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Kyiv’s closest EU capital: Lithuania’s largest city offers an intriguing mix of timeless European charm and smart city swagger

Ukraine will not participate in the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest following a scandal over the Russian touring schedule of national competition winner MARUV. This is not the first time political considerations have overshadowed musical merits in...

The Ukrainian capital has emerged since the 2014 Euromaidan Revolution as the latest pretender to Eastern Europe’s hipster crown

Eurogold recruits eclectic group of European artists for one of the most ambitious international creative projects in recent Ukrainian history

Swiss cheese and wine specialist Le Komora offers Ukrainians a little corner of Switzerland

The Premier Palace Hotel Kharkiv is a key part of the city’s Euro 2012 infrastructure inheritance

The team behind “The Will” comic book franchise aim to create an inspirational and entertaining Ukrainian alternative to the potent cultural imperialism of Vladimir Putin’s “Russian World”

The Ukrainian capital’s most iconic street is full of secrets and alive with legends

Music festival aims to return Ukraine’s Black Sea port city to the European cultural map

Ukraine has witnessed a surge in domestically produced movies since the 2014 Revolution of Dignity thanks to unprecedented state funding and rising audience interest in Ukrainian national narratives

VIP Ukrainian marriage celebrated at the fashionable Ritz Hotel in the English capital as wife Marina dazzles in Elie Saab wedding dress

This French restaurant in the heart of the Ukrainian capital has the kind of intimate charm more readily associated with a private venue

British thriller writer Alex Shaw was once a Kyiv expat – now his books bring contemporary Ukraine to global audiences

West Ukrainian city receives welcome international recognition in shape of annual PACE award for promoting “European ideal”

Dutch flower company names tulip after Ukraine’s 2016 Eurovision Song Contest winner

Ukrainian business figure Oleksandr Yaroslavsky’s five-star hotel beats off competition from Budapest, Tbilisi and Estonia to claim annual International Hospitality Award

From harem slavery to the pinnacle of imperial power: how a Ukrainian village girl won the heart of Suleiman the Magnificent and conquered the world’s mightiest empire

The Bolsheviks whitewashed Kharkiv artist Mykhailo Tkachenko from history but the remarkable legacy of this overlooked Ukrainian Impressionist is finally beginning to resurface on the world stage

Lobster and luxury on the menu as VIPs and celebrities line up to toast the thirtieth birthday of Marina Yaroslavska in the eastern Ukrainian capital