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Tuesday, 07 February 2012 12:51 |
The Nominees for Best Artist over the past 20 years are Vitaly Kozlovsky and Ivan Dorn, female singer - Ani Lorak, Iryna Bilyk, Natalya Mogilevskaya, Sofia Rotaru and Taisia Povaliy.
YUNA (Yearly Ukrainian National Awards) will be held first in the Palace of Arts "Ukraine" on February 8, 2012.
At the ceremony, the awards will be given as a result of development of Ukrainian music over the 20 years of independence, in future it is planned to become annual.
There are eight categories: Best Artist, Best Female Artist, Best Band, Best Album, Best Song, Best Composer, Best Lyricist, Best Music Video.
In addition, for special achievements in the field of music, the first YUNA award was given to Sofia Rotaru.
In the category Best Artist Viktor Pavlik, Vitaly Kozlovsky, Ivan Dorn, Alexander Ponomarev are nominated.
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Thursday, 01 December 2011 09:16 |
According to the old Ukrainian tradition, prior and serious preparation was very important for the proper celebration of Christmas and New Year.
It was always necessary to keep a reaped Ray-Didukh since the time of the harvest, which was made of the stems of different cereals (rye, wheat, oats, etc.) and soft sweet-smelling hay.
Before the holidays, almost all important work on the farm was completed and the houses were thoroughly cleaned - rooms were whitewashed and the chimney was painted with flowers, new or well-washed tablecloths, sackcloths and towels were laid.
People tried to buy new things (new clothes) for all family members and new tableware (makitras, pots, pokers and makogons).
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Monday, 24 October 2011 12:19 |
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According to little beauty, at the contest in Turkey she defiled in Ukrainian national costume with national flag of Ukraine in her hand.
That memorable day the girl was supported by her mother - Lyubov Soroka.
Yana studies in the second grade, she has an excellent academic record, the girl likes singing, she sings in the choir and dance in the children's ensemble "Smile".
And in her free time she writes poetry.
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Sunday, 13 March 2011 13:40 |
Exhibition of young photo artist from the UK will be held in Kiev in the gallery "Brucie Collections" from 16 March to 9 May 2011.
This photographer is the winner of PX3 Paris Photo Prize 2010 in the category "Landscape".
Many of her works were bought by private collectors, not only in photographer's motherland, but also in Switzerland, France, USA and UAE, which has brought her considerable revenue and popularity.
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Wednesday, 09 March 2011 14:55 |
The premiere screening of "Burlesque" was held at the movies "Kinopalaz". The premiere was attended by Dmitry Dikusar, Andrew Kishe, Monroe, duet "Alibi", Darwin, etc.
"Burlesque" is on in Ukrainian movie theaters on January 27 - the musical, in which American pop diva Christina Aguilera debuted on a big screen. Schick, glitter, glamor, many shades and lipstick and impressive singer's voice are a good one-off set to go to the movies, but nothing more.
Steve Antin made a film on his own script, a former actor (played by 80-90), now a director and screenwriter.
Although, as a director, it is only the second trial of Entin after "The Glass House 2", but he has more experience in writing scripts, in particular his work on the crime drama "Gloria" with Sharon Stone.
In addition to Christina Aguilera, the roles in the musical were performed by Cher, Stanley Tucci, Kristen Bell ("When in Rome", "Star Escort"), Cam Gigandet ("Twilight", "The Unborn", "Pandorum"), Eric Dane ("X-Men: The Last Stand", "Marley and Me", "Valentine's Day"), Peter Gallagher.
"Burlesque" is a standard Cinderella story.
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Monday, 28 February 2011 08:43 |
 Actor and singer Gosha Kutsenko is traveling across Ukraine, performing the concerts with his band and presenting a new album «My world». While in Zaporozhye, the actor had a heart-to-heart talk at a press conference and admitted that he would like to work with celebrities of music and cinema.
Koutsenko's dream is a duet with Lady GaGa and the film with Quentin Tarantino. A reporter from Zaporozhye has published the excerpts from a conversation with Kutsenko:
- How was it to work with a band " The King and the Fool" when you were shot in the clip?
- I got drunk from drinking cognac and can not remember (laughing) ... I only remember that I had to pretend to be a magician, shooting from an artificial gun. I burned my finger then. Frankly speaking, it's too heavy music for me. These guys are desperate.
- You've already had a few duets. Who else would you like to sing with?
- In general, I do not treat these duets very serious. I do not consider myself a vocalist. I am the author and performer of my own songs. I'd like to sing with Lady Gaga (laughing). In fact, I don't want to sing in a duet any more. I'm concerned about my team - it is my rear. I tried to perform alone - it's a terrible show, thus I hardly ever perform somewhere else with a guitar ... I am the performer, and I need to be focused on a sense. This album, which we perform today, we treat very gently. In general, these songs were recorded five years ago, and only this year we released the album. As for duets, I sang with "Chili", because Ira is a friend of mine. Her producer asked me to sing with Ira because she has a very low voice. Everyone looked at her and thought: what a strange girl, her voice is so low. They called me and thought my voice will be lower, but it was still higher, because it just could not be lower. So we sang together, by the way, I sang a duet with Christina Orbakajte during the titre of the film "Love-carrot", but I said "do not", please, because if someone accidentally likes it, I will have to constantly go on tour and sing it.
