Topical Events

Odesa Oblast State Administration Religion and Culture Department informs the restored building of German Evangelical Lutheran Church is to be opened in April. // more

100 percent of the vote bulletins have been operated in the Odesa Oblast. // more

The OSCE observers will be watching the presidential election campaign in Odesa. // more

We sincerely wish you in the coming year only one thing – let the good remain and the bad disappear. // more

On December the 18th at 15:00 the festive opening of the expo called The Museum’s Masterpieces and Collections will be held, where the spectators will be able to see the Portrait of Girolamo Priuli by Titian. // more

Director of Italian Cultural Institute in Ukraine Nicola Franco Balloni has been awarded the title of Honourable Professor of Odesa National University. // more

18-19 September 2009 scientists, politicians and political analysts from Western, Central and Eastern Europe will participate in the International Conference “Wider Europe: East and West Dialogue” in Odesa to discuss the reasons, the state and the prospects of the system crisis having influenced the world and having made the relations between the European East and West more complicated. The conference is organized by the World Public Forum (WPF) “Dialogue of Civilizations”, Odesa National Academy of Law and Kharkov National Karazin University. // more

Secretary General of the International Turkish and Ukrainian Businessmen Association Ipek Aydin Uluişik has kindly agreed to give an interview to our correspondent and to tell about the prospects of Ukrainian-Turkish business cooperation... // more

Oleh Blokhin has been appointed the Head Coach of FC Chornomorets, Odesa. // more

20 August, Odesa will have an opportunity to welcome the oldest Italian Navy vessel – Amerigo Vespucci sail training ship, is considered one of the world’s largest and majestic vessels.

According to the Administration of Information at Odesa City Council, The Amerigo Vespucci is nowadays the oldest unit in service in the Navy. Entirely built and equipped at the Royal Shipyard of Castellammare di Stabia, she was launched 22 February 1931 at the presence of Mrs. Elena Cerio, godmother of the launch. // more

On Saturday, 8 August within ‘789’ European Hitchhikers’ Festival a decision was made to create European Hitchhiking Federation in Odesa. // more

Swedish coast-guard identified a Norwegian vessel Langeland, having two nationals of Odesa Oblast among the crew-members onboard. // more

12-13 July European Security Conference organized by the Interparliamentary Association of the Member Nations of the Commonwealth of Independent States took place in Kyiv. // more

18 May, Mayor of Odesa, Eduard Gurvits, addressed FIFA President (Fédération Internationale de Football Association, Fr.), Joseph S. Blatter with a letter stating his principal discontent about UEFA’s decision on excluding Odesa out of the list of EURO 2012 host-cities. // more

During the meeting of the Ministers of Transport of BSEC countries Ukrainian delegation suggested adding Odesa-Reni Highway to the main rout of Black-Sea Circular Highway, Context-Prichernomorie correspondent reports. // more

President of European Football Union, Michel Platini, today, 13 May in Bucharest announced UEFA’s decision saying Odesa was not included into the list of host-cities of EURO 2012 Football Championship. // more

III Quick Chess World Cup of the Association of Chess Professionals (ACP) will be taking place in Odesa through May 22 – 24, 2009. // more

17 April, in the evening a 21-year-old youth was murdered in the downtown of Odesa. // more

An interview with the Consul General of the Russian Federation to Ukraine, Alexandr Grachev is not a regular thing to appear on our site. The reason for that is not some kind of “closedness” of the Russian diplomatic mission, but simply busyness. Mr. Grachev would perhaps like to find time to talk to us more, but it would then harm his direct diplomatic obligations. However our correspondent managed to interview one of the most authoritative, as he is said of, foreign diplomats in the South of Ukraine. // more

Odesa Oblast will keep heading the Euroregion “The Lower Danube” until 31 December, 2009, Context-Prichernomorie correspondent reports. // more