Synagogue Rededicated in Lviv
A prewar synagogue has reopened in Lviv after a painstaking programme of renovation. The Synagogue of Aaron and Israel is one of only two Jewish temples in L...

City Focus

Learn The Lingo With Lviv Life!
Mastering those crucial Ukrainian phrases is no walk in the park. First of all, everything's written in cyrillic, and second, if you live on the other side of t...

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Election: A Close Run Thing
Unofficial results for last week's general election reveal that pro-Western parties have won a majority of seats in parliament. However, with no outright victor...

Current Affairs

Who Poisoned The President?
President Viktor Yushchenko has expressed frustration that Russia is not cooperating with the investigation into who poisoned him on the eve of the Orange Revol...

Current Affairs

President Anxious Over Euro 2012
Ukraine's President Viktor Yushchenko has chided his government over its allegedly slack preparations for the Euro 2012 Soccer Cup. The President stated to t...

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Books Galore
Bookworms have a banquet in store this September when the XIV National Book Fair arrives in the Lion City. Some 140 scribes are set to descend on Lviv, a quarte...

City Focus

Highland Havens
If you're in Lviv but don't have time to get out to the Carpathian mountains, why not drop into the National Museum (Svobody Prospect 20) for a glimpse into the...

Art and Culture

Train Crash Poisons Countryside
Disaster struck the Lviv region on Monday when a train carrying phosphorus derailed as it approached the Polish border. Fifteen carriages overturned, six of whi...

Current Affairs

New Flights Between Lviv and Madrid
Madrilenos have had a stroke a luck this month as Ukraine International Airline has launched a brand new service between Lviv and the Spanish capital. The fl...

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Lviv Stadium Lined Up For Euro 2012
After the elation of winning the host's baton for the European Cup, Ukraine and Poland now face the reality of getting their houses in order for 2012. Here i...

City Focus

The Lion Will Roar At Euro 2012
The wait is finally over and it's great news for Ukraine and Lviv. As part of the victorious Euro 2012 joint bid by Poland and Ukraine, Lviv will will host som...

Current Affairs

Euro 2012: To Be Or Not To Be?
The hourglass is fast running out. On April 18th, we'll know whether Ukraine and Poland have won their joint bid to host Euro 2012. Ukraine and Poland are down ...

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Rynok Renewed
As the celebrations for Lviv's 750th birthday die down, one present will endure for decades to come. The city's ancient market square has been given a lavish ma...

City Focus

Businessman gunned down
The owner of one of Europe's most lucrative Christmas bauble factories was gunned down on Tuesday in Lviv. Bohdan Datsko, head of Halimpeks co., was being dr...

Current Affairs

Lviv's 750th Birthday!
Celebrations to coincide with the 750th anniversary of Lviv are getting underway, and the events will continue through October. There had been settlement in ...

City Focus

True Blue?
After the elation of 2004's Orange Revolution, the camp of defeated prime minister Viktor Yanukovich is now talking wryly of a 'Blue Revolution' as Ukrainian po...

Current Affairs

Ukraine Through Against Swiss!
There were jubilant scenes in Lviv's bars yesterday as Ukraine fought their way through to the quarter finals of the World Cup. It was a brave performance from ...

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Archaeologists Reveal Lost World
Archaeologists badgering away in Lviv have discovered a 15th century graveyard at the very heart of the city. The cemetery has been earmarked as part of a Chris...

City Focus

Pope Salutes Ukrainian Catholics
Pope Benedict XVI has issued a statement commemorating the Soviet-staged "Synod of Lviv" in 1946, which inaugurated years of persecution for the Ukrainian Catho...

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New Airline With Links To Lviv
A new small Polish airline plans to begin flights next month with discount fares to Germany, Denmark and Ukraine, its president said in remarks published Saturd...

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As Easy As Pi
Lviv has just witnessed two decidedly wacky world records, bringing a much appreciated does of fantasy to the late winter gloom. Medical professor Andriy Sliusa...

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Swish Hotel Opens Doors
An exquisite six-story hotel claiming to offer services matching those available in four-star hotels in the West opened its doors last week in the city of Lviv,...

City Focus

Chimney-sweeps back in business
Lviv's dwindling band of chimney-sweepers is back in demand. The exceptionally harsh winter, coupled with the authorities' pleas for Lvivians to use less gas, h...

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Romanian Leader Visits Ukraine
President Traian Basescu said during his visit to Ukraine that Romanians who live in this country should be strong, respected and heard. "I have a request: Y...

Current Affairs

Cabinet Cracking Up
Ukraine's parliament on Tuesday voted to sack prime minister Yuri Yekhanurov's government over a controversial gas deal with Russia. A no-confidence motion ...

