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14/12/2021

Kyiv is a beautiful city. Tourists often spend days walking around to capture all its beauty and the area around Golden Gate at Zoloti Vorota is a must-see. The British media Timeout has now ranked it as the 16th coolest neighbourhood in the world.

Travel Kyiv neighbourhood is among the coolest in the world By Stefan Sigaard Weichert - 14/12/2021 Facebook Twitter Pinterest WhatsApp Photo: George Chernilevsky The Zoloti Vorota district in Kyiv is ranked as the 16th coolest neighbourhood in the world, according to the British media Timeout. Kyiv...

12/12/2021

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Tensions are high at the moment between Ukraine and Russia, which some people fear could lead to yet another Russian invasion of Ukraine. According to Ukraine Business News, the number of Russian soldiers close to Ukraine has risen from 94,000 to 175,000 and there are continued reports of Russian military hardware being moved close to Ukraine.

Ukraine Zelensky: We might hold a referendum over Donbas By Stefan Sigaard Weichert - 12/12/2021 Facebook Twitter Pinterest WhatsApp The frontline in Eastern Ukraine near Shumi. Photo: Emil Filtenborg The Ukrainian President has yet again opened the door for a referendum on the status of Donbas and....

08/12/2021

A two-hour-long summit between the two world leaders Joe Biden and his Eastern counterpart Vladimir Putin brought nothing new to the table – at least nothing that would ease the minds of the people fearing an imminent Russian invasion of Ukraine. The White House has been sharing a bare minimum of information

Ukraine Biden-Putin summit brought no closure By Emil Filtenborg - 08/12/2021 Facebook Twitter Pinterest WhatsApp Foto af Samuel Branch hos Unsplash After a two hour long video summit between the two presidents of the US and Russia, Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin, nothing concrete has been announced t...

26/11/2021

Ukraine has won the European Championship in Chess for teams for the first time. The country has been home to many great players since the Soviet Union.

Ukraine Ukraine wins the European Chess Championship By Emil Filtenborg - 26/11/2021 Facebook Twitter Pinterest WhatsApp Photo: Pexels/Pixabay Ukraine has won the European Championship in Chess for teams for the first time. The country has been home to many great players since the Soviet Union. Ukra...

23/11/2021

"They (Russians) want to ignite riots through protests and demonstrations that would show that people are against the government,” said Budanov and added that he would expect a Russian attack to focus on several Ukrainian cities with airstrikes, artillery, armor attacks, and airborne assaults.

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Ukraine Ukrainian Foreign Minister: We are doing everything to avoid an attack By Stefan Sigaard Weichert - 23/11/2021 Facebook Twitter Pinterest WhatsApp The frontline in Eastern Ukraine near Shumi. Photo: Emil Filtenborg Around 100,000 Russian soldiers are stationed near the Ukrainian border, and....

22/11/2021

The situation in Eastern Ukraine is deteriorating rapidly, as tensions between not just Ukraine and Russia, but Europe and the Russian-Belarusian alliance keep rising. For anyone with interests in Ukraine, it is a good time to start looking East.

Ukraine The security situation in Eastern Ukraine degrades By Emil Filtenborg - 21/11/2021 Facebook Twitter Pinterest WhatsApp Til minerydning i Østukraine. Foto: Emil Filtenborg. The situation in Eastern Ukraine is deteriorating rapidly, as tensions between not just Ukraine and Russia, but Europe ...

17/11/2021

“And we hope, I hope, that others may recognize, other European countries may recognize, that a choice is shortly coming, between mainlining ever more Russian hydrocarbons in giant new pipelines, and sticking up for Ukraine and championing the cause of peace and stability – let me put it that way,” Johnson said.

Ukraine As tensions increases: Boris Johnson asks EU countries to choose By Stefan Sigaard Weichert - 17/11/2021 Facebook Twitter Pinterest WhatsApp Foto: Emil Filtenborg. You have to choose between Russian gas and the protection of Ukraine, says the British Prime Minister after weeks of escalation....

09/11/2021

“The Independent Kyiv Post has ceased to exist today, after 26 years,” reads a statement by the now-former employees at Kyiv Post issued online.

