Oleksandr Kosariev

On Jan. 20-22 Kyiv’s Ukrainian House hosted the first Korona Chocolate Festival organized by Kraft Foods Ukraine, owner of the Korona trade mark. The organizers say that similar events pull crowds in Europe and America. Every year tourists from far and wide descend on the Italian town of Perugia to...

Not so long ago, the windows of the high-rise at vul. Tymoshenka, 13a, in Kyiv’s Obolon district, opened onto the banal landscape of a bedroom community, dominated by identical human beehives. Now these windows offer a panorama of the entire city of Kyiv, from its historic center to current...

Somebody may have wanted everything to turn out as well as possible, but things turned out as usual. The politicians headed by the nation’s top leadership used this celebration of freedom to advance their partisan interests. They turned Independence Square into a pre- election campaign platform....

This year’s ballet festival expanded its outreach beyond Donetsk to Lviv and Kyiv, which also hosted gala concerts by international ballet stars. Over a period of nine days audiences watched performances by 150 dancers from 14 countries, representing various ballet schools and trends. As part of...