phone, or they can be hailed from pretty much anywhere.

To order a taxi by phone you need to give your  address, & the address of your destination, your contact number and  your name. Taxis arrive pretty quickly and are reliable but can vary from new models to battered old ladas!

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“I am hoping to issue a decree like that… It’s being prepared and will be agreed with the Kyivites – to limit entry into the city center for trucks and other cars,” mayor Leonid Chernovetsky said on Oct. 20 2008. “This is done for the sake of the residents who have no cars but are feeling the burden of their great number in the streets of Kyiv.”

It is unclear what parts of the city would have paid entry, and how much it would cost to get into the center. However, the mayor said the revenues will be directed to construct new roads, repair the existing ones and other “related purposes”.

Watch this space!

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The Grand Antique Salon just opened in Kyiv, the first such event in Kyiv’s history and the history of the Ukrainian antique business. Gathering the most notable collectors in the country, it’s also attracting attention to the antique scene in this country.

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A US Navy destroyer has made visual contact with a Ukrainian ship which was seized by pirates last week and is now moored off the Somali coast.

There is no indication that the USS Howard intends to approach the ship, which is carrying 33 battle tanks destined for Kenya’s government.

The pirates’ ransom demand for the ship and its 21 crew has fallen from $35m to $20m (£10.9m), their spokesman said.

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KYIV, Sept. 19: Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk have said they are prepared to ensure the proper hosting of the Euro-2012 football championship and agreed on the countries’ joint stance on the military conflict in Georgia.

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KYIV, Sept. 26: The Ukrainian cabinet has appointed Vadym Tryukhan as director of the Bureau for European and Euro-Atlantic integration and plans to fully staff it by the end of the year, Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister for European Integration Hryhoriy Nemyrya told a briefing today. He said that Tryukhan was appointed at the cabinet meeting on Sept. 24. This body already has 22 employees. There are plans it will employ 70 public service workers from Jan. 1 2009.

“In fact, the cabinet has taken a very important step to pass to the most efficient coordination, that is, horizontal coordination,” he said. He added that the bureau would conduct strategic monitoring and analyse the methodology which is used by the EU.

“We are not encroaching upon the powers and functions of the Foreign Ministry, the Justice Ministry and the Economics Ministry,” he said. However, he added that the bureau would conduct efficient horizontal coordination, since one post of deputy prime minister for European integration was not enough for this. It was reported earlier that the cabinet had established in its secretariat a coordination bureau for European and Euro-Atlantic integration.

Its major functions will be to monitor the implementation of the Ukraine-EU action plan and analyse the efficiency of EU integration policy. Tryukhan worked as deputy director of the EU department in the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry and deputy head of the service of the Ukrainian deputy prime minister.

Crowds of this size have not been seen in Kyiv since the Orange Revolution. Some estimates say 300,000 people turned up to watch Sir.Paul in the heavy rain.

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