The national air company of Saudi Arabia and the leading low-cost airline in the Middle East, Flynas, has celebrated the appointment of the Ukrainian-Arab Company as its agent in Ukraine.
The event took place on Wednesday, 2 June, in the presence of Flynas CEO Bandar bin Abdul Rahman Al-Muhanna, airline employees and representatives of the Ukrainian-Arab Company.
This stage is a continuation of the airline’s strategy to open direct flights to Ukraine after the Ukrainian side canceled entry visas for Saudi Arabians.
The airline considers this event to be a new stage of expansion, since it is included in the plans to open new direct flights with various states, as well as with Ukraine. This step will help strengthen economic and tourism relations between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Ukraine.
Importantly that following the strict quarantine Flynas has launched a number of new flight routes to improve its strategy by opening new routes ahead of the 2021 summer season.
Flynas continues to expand its fleet with a plan to purchase 120 A320neo aircraft for a total value of 32 billion Saudi riyals, of which 15 new aircraft have been received to date.
Source: IA “Ukraine in Arabic”
The International Day of Yoga has been celebrated annually on 21 June since 2015, following its inception in the United Nations General Assembly in 2014. The Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, in his UN address suggested the date of 21 June, as it is the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere and shares a special significance in many parts of the world
Yoga is an ancient physical, mental and spiritual practice that originated in India. The word ‘yoga’ derives from Sanskrit and means to join or to unite, symbolizing the union of body and consciousness.
Today it is practiced in various forms around the world and continues to grow in popularity.
Recognizing its universal appeal, on 11 December 2014, the United Nations proclaimed 21 June as the International Day of Yoga by resolution 69/131.
The International Day of Yoga aims to raise awareness worldwide of the many benefits of practicing yoga.
The draft resolution establishing the International Day of Yoga was proposed by India and endorsed by a record 175 member states. The proposal was first introduced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his address during the opening of the 69th session of the General Assembly, in which he said: “Yoga is an invaluable gift from our ancient tradition. Yoga embodies unity of mind and body, thought and action … a holistic approach [that] is valuable to our health and our well-being. Yoga is not just about exercise; it is a way to discover the sense of oneness with yourself, the world and the nature.”
On the eve of 7th International Yoga day, the Ukranian Association Ayurveda-Yoga, have organized two events. The events are organized annually.
Ukraine Yoga Video Championship 2021 (First annual contest of national level)
Ukraine Yoga Photo Contest 2021 (Second annual contest of national level)
The events aim to promote the “Yoga Science” for the befits of mankind.
Eminent World Level jury
Nouf Marwaai (Clinical psychologist, lifestyle counselor, yoga master Padma Shri Award (the fourth highest civilian award by the President of India) President of Saudi Yoga Olympic Committe, Ministry of Sports) Saudi Arabia,
Amira Fahmy (Eminent Journalist / Yoga Instructor
25 plus years of devoted work to promote yoga science. Worked for Radio Cairo, Al-Masaa newspaper and Reuters News agency) Egypt
Mr.Girish Jha ,Yoga Master,(40 plus years of teaching, training, research, mentoring people in the field of Yoga, Meditation & Science) United States of America,
Yogi Bhai Ji (Victor Truviano) Yoga Master (30 plus years dedicated to Yoga ,Meditation & Well being of humanity ) Argentina,
Mrs. Snjezana Satya Priya Mrazovic (Certified Yoga,Hipnos,Pranic Healer & Teacher Croatian Organization for Natural, Energy and Spiritual Medicine ,HUPED)Croatia,
Doctor Bharat Singh (Yoga Teacher & Evaluator ,Yoga Certification Board, Ministry of AYUSH, Government of India.) India,
Doctor Charu Sharma (Doctorate in Yoga Philosophy Senior Yoga Expert, Indian Yoga Association, Personnel certification Body Lead Examiner Yoga Certification Board ,Ministry of AYUSH, Government of India) India,
Mr. Kshetrimayum Doren Singh (Assistant Research Officer Yoga, Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga),
Kholoud Alyami (Advance Yoga Instructor & Therapist ,RYT 200) Saudi Arabia,
Yogi Ibrahim Mahmoud Mosleh (Advance Yoga Instructor & Therapist,RYT 200) Egypt,
Sri Govindaraju Venkatachalam (Certified Yoga Teacher, Therapist & Instructor Coordinated International Yoga Research in India,USA and Australia) Australia.
