There will be a new modern terminal built in Zhulyany airport in Kyiv, Ukraine by 2012. Its capacity is going to be 320 passangers per hour. Old terminal will be rebuilt as well.

Ukraine is among leaders of people killed in car accidents. “According to Forbs, Russia takes the first place of the number of people killed in road accident in 2008, and Ukraine takes the second one. There are 167 deaths per 1,000,000 (7690 deaths in total last year) in Ukraine, and there are 235 in Russia.

Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Ukraine defined the winner of tender for producing a new truck to transport prisoners. Tender competition was announced in the framework of Ukrainian preparations for EURO-2012. Ukrainian militia (police) is afraid that European football fans, in case of detention, will not be satisfied with the Ukrainian cars for prisoners, which Ukrainian militia has inherited since Soviet Union times.

Mayor of Kyiv Leonid Chernovetsky is going to sign an anti-alcohol program for 2009-2013, which will come into effect soon afterwards.
According to this program sales of alcoholic beverages will be banned in Kyiv center on such streets as Khreschatik, Baseina, Mykhayilivs’ka, Sofyivs’ka, Prorisna, Kostyol’na, provulok Shevchenka, Instytuts’ka, Bogdana Khmel’nytskoho, Gorodets’koho, Boulevard Shevchenko.

In order to reduce pressure on hryvnia rate the National Bank of Ukraine decided to impose a ban on foreign currency credits in Ukraine. Bankers discussed such aspects with NBU during their closed meeting on Friday, 4th September.

Starting from the 1st January 2010 National Bank of Ukraine is going to seize from circulation ten and twenty hryvnia bills of 1994, 1995 and 2000.

Kyiv Municipal Administration and the Southwestern Railroad have launched operation of electric ( commuter ) trains between train stations “Troeschina” (Horodnia) and “Kyiv-Petrivka” in Kyiv on the 2nd September, 2009. This will enable residents of the Troeschyna district to travel to the Petrovka subway station faster and more comfortably.

The biggest in Europe Flower Clock, which was created on Maidan Nezalezhnosti in Kyiv just before the Independence Day, 24th August, has already lost its hands…. It had a really short life: only two days!
“Kyivzelenstroi” blames Kievans and the guests of the Ukrainian capital.

For all those, who is still thinking to have a ride by Funicular (funikuler) in Kyiv, Ukraine, we recommed to hurry up. On the 1st of September it will be closed. Kyivpastrans representatives say that Funicular will be closed only for its regular annual maintenance and will be reopened in a month. Specialists will check the mechanism and its details and replace parts if needed. They say it will take not more than one month, but if they find more serious problems, it might take longer.

British hotel group InterContinental opened 5-star hotel InterContinental in Kiev on 2A, Velyka Zhytomyrska Street on the 27th of August, 2009. It is is conveniently located in the very center of Kiev, with walking distance from famous Khreshchatik Street, St.Michael’s and Saint Sophia Cathedrals and just next to the Hyatt Regency Kyiv. Leon Larkin, the general manager of the Intercontinental hotel informed the journalists about the Hotel opening.