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President Wants Films Translated Into Ukrainian

Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko has asked the prosecutor general to ensure that all foreign films are translated into Ukrainian.

Fourteenth training for Ukrainian Publishers and Booksellers

Twenty-six publishers & booksellers as well as Head of Cultural Department of Kharkiv Public regional administration participated in Book Trade Strategy: Collective Approach seminar held in the Fund for Local Democracy, Kharkiv, on October 31, 2006, conducted by Guus Schut.

The Supreme Council has made amendment to the Law "About Publishing Business"

The Supreme Council has allowed creation and operation of book distributing organizations with statutory fund of more than 30 % of foreign investments in Ukraine.

Ukrainian Parliament Accepts Culture Minister Resignations

Ukraine's parliament accepted the resignations of two ministers allied to President Viktor Yushchenko.

Planet Ukraine

The “Nash Chas” (“Our Time”) research and information agency has presented the first book from the “Unknown Ukraine” series.

Rada votes to approve 2007 budget draft

Parliament, led by the pro-government majority, on Tuesday voted to approve in the first reading the 2007 budget draft ending disagreements within the coalition and showing the government has been winning greater support.

Thirteenth training: Strategic Planning in Publishing House, Kyiv, October 19-20,2006

26 participants from Kharkiv, Kyiv and Vinnytsia from 17 publishing houses participated in Strategic Planning seminar conducted by Book Marketing Research (BMR, Poland) and held at International Renaissance Foundation, Kyiv, on October 19-20, 2006.

Bishop says Ukraine experiencing boom in ethics and theological formation

During a visit to the headquarters of Aid to the Church in Need, Auxiliary Bishop Yaroslav Pryriz of Sambir-Drohobycz in Ukraine thanked the benefactors of the organization for bringing about "an explosion" in Catholic education.

Spielberg presents documentary about Nazi massacre of Jews in Ukraine

Steven Spielberg presented a documentary Wednesday about the Nazi massacre of tens of thousands of Jews at the Babi Yar ravine in Ukraine, several weeks after the country marked the 65th anniversary of the incident.

Malaria in Ukraine

“Malaria”, the book by Andriy Melehov, rouse Ukraine’s literature world in this year’s September. This “disease” was spread by the “Folio” publishing house, which published the book.

How the Ukrainian State has regulated its book market…

As the Ukrainian Book Portal www.UABOOKS.info has reminded, "Publishing business is a very profitable business".

8 female authors, 16 short stories, 220 pages of history... and a promo-video film

The “Bukva I Tsyfra” publishing house has presented a new book in Kyiv – “8. Women’s lacy prose.”

Ukrainian publishers continue to occupy foreign book market

This encourages development of the country’s positive image and gives visitors an ability to get themselves familiar with finest examples of native book publishing.

Book Trade Strategy: Collective approach seminar held in Lviv

Twenty-five publishers, booksellers and librarians from 18 organizations participated in Book Trade Strategy: Collective approach seminar held in Lviv, on September 26, 2006, conducted by Guus Schut.

East Translates East program of Next Page Foundation announces a new competition for translation grants for cultural periodicals

East Translates East program of Next Page Foundation announces a new competition for translation grants for cultural periodicals.

Ukrainian magnate opens Kiev’s first international contemporary art centre

Victor Pinchuk’s art foundation is intended "to modernise Ukrainians"

Long-term complex research of Ukrainian book market begins

"Research of the book market" project is being realized as a part of Ukrainian book project (2006–2008) by the International "Vidrodzhenya" ("Revival") Fund and the Fund for Central and East European Book Projects, Amsterdam, under the auspices of the MATRA program of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands.

The second regional “100 THOUSAND BOOKS” distribution center in Zaporizhya

The second (out of 16 planned) regional “100 THOUSAND BOOKS” distribution center is now open in Zaporizhya.

Open Access development group was created in Ukraine

The working group was created during a seminar Open Access: Information, Scientific Communication and Culture that took place on September 28 2006 at International Renaissance Foundation organised by The Friedrich Naumann Foundation, Goethe-Institut in Kyiv and International Renaissance Foundation.

The XIII Publishers’ Forum in Lviv


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  Expert's Column  
The president of the Ukrainian Publishers and Booksellers Association, the head chairman of the expert committee of Ukrainian National Council of culture and spirituality at the President’s Office

Oleksandr Afonin

Highly respected Viktor Andriyovich! Ukrainian Association of book publishers and distributors addresses you with a question that needs your immediate personal intervention, because, as the experience shows, this problem can totally overcome your Decree “About some measures for development of book publishing business in Ukraine” (March 21, 2006) and lead to a serious crisis in one of the branches of publishing business – book trade, which is in very critical condition already.


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