Prizes and Certificates will be awarded to winners. The participation is free.
26.05.2021 (Wednesday) Start of event
13.06.2021 (Sunday) Final date to apply
21.06.2021 (Monday) Declaration of Final Results
For detailed information: www.uaay.org
Ukraine Yoga Video Championship 2021 (Detailed Information)
https://uaay.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Video-Broch-ENG.pdf
Ukraine Yoga Photo Contest 2021 (Detailed Information)
https://uaay.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Photo-Broch-ENG.pdf
The events are made with a support and association of Embassy of India in Ukraine.
Open4business – news partner of the Event.
Ukraine has initiated a special investigation into imports of sodium hypochlorite into Ukraine (according to foreign economic activity code 2828 90 00 00), regardless of the country of origin and export.
According to the report in the Uriadovy Kurier newspaper, the Interdepartmental Commission on International Trade adopted the corresponding decision on May 19, having considered the statement of JSC Dniproazot.
Based on the results of the consideration, the Commission found that the application contained sufficient substantiated evidence, on the basis of which it can be assumed that imports of sodium hypochlorite to Ukraine were carried out in such volumes and on such conditions that could cause significant harm to the national producer.
Within 30 days from the date of publication of this report, the Ministry of Economy registers the interested parties of the special investigation and considers the requirements for holding hearings.
According to the State Statistics Service, imports under a broader code (other hypochlorites) in the first quarter of 2021 amounted to almost 1,500 tonnes for $500,000, including from Italy – 90 tonnes for $160,000 and Russia – 75 tonnes for $120,000.
Fifteen original events about wine, winemaking and gastronomy tourism took place as part of Odessa Wine Week in Odesa from May 18 to May 23.
The event was attended by 87 speakers and experts from Ukraine (from Odesa to Zakarpattia) and from 18 countries (from Austria to Japan).
The event aroused great interest of wine, tourist, business and media communities – about 3,000 visitors attended the locations of Odessa Wine Week these days.
The program consisted of activities of various directions: industry, cross-industry, educational, mass. In particular, the congress part included more than 40 topics of reports and discussions.
Wine Future Forum
Winemakers, marketers, journalists discussed the prospects of the wine industry.
In particular, the discussion “The Future of Wine: the View of Winemakers” was attended by the winemaker in the fifth generation, chief winemaker of Chateau Changyu Moser XV Lenz Moser (Austria), CEO of SHABO winery Giorgi Iukuridze (Ukraine, Odesa), owner of Vinos de La Luz group of companies Ricardo Nunez (Argentina), the owner of Stakhovsky craft winery, number one tennis player in Ukraine Serhiy Stakhovsky (Ukraine, Zakarpattia), the winemaker, CEO of “PIERA 1899” Piera Martellozzo (Italy).
As a result of the discussion, the winemakers came to such conclusions about the future of wine: wine brands will become more personalized, trends on rose and sparkling wine are likely to continue, online tastings will not be able to replace traditional ones, in Ukraine, the consumption of Ukrainian wine will grow (this will not happen tomorrow, but in the near future), and there will be more wineries in Ukraine.
Participants in the forum also discussed, listened to reports and presentations in the panel “Government, grants, banking programs to support winemaking. Investments in winemaking.” They listened to fellow winemakers from Ukraine and Moldova, marketers and economists, Minister of Agrarian Policy of Ukraine Roman Leschenko. They learned from foreign participants about their experience, investment and government programs to support winemaking in Argentina and Valpolicella region (Italy).
In the panel discussions “Promotion of the brand “Ukrainian wine.” Creating a wine business card of Ukraine,” the experts discussed how to crack the prejudice of Ukrainian consumers to Ukrainian wine. They discussed how to write and talk about wine in a fascinating and professional way. They offered ways to create and promote the “Ukrainian wine” brand. They decided what honest winemaking was – business, creativity or suicide.
