Evgeny Kalinin is Ukraine’s own petrol-powered, testicle-risking Jean-Claude Van Damme . As the author of “Avtodvyzh” Nicholas Redhead, added that the complexity of the trick is that, unlike the Belgian, Eugene had no foothold. More info on the original article, here: http://tsn.ua/tsikavinki/odeskiy-ekstremal-povtoriv-neymovirniy-tryuk-van-damma-zi-shpagatom-video-328626.html
EuroMaidan Part Three Thanks to https://www.facebook.com/EuroMaydan for the picture. Whatever happens, that tree (and everything it stands for and against) will be remembered in Ukraine’s history.
As thousands of Ukrainians descended on Maidan Square this weekend in support of Ukraine’s ‘European future’, the Ukrainian diaspora in Brussels gathered in Place Luxembourg to do their bit. Unsurprisingly, this involved singing, smiling and lots of blue and yellow. Sadly I missed the songs, but I catch some of the action :-) More on…
In the past two weeks, adults in Ukraine and Europe (especially those entrusted to run countries and governments) have given us a superb lesson in stupidity and incompetence. Self interest, selective justice, coercion, ignorance and a complete lack of interest/understanding from Western Europe have all been displayed in the almighty international cock-up known as the…
In October 2011, we started this blog with a simple idea: to write about life in Ukraine. Of course, its easy to find news about Ukraine and there are many commercial guidebooks that will tell you where to stay and what to see. However, we wanted to be different. We wanted stories, adventures, opinions and…
At 00.00 o’clock on the night from Friday to Saturday, the 1st of December, my internet connection suddenly stopped. I opened the link that had popped up and read the following text from my Internet provider Best: “You have to pay your bill.” My ISP ‘Best’ knew now mercy. The month I had paid for…
Alla Kyslenko explores northern Ukraine. Ukrainian Parliamentary elections were to be held at the end of October, but surprisingly I hadn’t been thinking about them at the beginning of October. Why? Because my friends and I were on the excursion to the historical region of Chernigiv in the north of Ukraine. The places we visited…
“It’s good for your penis” said Jerom as we arrived in Ivano Frankovsk. “what is?” I replied, with a sense of surprise and intrigue. “The cognac (nastoika) they drink. They say it gives you special sexual powers. We drank it last time.” he explained as he smoked and laughed at the same time. He refused to say…
The following article was kindly submitted by Alla Kyslenko. Alla worked as a coordinator at an International competition for young pianists, in memory of Vladimir Horowitz. Thanks to Alla for the submission and thanks also to her friend Yana Kondratieva for recommending this site. If you have any stories of your own, please send them to ian@bluetoyellow.com
‘At least they have a healthcare infrastructure’ explained Anna, who works for thye World Health Organisation, as we stumbled home after England’s EURO 2012 win over Ukraine. ‘In Indonesia and Thailand’ she said, ‘nobody has ever built one’. It might be old and outdated, but this is true – Ukraine does have an extensive healthcare…
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