Ukraine Kyiv Post shuts down: All employees are fired and the future uncertain By Stefan Sigaard Weichert - 09/11/2021 Facebook Twitter Pinterest WhatsApp Photo by Tim Mossholder on Unsplash The owner of Kyiv Post says that it is only a temporary closure and that the paper will be relaunched bigger....

08/11/2021

It is hard not to be blown away by the beauty and all the gold when you enter Lavra in Kyiv. The church complex is hidden behind a high wall – only the many church towers are visible from the outside and drags people inside. The area is said to be from the year 1051 and was a monastery and self-sufficient.

Travel Get a peek into the thousand-year-old monastery in Kyiv By Stefan Sigaard Weichert - 05/11/2021 Facebook Twitter Pinterest WhatsApp Lavra. Photo: Unsplash The Lavra is definitely worth a visit. It is home to several churches and was a prominent center for the Orthodox Church in Eastern Europe...

29/10/2021

Kyiv is home to several sights worth visiting, but nothing is more eyecatching than the Motherland Monument, standing 102 meters tall over the city near the river Dnipro. It weighs an enormous 560 tonnes, and she holds a 16-meter sword and a big shield, symbolizing the Soviet victory over N**i Germany in WW2.

Travel Visit the marvelous Motherland Monument and see the war museum By Stefan Sigaard Weichert - 29/10/2021 Facebook Twitter Pinterest WhatsApp The Motherland Monument stands tall over the city as a symbol of victory during WW2. The statue, however, remains controversial in Ukraine, where some wan...

27/10/2021

“Those who were thinking of getting vaccinated, but saw that the disease had dropped, now stopped hesitating and went for vaccinations. Another group of people – got into the ‘red zone,’ felt the restrictions, plus the inconvenience of transport, went and got vaccinated,” he said, “And the third – we connected advertising on national TV channels. People have seen advertising.”

Ukraine Health Minister: We simply need more people vaccinated By Stefan Sigaard Weichert - 27/10/2021 Facebook Twitter Pinterest WhatsApp Photo by Vladimir Fedotov on Unsplash The Ukrainian Health Minister says that he has a plan to better the Covid-19 situation in Ukraine but says that people will...

26/10/2021

15/10/2021

Chernobyl is the most visited place for tourists in Ukraine, and the government has plans about bringing even more tourists into the zone. A new initiative comes from the Ukrainian State Property Fund, which is in charge of the privatization of state assets.

Travel Rent a building in Chernobyl for only 11 dollars per month By Stefan Sigaard Weichert - 15/10/2021 Facebook Twitter Pinterest WhatsApp Hotel Polissya in 2019. Photo: Emil Filtenborg. As part of the plan to boost tourism in Chernobyl, it is now possible to rent 700-square buildings for only 11...

08/10/2021

South of Kyiv, halfway to Odessa, the Strategic Missile Forces Museum lets you revisit the horrors of the nuclear potential of the Cold War. You can even press a bottom, that in the 80’ies would have sent 10 nuclear bombs towards the US, sparking a nuclear war and killing thousands.

Culture/LeisureFreeTravelUkraine Strategic Missile Forces Museum: Revisit the horrors of nuclear war By Emil Filtenborg - 08/10/2021 Facebook Twitter Pinterest WhatsApp Underjordiske gange sikrede, at de sovjetiske soldater kunne bevæge sig rundt under et angreb fra USA. Foto: Stefan Weichert South...

02/10/2021

Kyiv, sometimes called the City of Golden Domes, is famous for the churches. The good thing is that three of the most important ones are within walking distance. Two of them even sees each other. Ukraine Nu gives you a guide to the Golden Domes.

Culture/LeisureTravelUkraine Three Churches: A quick guide to the golden domes By Emil Filtenborg - 01/10/2021 Facebook Twitter Pinterest WhatsApp St. Sophia in Kyiv. Photo: Emil Filtenborg. Kyiv, sometimes called the City of Golden Domes, is famous for the churches. The good thing is that three of....

30/09/2021

80 years ago, thousands of mostly jews were murdered in a Kyiv ravine. The event, later dubbed Babyn Yar, was the largest mass ex*****on during the Holocaust. Starting yesterday, Ukraine will mark the massacre for the coming week. Babyn Yar has become the symbol of the holocaust in Ukraine and is a deep part of local Jewish culture.