In Ukraine, they finally talked about wine journalism – the first discussion panel on this topic was held at the Wine Future Forum. Can Ukrainian wine journalism help winemakers to create and promote the “Ukrainian wine” brand? What do we need for this? We were looking for an answer to this, and the idea of creating the Association/Bureau for the Development of Wine and Brand Journalism arose.
All-Ukrainian tasting contest “Odessa Wine & Spirit Awards”
Some 65 Ukrainian companies (305 wine samples) took part in the competition.
The evaluation used a specialized tasting program of the English company Gustos Life, which uses blockchain technology (eliminates the possibility of changing the ratings of experts during the competition and after its completion).
A feature of the competition examination is a combination of the methodology of sensory analysis and the work of the jury, which consisted of 16 qualified and certified experts. The work of the jury could be watched live.
According to the results of the competition in the category of wines, 30 wines won gold medals, 49 wines won silver medals, while in the category of strong drinks there were seven gold medals and seven silver ones.
The winners of the competition are given the right to place the logo of the award on the product label.
A solemn ceremony of awarding the winners was held with the participation of national and regional media, wine and business communities.
“Best Riedel glass for Odessa Black variety”
This competitive project is aimed at promoting the brand “Ukrainian wine,” the formation of the image of Odessa Black wine as a business card of Ukrainian winemaking in the world – by analogy with Saperavi (Georgia), Feteasca (Moldova), Malbec (Argentina), Carmenere (Chile), Shiraz (Australia) and others.
Some 32 samples of wine from the autochthonous grape variety “Odessa Black” were submitted to the competition.
During the project, the best glass of the world-famous Riedel brand was officially chosen for the local wine “Odessa Black.” From nine variants of glasses, wine experts chose glass № 4 from the Performance collection.
The best wine from the “Odessa Black” variety was Aliberne Reserve Limited Edition, 2017, Gigineishvili Wine House. The Ukrainian native received the first official glass.
Tasting
– Ricardo Nunez, a winemaker with extensive experience, the owner of the Vinos de La Luz group of companies (wineries in Spain, Italy, Argentina, the United States), conducted an author’s tasting of eight wines of his international company.
– Circular tastings were held by 18 wine companies of Ukraine – partners and participants of Odessa Wine Week.
– Tasting on alternative aging under Bousinage technology was conducted by Wood International LLC.
The conference “Innovative tools in viticulture in the context of climate change” brought together leading winegrowers and oenologists from Ukraine, Moldova, France, Italy and the United States. This is a very important professional event for winegrowers, during which experts shared methods of ensuring sustainable viticulture, discussed current issues of the industry and ways to solve them.
OENOVITI International Network 2021 international symposium
The online symposium was attended by 18 scientists from 15 countries on five continents.
Topic: “Challenges in viticulture and oenology: geographical indications of wines and wine tourism, authenticity, innovation.”
OENOVITI International Network (OIN) is a unique international community of researchers in the field of viticulture and winemaking. Ukraine has been represented by the Odesa National Academy of Food Technologies in this prestigious scientific institution since 2015.
“Enogastronomic tourism – a driver for the development of tourist destinations”
Organizer: Department of Culture and Tourism of Odesa City Council.
The conference brought together representatives of tourism, restaurant and wine industries, who discussed enogastronomic tourism as a growing sector of the world tourism market.
They listened to thorough reports on grant projects in the field of enogastronomic tourism, in particular, on the “Wine and Taste Road,” on tools for the promotion of enogastronomic roads and wine tourism operators in Ukraine, on the experience of author’s tours.
Participants in the discussion “Wine and Tourism” talked about wine as a driver of regional development on the example of Bordeaux, watched presentations of wine and enogastronomic locations of Ukraine (Wine Culture Center SHABO, Chateau Chizay, Wine Station, Koblevo wine location) and the United States (Dr. Konstantin Frank Winery).
Participants in the discussion “Odesa cuisine – a tourist magnet of the region” talked about the phenomenon of Odesa cuisine, identified the top five dishes of local Odesa cuisine and offered ideas for the promotion of Odesa cuisine in the world.
