Today, on August 24, Ukraine celebrates its 24-th Independence Day. On this day 24 years ago Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic adopted the Act on proclamation of Independence of Ukraine. On December 1, 1991 90% of population voted for Independence in a referendum. In Kyiv celebration began with laying flowers to monuments […]

March 4, 2015 marks 200 years since birth of Mykhailo Verbytskiy Mykhailo Berbytskiy – Ukrainian priest, composer, conductor, public activist and author of music to national anthem of Ukraine. This day Ukraine celebrates the day of his birthday on state level. In the village of Mlyny [today is territory of Poland] there will be memorial […]

August 25, 2014 Svaytoslav Vakarchuk and 40.000 people sing Ukrainian anthem On August 24, Ukrainian Independence Day there was a concert of legendary group ‘Okean Elzi’ in Lviv. 40.000 fans sang Ukrainian anthem with the group front-man Svyatoslav Vakarchuk. The concert began with the minute of silence to commemorate soldiers and civilians that died in […]