- Soon the third part of the "Love-carrot" will be released ...
- Yes. The premiere of the film will be in Russia as well as in Ukraine. It is released with a large number of copies - 1200 copies - for Russia it is a fairly large circulation. It's a pretty loud comedy. I am glad that we followed family traditions and did not descend to the vulgarity of the humor. One can say that this movie is a standard Soviet comedy. It is a family film, which can be watched with children, and the people of older generation. Now in our country, unfortunately, we often come across with such a popular vulgar humor, which is always on TV. I am very sad to watch it, because we're losing a good family audience. But I think that sooner or later they will be lost in the ruins of their artificial card houses that they build.
- Who of the famous film directors would you like to work with?
- In general, I would love to work with Tarantino. He is such an interesting and smart person! In general, I would like to make movies myself, and sooner or later, I will definitely shoot - I'm going to this, write and think about this. However, I do not have some sort of powerful patrons on the channels and I make, anyway, an independent film. Even our "Love-carrot" is an independent film. This is the first independent comedy in Russia. I am not dependent on any of the first Russian channels, and, frankly speaking, I'm proud! I depend only on my friends. Now we are writing the series, which will be qualitative and interesting. I've never acted in television series - this will be my first experience.
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Thursday, 24 February 2011 08:30 |
Hotels in Kiev do not want to pay tourist tax. Profile non-governmental organizations explain that the rules spelled are not quite clear thus it is impossible to determine which institutions must be necessarily levied, and which not.
"That is, the hotel tax must be worked out in detail, as well as, its effectiveness, and interest rates, and who should pay.
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Monday, 21 February 2011 15:01 |
Today, on February 21, International Mother Language Day is celebrated on the initiative of UNESCO.
The purpose of the International Mother Language Day, which has been celebrated since 2000, is to draw attention to support language and cultural diversity, writes UNIAN.
In total the world uses about six thousand different languages, according to the researchers of UNESCO, but half of all languages is under threat of extinction.
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Tuesday, 01 February 2011 14:34 |
In the near future, the penalties for late payment of rent and payments of utility services will not be charged.
In the local executive authorities they claim that it is impossible to enter penalty for late payment of utility services from February 1, since the government has not yet developed a mechanism for its calculation and collection.
In addition, the Government has not yet determined the rate of interest.
Recall, December 14, 2010 the Verkhovna Rada allowed to levy a fine since 2011, repealing a temporary moratorium on its charge, which was introduced by Parliament in November 1996, by the law N2795-VI.
This was done in order to encourage citizens to pay for utility services in time.
Until November 1996, the penalty had been charged at the level of 0.01% for each day of delay but not exceeding the outstanding amount.
This rate is determined by the Cabinet, and the penalty was charged by Oschadbank - at the time it was the only bank taking the payments for rent and utility services.
Now the document, that would regulate the amount, does not exist.
The first bills for payment of utility services and rent taking into account the penalties should be formed in early February.
However, according to the Head of the utilities of the department of economy of Lviv city council Lesya Bodnarskaya, the regulation, explaining how to calculate the penalty, has not yet been in possession of the city.
"Its size is included into the draft of the Housing Code (0,1% of debt), but it will be adopted no earlier than in March"- said Bodnarskaya.
According to the spokesman of the municipal enterprise "Kharkiv Heating Networks" Tatiana Chuykova, the development of the mechanism for its collection at the state level is also expected in Kharkov.
"As soon as this mechanism appears the penalty will be charged"- said Chuikov.
In Donetsk, additional clarification was requested from the Cabinet. "Who will charge a penalty, keep the records - anything has not yet been known.
And what should the people do who receive a monthly salary in two installments: they receive money after the 25th, and the penalty will be charged from the 20th", - said the Head of the publication of accomplishment and public service of Donetsk City Council Konstantin Savinov.
In Kyiv City State Administration the situation was solved in a special way by typing differentiated tariffs from February 1: for the citizens of Kiev, paying their bills after the 20th day of the month, the rate will be higher.
The chairman of the Standing Committee of Kyiv City Council on Housing, Yuri Cooper, ("Civil asset of Kiev") believes that its introduction was forced: "Collection of penalties with the absence of public procedures immediately provoked protests by taxpayers and law enforcement bodies".
The press service of the Ministry of Regional Development, Construction and Housing reported that a specially created working group is developing techniques.
However, the process is slow, because the situation in the country has changed since 1996: "In particular, it is unclear which law body will charge penalty fees.
This can not be Oschadbank because you can now pay bills in many banks".
Nevertheless, the agency expects to finalize the procedure until February 20 when the first billing period of 2011 ends.
According to the press service of the Ministry of regional building, the size of penalties and the procedure for charging at the legislative level will be established prior to the adoption of the Housing Code by amending the laws.
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Monday, 24 January 2011 09:15 |
The interchange at the intersection of Capital Highway and Science Highway, may be build by Euro-2012. But it is of little help to the residents of Korchevatoe.
Today this intersection is the place with heavy traffic jams in Kiev.
At one level, the prospect of Science abuts the highway, in addition the crossing with the main line, where the trains in the direction of Kharkov and Dnepropetrovsk run, is located here.
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