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Ukrainians visiting Britain on tourist visas will soon be able to visit neighbouring Ireland without a visa, under a visa waiver programme announced in Dublin.

Dynamo Kyiv has won the Ukrainian Super Cup after defeating Shakhtar Donetsk 3-1 in Poltava late on Tuesday.

The clubs exchanged goals in the first 15 minutes. Oleh Husev scored from the penalty spot in the 5th minute, whereas Fernandinho scored an equalizer in the 14th minute.

They say that every Ukrainian woman makes borscht using her own special recipe.

Each pot is unique from the one sitting next to it. There is a basic recipe that includes water, meat, cabbage, onion, carrot, potatoes and seasonings. But every woman gives it her own flair. I remember in training how my host mother, had a borscht recipe that used rabbit meat instead of the traditional chicken.

The vote for Eurovision 2012 will take place through a changed order, as reported on the contest's official website.

LONDON (AP) — British taxpayers spent 32.1 million pounds ($51.7 million) supporting the monarchy in the past year, 5.3 percent less than the year before, as Queen Elizabeth II joined a national cost-cutting drive.

NEW YORK (AP) — The US nation's most extravagant display of July 4 fireworks Monday was a triumphant celebration that turned sober briefly to commemorate the 10-year mark since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

Tens of thousands of people from all over the world streamed to Manhattan's West Side to see the pyrotechnics show over the Hudson River between New York and New Jersey, featuring more than 40,000 shells exploding in choreographed, multicolored progression.

Vladimir Klitschko beat Britain's David Haye on a unanimous points decision on Saturday to add the WBA heavyweight title to his three other belts and complete his family's domination of the division.

The Ukrainian, whose lighter and smaller opponent took him the full 12 rounds despite fighting with a broken toe, was declared the winner 117-109, 118-108 and 116-110 by the two American and one South African judges.

Cyprus President Demetris Christofias will participate in the opening of the Embassy of Cyprus in Kyiv during his official visit to Ukraine.

The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry told Interfax-Ukraine that the president's visit to Ukraine would begin on Sunday, July 3.

The National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh reopens this summer after a £46-million redevelopment. The museum will have 16 new galleries displaying more than 8,000 objects.

Chernovtsy National University, the former residence of Metropolitans of Bukovina has been added into the UNESCO World Heritage List. The decision was made on June 28.

Meeting of Ukrainian- Polish Intergovernmental working group on matters of coordination of security during EURO 2012 with participation of the senior Deputy of Ukreuroinfraproject Alexandr Birsan and the Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs and Administration of the Republic of Poland Adam Rapatsky took place in the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine on June 17. A mutual declaration on cooperation in ensuring safety and public order during EURO 2012 was signed during the meeting.

8 million gryvnas are planned to be allocated for storage, reconstruction and restoration of monuments of history and culture from Kiev budget in 2011.

The monument to Pylyp Orlyk, the fellow fighter of Ivan Mazepa and the author of the first Ukrainian constitution, will be set in Kiev.

Two new son et lumiere fountains will be placed on Kreschatik and Krasnoarmeyskaya streets soon.

The first international circus festival “Golden trick” will be held in Kiev on June 23-26. The president of the festival Nikolay Kobzov informed about it during the press – conference. All guests of the festival will enjoy bright performances of the most professional and famous circus artists.

The huge canvas (the total area is 310 square meters), named “One in the multitude”, was represented on the Singers` Field in the framework of the Day of Palestinian Culture in Ukraine.

The gala concert of stars of the world opera, which were cheered in Moscow, New-York, Paris and Seoul, will take place in the Ukrainian capital on the forthcoming Sunday on June 12. The concert will be held at the National Music Academy named after Chaikovskiy.

Location: Podol
Time: 9 p.m.
The fifth Kiev Fire Festival will take place in Kiev on June 10-11. This exclusive and unique event in Ukraine enables visitors to see the spectacular show of starts of fire and circus genres.
 

The first Kiev Festival of Modern Sculpture will be held in Ukraine. The project is timed to EURO-2012 and it is supposed to be implemented by next summer.

The famous American actor John Malkovich is going to conduct an international dramatic festival in Yalta.

The photo train, prepared as a present for residents and guests of Kiev by the metropolitan underground on the occasion of Kiev Day, started to run on Syretsk – Pechersk line on the 27th of May. It was reported by the press service of Kiev underground.

The aim of the festival is to familiarize spectators with contemporary ecological problems and suggest variants of their solution in an understandable visual form.
Demonstrations of the festival films will be held in 6 cities of Ukraine: Kharkov, Donetsk, Sevastopol, Odessa, Uzhgorod and Kiev.

A Ferris wheel will be placed in the center of the capital on the territory of “Kreschatiy Park”. It was declared in the order of Kiev City State administration, dated April 29, laid to the public on the official site of the metropolitan authorities.

Location: “Ukraine” Palace (103, B. Vasilkovskaya (Krasnoarmeyskaya str., Kiev)
The winner of 10 “Grammy” Prizes Carlos Santana will give his only concert in Ukraine on June 19.

Residents and guests of Kiev will get the renewed Dnieper embankment and 10 - kilometer - long walking touristic route with bicycle tracks by Euro 2012.