Culture/LeisureCultureUkraine 80 years after the massacre, Ukraine remembers By Emil Filtenborg - 30/09/2021 Facebook Twitter Pinterest WhatsApp Soviet prisoners of war covering a mass grave. Photo: Johannes Hähle, a German propagandist during World War II. 80 years ago, thousands of mostly jews we...

24/09/2021

Cocktails are wildly popular in Ukraine, but finding the places that actually sell good cocktails can be a daunting task. UkraineNu gives you a guide to two places to go for cocktails for different budgets and tastes.

Culture/LeisureFreeTravelUkraine Cocktails in Kyiv: Good options for a night out By Emil Filtenborg - 24/09/2021 Facebook Twitter Pinterest WhatsApp Foto af Erwan Hesry hos Unsplash Cocktails are wildly popular in Ukraine, but finding the places that actually sells good cocktails can be a daunting t...

23/09/2021

“Serhiy is alive; the driver, unfortunately, is wounded,” Zelensky said in a video on Telegram after the attack, “Now he is in the hospital, law enforcement officers are working on the spot, and an interception plan has been introduced.”

Not categorized What we know about the attack on the car of Zelensky’s assistant By Stefan Sigaard Weichert - 23/09/2021 Facebook Twitter Pinterest WhatsApp The car of the chief aide to Ukraine's president. Photo: National Police The gunfire made headlines worldwide and is linked to the anti-corru...

20/09/2021

The sanctions are targeting 86 Russians involved in the Russian parliamentary election, which is also being held in Crimea and the Donbas.

Ukraine Ukraine is imposing sanctions on individuals in Russia after events in Donbas By Stefan Sigaard Weichert - 20/09/2021 Facebook Twitter Pinterest WhatsApp Photo by Arnaud Jaegers on Unsplash The sanctions are targeting 86 Russians involved in the Russian parliamentary election, which is also....

18/09/2021

Chernobyl came back into the spotlight with the release of HBO's Chernobyl TV-series. But the area is degrading, and it is high time to visit the site of one of the largest man-made catastrophes.

Culture/LeisureTravelUkraine Chernobyl: Visit it before it’s too late By Emil Filtenborg - 17/09/2021 Facebook Twitter Pinterest WhatsApp Wild animals like this dog is everywhere in the Exclusion Zone. Photo: Emil FIltenborg. Chernobyl came back into the spotlight with the release of HBO's Chernob...

06/09/2021

For history lovers or people, who just enjoy a nice walk in beautiful surroundings, the Pyrohovo Museum of Folk Architecture and Rural Life gives just that.

Culture/LeisureFreeTravelUkraine Pyrohovo: The museum of old Ukraine By Emil Filtenborg - 05/09/2021 Facebook Twitter Pinterest WhatsApp Photo: Emil Filtenborg For history lovers or people, who just enjoy a nice walk in beautiful surroundings, the Pyrohovo Museum of Folk Architecture and Rural Life....

13/08/2021

The Ukrainian National Park, “Biloberezhia Sviatoslava” at the Black Sea, stretches along the coast and includes wildlife such as pelicans, swans, snakes, and dolphins. The white beaches are beautiful, and the weather is hot during the summer, making it perfect for a getaway from noisy Kyiv or simply as an alternative to the more touristic Odesa, where the constant noise of people and shops can be heard on the beach.

Travel Visit the Ukrainian version of Bahamas By Stefan Sigaard Weichert - 13/08/2021 Facebook Twitter Pinterest WhatsApp Photo: Stefan Weichert The peninsula has beautiful beaches and pleasant weather. It is also cheap, but there is no luxury here. You will need a tent to visit this natural park. T...

24/07/2021

A storm hit Kyiv recently. See all the videos of the flooding here.

Ukraine Massive floods in Kyiv: Metro full of water By Stefan Sigaard Weichert - 20/07/2021 Facebook Twitter Pinterest WhatsApp Photo by Kyiv City State Administration A storm hit Kyiv yesterday. The result was a large amount of rain which hit the city’s metro stations and made it difficult to get...