The moderators and participants in Odessa Wine Week events were high-class professionals: Yevhenia Nikolaichuk (the co-founder of “Like a Local’s Wine Bar,” a sommelier school teacher, WSET4), Tetiana Ponomarenko (the expert in wine marketing, advertising and PR, an associate professor of journalism, advertising and publishing of Odesa Mechnikov National University, the coordinator of projects on wine journalism), Volodymyr Pechko (the head of UKRSADVINPROM), Vladyslav Blumberg (the president of the Association of Winegrowers and Winemakers of Odesa region), Ivan Bachurin (the president of the Association of Sommelier of Ukraine), Anna Sarkisyan (the dean of the Faculty of Wine and Tourism at the Odesa National Academy of Food Technologies), Maksim Urakin (the sales and marketing director at Interfax-Ukraine and the editor of Open4Business), Maria Kalenska (an enogastronomic expert, the ambassador of Odesa cuisine in London).
At Odessa Wine Week, the exposure area was organized with the participation of Ukrainian wine companies and producers of goods, services and technologies related to winemaking.
All the main events of Odessa Wine Week took place in the halls of Premier Hotel Odesa and even in the open air in front of the hotel (the AGSOLCO Ukraine exposition).
For the general public, the highlight of the program was the project “Wine Flight” (“Air Tasting”), a horizontal flight with tasting the top five Ukrainian wines and culinary specialties of Odesa cuisine on board the UIA aircraft.
This is a joint project of Odessa Wine Week and UIA to promote the “Ukrainian wine” brand.
The air tasting was attended by 130 guests, the UIA team, sommelier Hanna-Yevhenia Yanchenko, brand chef of Le grand cafe Bristol Hotel 5* Odesa Stefan Whiteinadan and showman Kolya Serga.
The passengers tasted the best five Ukrainian wines according to the tasting contest “Odessa Wine & Spirit Awards,” which took place the day before as part of Odessa Wine Week:
Cabernet Grande Reserve, 2017 – SHABO;
El Captain Pinot Gris, 2019 – 46 Parallel;
Riesling Rhine, 2016 – Prince Trubetskoi Winery;
Riesling, 2019 – Villa Tinta;
Aliberne Reserve Limited Edition, 2017 – Gigineishvili Wine House.
Wine tasting was combined with the tasting of local dishes of Odesa cuisine.
The Odessa Wine Week program ended with the open-air gastronomic festival “Taki Da, Vkusno” on the territory of the Odesa film studio. The participants in the festival presented to the mass audience of visitors branded culinary products and wine brands.
The Odessa Wine Week project received strong partner support. Odessa Wine Week partners took part in the events, shared their experience and opportunities, and joined the organization of events. The fact that so many leading organizations and companies have joined the event is a very positive sign that gives faith in the good future of Ukrainian winemaking.
The general news partner of Odessa Wine Week is Interfax-Ukraine
Official support
– Odesa Regional State Administration
– Odessa City Council
Authors of the Odessa Wine Week concept:
– Expo-Yug-Service Company
– Odesa National Academy of Food Technologies
Odessa Wine Week organizers:
– Expo-Yug-Service Company
– Odesa National Academy of Food Technologies
– UKRSADVINPROM association
General partner: SHABO company
Official partner hotel: Premier Hotel Odesa
Innovative partner: AGSOLCO Ukraine
General media partner: Drinks+ communicative media group
Partners:
– JMJ Oak Alternative
– Goodwill Consulting: financial consulting for winemaking business
– Koblevo trademark
– ODESSA champagne of Ukraine trademark
– Wine and Taste Roads project
– Association of Winegrowers and Winemakers of Odesa region
– Frumushika-Nova family winery
– Aromic-Aromafishki company
Scientific partner: Tairov Institute of Viticulture and Winemaking
Digital partner: Gustos Life
Multimedia partner: Sertsevyna
Information partners:
– Wine Guide of Ukraine project
– Technologies and Innovations media group
– Odesa Life city edition
Printing partner: ALFA PRESS printing house
Wine Flight project partner (Air Tasting): UIA
Information support:
▪ Airport Odessa magazine
▪ Facebook public “Wine of Ukraine”
▪ Open4Business.com.ua
▪ Easy Quizzy
The official photographer of Odessa Wine Week is Arsen Fedosenko
Organizer of the conference “Enogastronomic tourism – a driver for the development of tourist destinations”: the Department of Culture and Tourism of Odesa City Council
Organizers of the project “Best Riedel glass for Odessa Black variety”:
▪ RIEDEL company
▪ MIRS Corporation is the official distributor of RIEDEL in Ukraine
▪ Odesa National Academy of Food Technologies
▪ IKPMG Limited, Maria Kalenska
Organizers of the “Wine Flight” project (“Air Tasting”): UIA and Odessa Wine Week.
