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A Load of Hot Air!
Take a balloon ride and see Ukraine from a different perspective
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Full of Hot Air
Growing up, I was always a passionate reader of Jules Verne, and having reached the tender age of 25, I’ve still yet to fall out with the adventurous spirit all of his books are imbued with. What I’ve found, however, is that the excitement and serenity that exist between the pages of those books can be had in real life, all you have to do is make an appointment.
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Mr. Nobody (in English)
Directed by Jaco Van Dormael
Drama, Fantasy, Romance – Belgium, England, France 2009
Starring Jared Leto, Diane Kruger, Sarah Polley
Nemo Nobody leads an ordinary existence at his wife Elise and their 3 children’s side until the day when reality skids and he wakes up an old man in the year 2092. At 120, Mr. Nobody is both the oldest man in the world and the last mortal of a new mankind where nobody dies anymore.
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A Techno Dare-devil
 Being witness to the crazy sounds coming from the I Am Techno party held out at the Kyiv Expo Plaza last weekend, What’s On spotted a highly professional young man behind the turntable. Going in for a closer look, turns out that DJ Sender’s real name is Eugene Evtukhov, and getting him over on the sofa for a little R&R, we get the goods on all of the messages DJ Sender is sending out to his fans.
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 The Irish are known for lots of things: good old St. Patrick, the genius that is U2, and their knowhow with the potato. But perhaps what you didn’t know is that they seem to have a pretty good handle on the film industry as well. And with the Irishfest Festival of Film Shorts headed our way at the end of this month, you may want to check it out.
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 Stepping up the search for talented artists to head up the What’s On Master Class, we came across a rather extraordinary band called Antenna. Now, we know what you’re thinking – yet another nameless group out of the myriad of Ukrainian bands out there... But this is where you’d be wrong, and we’re going to tell you why.
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 The President of Ukraine, Mr. Viktor Yanukovych is celebrating his 60th birthday this 9 July, and we wouldn’t be doing our duty if we here at What’s On didn’t congratulate him properly.
He may be the leader of one of the most seemingly courted countries in the world, but even he’s got a past, and taking a look at President Viktor Yanukovych’s breathtaking biography, the story that unfolds is long and sordid.
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 If I were to tell you that these two things would become the focal point of your entire existence, you would perhaps ask me, why these two things? Whether Oleksandr Ktitorchuk has ever asked himself such a question or not, I don’t know. The truth is, he simply is a ship-dwelling photographic master, and sneaking on board one day to take a peek at how the man works, my own photographer and I are both blown away at what we see and learn.
This man, Oleksandr Ktitorchuk, lives on a ship called St. Andre. This ship he has built with his own two hands, where upon it, some of the greatest photo shoots Ukraine has ever seen have taken place.
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 What’s On has been around for eleven years already, and regardless of who’s been at the helm, this little rag has been doing its best to keep up with the lives of all of Ukraine’s current and soon to be stars and starlets. With the years passing and their own showbiz careers gaining huge momentum, What’s On has had the privilege of watching them grow. In taking a look back to past episodes with some of our favourite cover models, we give you the very best of Ukraine’s stars in bright lights over the last eleven years.
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The What’s On Editorial Team is small, but very friendly! And taking a moment to say thank you for sticking with us for an already incredible eleven years, we thought we might let you into our worlds just a little bit and share some of the fun experiences we’ve had over the years. Because without you, our readers, this crazy little publication would only be a pipedream!
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 Playing, watching or even just listening to it, football of any sort has the ability to get people’s blood boiling. It’s both a competition for bragging rights to My Team Is Better Than Yours and a sport we can’t help but love. But with America’s Super Bowl Sunday coming up, the old debate returns: which football is better? We asked a few ex-pats their opinion on the matter and got things close to the boiling point pretty fast.
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 With different gods at work throughout each of the seasons, many different cultures and communities have embraced certain traditions not only because of what they believed in but also because of the time of year. As we come ever closer to one of the most significant celebrations for many, what seems simply an astronomical coincidence, in fact connects numerous countries and is called the winter solstice.
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 The HIV/AIDS epidemic rages in Ukraine like it does in few other places on the planet. And even as the rate of those infected continues to rise at a frighteningly fast pace, government and civil society alike have been slow in coming to terms with just how to handle it. The result? The endangerment of a new generation; the reality of which, Ukraine, as a nation, has yet to face. With International AIDS Day fast approaching, What’s On decided to investigate the bigger crisis, close-up.
Statistics concerning HIV/AIDS in Ukraine is telling: in 1997, 11% of infections were through sexual contact, in 2009, the rate has far surpassed 45%. Women in their reproductive years seem to be most susceptible accounting for 39% of those infected while a whopping 60% are between the ages of 20-34!
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 When I started thinking about this piece, it was in the hope that I would be able to write about my experiences after I had been and celebrated with Berliners, East and West alike, the French, the Brits, the Americans, the Russians, and anyone else who thought it important enough to be there, in Berlin, for the 20th anniversary of the fall of one of the greatest partitions the world has ever seen. But sometimes admiring from afar isn’t bad either.
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Corruption: Good or Bad?
Corruption is endemic in Ukraine, of that there is no doubt, and its presence in the higher echelons of government is dragging the country down to its knees. But it permeates all levels of society, and is often the way many a low paid government official provides for himself and his family. And if you ask most Ukrainians about corruption they will smile and say, “If the answer is no, and you really need it to be yes, you can make it yes.”
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A Wine Story
I read somewhere that the motivation behind the drinking of wine equals five: the arrival of a friend, one’s present or future thirst, the excellence of the wine, or any other reason. It certainly could be argued that the first, second, third and/or fifth reasons are excellent arguments as to why the good people of Ukraine treat themselves with this little indulgence. With regards to the fourth, however, the jury is still out.
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