27/06/2021

A new survey has looked at the attitude towards the former Soviet leader Joseph Stalin. There are big differences between his legacy in Ukraine and Russia.

Ukraine Survey: Russians likes Stalin more than Ukrainians By Stefan Sigaard Weichert - 27/06/2021 Facebook Twitter Pinterest WhatsApp Photo by Marjan Blan | on Unsplash A new survey has looked at the attitude towards the former Soviet leader Joseph Stalin. There are big differences betw...

16/06/2021

Valentine Frechka was still attending secondary school when he got an idea to revolutionize the paper business. He was looking to prevent the felling of the Carpathian forests. Maybe, he thought to himself; it would be possible to use fallen leaves for something good? The idea soon turned into a project with help from his teacher, and Frechka created a study to obtain cellulose from fallen leaves for paper production.

BusinessFeatured Stories Ukrainian startup wants to change the world with fallen leaves By Stefan Sigaard Weichert - 16/06/2021 Facebook Twitter Pinterest WhatsApp Photo: Re-Leaf The idea is to turn fallen leaves into paper and paper bags, which can replace plastic. Re-Leaf is already selling to sev...

11/06/2021

In real life, the people who went to open the valves, were sent for treatment in the Soviet Union. It was not until much later that the Soviet Union asked the West for help, when they got robots in attempt to clear the roof of graphite.

Culture/LeisureUkraine Netflix movie on Chernobyl is not accurate By Emil Filtenborg - 11/06/2021 Facebook Twitter Pinterest WhatsApp Foto af Yves Alarie hos Unsplash Chernobyl 1986, a Russian movie on Netflix about the Chernobyl disaster, is straying away from actual history in historical movie. Ri...

08/06/2021

“Each infected person harbours hundreds of billions of virus particles, all of which are constantly reproducing. Each round of replication of every viral particle yields an average of 30 mutations. The vast majority of mutations do not make the virus more transmissible or deadly. But with an astronomical number of mutations happening every day across the globe, there is an ever-growing risk that some of them will result in more dangerous viruses, becoming what epidemiologists call ‘variants of concern.'”

BusinessUkraine The pandemic might be here to stay By Emil Filtenborg - 08/06/2021 Facebook Twitter Pinterest WhatsApp A nurse at a COVID hospital in Toretsk. Foto: Emil FIltenborg. Everything looks good, but the pandemic is far from over - not in Ukraine, and not in the rest of the world. It looks....

07/06/2021

I opened with the London System, a brutal attacking system against an unprepared player. But my opponent was nothing near unprepared. Actually, he has been coming to the park to play chess since 1969.

Culture/LeisureTravelUkraine It’s chess season again: A story of defeat By Emil Filtenborg - 04/06/2021 Facebook Twitter Pinterest WhatsApp My opponent and crusher of my creams, to the left, playing a lady in Shevchenko Park. Photo: Emil Filtenborg. Ukraine Nu sent a reporter to Shevchenko park in...

02/06/2021

“I think that it is crazy that there isn’t more cooperation with Ukraine when you think of the huge potential when it comes to manufacturing vehicles and other things,” says Banke, “I believe that everything you could produce in China also can be produced here. There are some cultural differences between here and Denmark, but it can be solved.”

BusinessFeatured Stories Danish company: Ukraine can build anything that you can make in China By Stefan Sigaard Weichert - 02/06/2021 Facebook Twitter Pinterest WhatsApp Managing Director of Banke APS Rasmus Banke. Photo: Banke APS Danish company Banke APS says that Ukraine has a huge potential in....

29/05/2021

“In a country which is trusted on the one hand, and which takes a neutral position on the other hand… It can be any location, for example, there were mentions of the Vatican in the media, or, perhaps, Jerusalem, but against the background of what’s happening today in the Middle East in the relations between Palestine and Israel, there are already difficulties in this regard, of course,” Mykhailo Podolyak, the adviser to the head of the President’s Office, said.

Ukraine Zelensky-Putin meeting still not planned yet By Stefan Sigaard Weichert - 29/05/2021 Facebook Twitter Pinterest WhatsApp Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine speaking in the "Special Address by Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine" session at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting...