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Cheerful crowd, vyshyvankas and Saakashvili
Today, traditional annual Vyshyvanka Megamarch took place in Odessa. Over 1,000 Odesa residents and guests of the city walked central streets in traditional Ukrainian embroidered shirts vyshyvankas, singing Ukrainian anthem and chanting “Glory to Ukraine! Glory to Heroes!” to commemorate…
May 23, 2015
Ukraine hosts first International Judo tournament for children
Today, despite the tense situation in eastern Ukraine, 600 km south of the front line and the combat zone, in the southern coastal town of Kobleve the opening ceremony of the first international judo tournament for children “MIR” took place.
May 23, 2015
EMPR twitter digest: May 09, 2015
Discover the latest updates from Ukraine for May 09, 2015 with EMPR twitter digest. Starting from January 2014, EMPR twitter team operates 24/7 to provide in-time info, breaking news, analytics, video and photo reports for our readers from all over the World.
May 9, 2015
The new Ukrainian An-178 first flew in the sky
7 May conducted a first flight with its An-178 transport, just three weeks after it staged a ceremony in Kyiv.
May 7, 2015
May 2 in Odessa: a year after the tragedy
Despite serious concerns, commemorating events on 2 May in Odessa were peaceful and calm and not that mass as one could expect, perhaps due to unprecedented safety and security measures, or just because the dust has settled for the year…
May 3, 2015
Ukraine government VS Right Sector: who is rocking the boat and for what purpose?
It’s no secret that the government of Ukraine has never been happy with the formation of volunteer battalions in the country. From the very start of the armed conflict in eastern Ukraine it was precisely the volunteer battalions that had…
Apr 30, 2015
Euromaidan and UPA medical services: Continuity and uniqueness
As the result of public initiative several medical aid centers were established during the Revolution of Dignity in Ukraine. There are parallels to this in Ukrainian history in the 1940’s when the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) and the underground opposition…
Apr 30, 2015
US paratroopers arrive in Ukraine to train Ukrainian military
17 April, paratroopers of the US Army 173rd Brigade arrived in Ukraine to train Ukrainian military.
Apr 17, 2015
Ukraine’s Antonov plant introduced new transport aircraft AN-178
17 April, Kyiv, Antonov State Company unveiled a new aircraft AN-178.
Apr 17, 2015
President Poroshenko arrives to Odessa, marking liberation from German-Nazi occupants
10 April, President Petro Poroshenko has arrived to Odesa to join festive events marking the Odesa liberation from German-Nazi occupants during the WWII.
Apr 10, 2015
Separatist pro-Russian Bessarabia People’s Council established in Odessa
Kremlin makes one more attempt to destabilize situation in Ukraine – separatist Bessarabia People’s Council was created in Odessa yesterday, 6 April, dumskaya.net reports, involving pro-Russian organisations, including from unrecognized Transnistria.
Apr 7, 2015
One hundred kilometers along the Glory Belt
Smiling faces of women and men, of children and elderly people – several thousand Odessa residents and guests, including those from other Ukrainian cities and even from other countries, in particularly Germany, Poland and Switzerland, participated today in city’s annual…
Apr 4, 2015