Current Affairs

Infamous Case Arrives In Court
The trial of three former Interior Ministry officers accused of involvement in the 2000 assassination of journalist Heorhiy Gongadze opened today in the Ukraini...

Current Affairs

'He Had Plenty Of Spirit'
A 111-year-old pensioner, thought to be the oldest man living in Britain, has died. Former Polish army colonel Jerzy Pajaczkowski-Dydynski, who was known to ...

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Ukraine May Host Euro Cup!
Ukraine's top soccer official on Tuesday expressed delight that a joint bid by his ex-Soviet state and Poland made the short list to stage the 2012 European cha...

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EU Verdict Over Cause Celebre
The European Court of Human Rights has ruled in favour of Myroslava Gongadze, the widow of slain Ukrainian opposition journalist Heorhiy Gongadze, against Ukrai...

Current Affairs

Rallies of the Old Guard
An estimated crowd of 10,000 people took part in an antigovernment picket in front of the government's headquarters in Kyiv on 7 November. The picket, as well a...

Current Affairs

Royal Prize For Yushchenko
Queen Elizabeth II on Oct. 17 presented Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko with a prize in recognition of his role in last year's momentous political changes...

Current Affairs

Governor Arrested In Florida
A former Ukrainian governor accused of extortion and abuse of power in the country's tumultuous 2004 election was arrested in Florida on an immigration violatio...

Current Affairs

Identity In Flux In Ukraine
Many Ukrainian adults believe their country is yet to fully integrate with the rest of the continent, according to a poll by the Razumkov Center. 60.3 per cent ...

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Rock Star Marries Political Royalty
Yevhenia Tymoshenko, 25, married Briton Sean Carr, 36, at an Orthodox chapel in the Ukrainian capital Kiev. Mr Carr led his bride out to waiting press an...

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President Slumps In Polls
Support for President Viktor Yushchenko has plunged after an acrimonious split in the team that led Ukraine's Orange Revolution last year and allegations of mas...

Current Affairs

New Cabinet Announced
Ukraine’s president this week unveiled most of his new government of technocrats. The new cabinet replaces his Orange Revolution team that he dismissed earlie...

Current Affairs

Lawmaker Accused In Killing
A Ukrainian legislative commission investigating the kidnapping and beheading of a journalist five years ago has issued its findings, accusing parliament's spea...

Current Affairs

Radioactive Material Found
Ukrainian authorities found radioactive material believed stolen from the now-defunct Chernobyl nuclear power plant a decade ago, an official said Wednesday. ...

Current Affairs

Tymoshenko removed from wanted list
The office of the Russian chief military prosecutor has removed former Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko from the internationally wanted list and cancel...

Current Affairs

Parliament Backs New PM
Parliament on Thursday approved Yuri Yekhanurov as Ukraine's new prime minister, pulling the country back from the brink of crisis after less than a year of lib...

Current Affairs

Parliament Rejects Choice Of PM
Ukraine's parliament has rejected the candidacy of acting Prime Minister Yuriy Yekhanurov. Yekhanurov won only 223 votes, three less than he needed to be nam...

Current Affairs

Tymoshenko Plans Comeback
Ukraine's sacked Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said she plans to win back her post after parliamentary elections next year and then stand for president in 200...

Current Affairs

Missing Horse Turns Up In Ukraine
A thoroughbred racehorse that was meant to be a stud in Australia was accidentally sent to the Ukraine, in a mix-up that has resulted in a batch of illegitimate...

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Yushchenko Points Finger
Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko on Sunday accused the prime minister he dismissed of having acted in favour of certain business groups in a dispute over a...

Current Affairs

Lviv Churchmen To Be Canonized
Pope Benedict XVI is to declare five people saints next month and another 17 candidates are to be beatified soon - an indication that the Vatican's saint-making...

Current Affairs

Yushchenko Appeals For Support
Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko appealed Friday to the leaders of all parties represented in parliament to support Ukraine's new acting prime minister as ...

Current Affairs

Yushchenko Fires Cabinet
President Viktor Yushchenko fired his 7-month-old government Thursday, dismissing his dynamic prime minister - the heroine of the Orange Revolution that swept h...

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World Cup First For Ukraine
Jubilant Ukrainian fans drenched their players in Soviet Champagne on Sunday after the team returned to Kiev with a ticket to the World Cup finals for the first...

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Orange Turns Bitter
A close aide to President Viktor Yushchenko who was a chief organizer of the Orange Revolution protests said Monday he had resigned from the government because ...

Current Affairs

Chernobyl Toll Less Than Feared
Fewer than 60 deaths have been directly attributed to radiation released by the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident, and the final toll could be thousan...

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