New Terminal F of Boryspil Airport, Ukraine, designed for international flights, charters and low-cost flights were not open neither in April nor on the 24th of August at the Ukraine Independence Day, as it was scheduled before. The new tentative opening date is the first-second decade of September.

Miss Universe Contest, one of the most prestigious events in the field of beauty contest took place on 23 August 2010 at Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, US. Miss Mexico 22-year-old Jimena Navarrete from Guadalajara, was crowned Miss Universe 2010. Miss Jamaica Yendi Phillipps, Miss Australia Jesinta Campbell, Miss Ukraine Anna Poslavska and Miss Philippines Venus Raj were the other runners-up.

The 13th International Festival “Kyiv Summer Music Evenings” will start on May 30. It will run every wekend till July, 11th. The Festival is held on the summer stage of the Central Park of Culture and Rest.

Alyosha (real name Olena Kucher, born on May 14th, 1986 in Zaporizhzhya), Ukraine’s participant in the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest, successfully presented her song Sweet People in the second Semi-Final. She rocked the place with a powerful expressive covering a range of no less than four octaves vocal performance of her melancholic song, the key message of which is environmental protection.

On May 29th, celebrations of All Ukraine Bicycle Day (Veloden’) will take place in the capital of Ukraine, Kyiv. During this day, the center of Kyiv, starting from the European Square, will become a human chain of thousands of cyclists. The celebration program of the day will be full of events and guests.

The festival of rockabilly & psychobilly culture “Ukrabilly Vybuh!” will be held in Kyiv Bingo club on April 24-25th, 2010. The festival will be held for the sixth time, and it will gather 16 bands from Ukraine and other countries on stage.

It looks like this year Kyivans and guests of the Ukrainian capital will not be able to see traditional barrels with kvass on city streets.

Ukrainian Boryspil Airport and all others are closed. Ukraine airports have suspended their operation due to volcanic ash clouds over Europe.

According to the web-site of the Ministry of Transport and Communications of Ukraine, clouds of volcanic dust didn’t lead to the closure of any of Ukrainian airports.

On Saturday, April 17th, 2010, Ukraine International Airport Boryspil may stop working, according to the reports of the press service of the airport.