General project partners: Crédit Agricole Bank and MasterCard.
Project partners: MIRS Corporation – the official distributor of RIEDEL in Ukraine, Bristol Hotel 5* Odesa, Odesa International Airport.
Organizer of the conference “Innovative tools in viticulture in the context of climate change”: UKRSADVINPROM association
Organizers of the OENOVITI International Network symposium:
Odesa National Academy of Food Technologies, Ukraine
OENOVITI International Network, Bordeaux, France
Project details: https://odessawineweek.com/
Project news: https://www.facebook.com/odessawineweek/
Kyiv Open Cup in taekwondo (WT) “Kyiv Open Cup” will be held on May 22-23 in the Sports Complex NTUU «KPI», building 24 (National Technical University of Ukraine «Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute», Kyiv, Verkhneklyuchevaya st., 1/26)
Up to 300 athletes from all over Ukraine and sports delegations from Moldova and Armenia are expected. Organizers guarantee compliance with all safety regulations in accordance with the requirements of the adaptive quarantine.
An online broadcast for viewers and fans will take place on the Xsport Youtube channel at the link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nLdwQsq9ts
Competitions are going to be held in the Kyorugi and Poomsae sections. Athletes in 6 age categories from the ages of 6 to 30+ years old will compete for victory:
Registration for the tournament will be carried out on the website kihapp.com
Separate broadcasts are going to be organized on the official page of the Kiev Taekwondo (WTF) Federation on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/UATaekwondo/
The main purpose of the tournament is to popularize taekwondo as an Olympic sport and its philosophy, as well as to educate the comprehensive harmonious development and physical improvement of children and youth.
The event organizers: Public Organization “Kyiv Taekwondo (WTF) Federation”, Department of Youth and Sports of the executive body of the Kyiv City Council (Kyiv City State Administration).
E-mail of the tournament organizers: kievtaekwondo@ukr.net
For reference
The Kyiv Open taekwondo tournament began its history in 2013. During its existence, more than 1200 athletes from all regions of Ukraine, as well as Armenia, Azerbaijan, Moldova and Belarus took part in the competition.
Over the years, the tournament was attended by the President of the National Olympic Committee Sergey Bubka, the Ambassador of the Republic of Korea Kim Eun-Joong (2013) and the consuls of the Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Ukraine, the President of Samsung Ukraine, representatives of the Kyiv City State Administration, the head coaches of the Spanish Taekwondo Federation.
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) is interested in cooperation with the U.S. intelligence service on a number of important issues related to national security, in particular, cybersecurity, countering hybrid warfare, combating terrorism and professional training of employees, said SBU head Ivan Bakanov.
According to him, cooperation with the United States provides Ukraine with more opportunities to build an effective national security system.
“Partnership with the United States allows us to more effectively defend our state. And this is very important when Ukraine is confronted by such a powerful enemy as Russia. And the presence of this threat requires us to act in a systematic and effective manner,” Bakanov was quoted as saying during a meeting with representatives of American Foreign Policy Council (AFPC), the SBU press service said on Monday.
Bakanov noted that the National Security Strategy defines only the Euro-Atlantic vector for Ukraine. And, in his opinion, such a partnership should be expanded today.
“Ukraine seeks to obtain the status of the main U.S. ally outside NATO, and in the future – membership in the Alliance. According to the head of the SBU, this will contribute not only to military cooperation, but also to effectively protect Ukraine from Russian aggression and the de-occupation of Donbas and Crimea,” the SBU said.
They note that during the meeting, the head of the SBU outlined areas of cooperation with the United States, in which the Ukrainian special service is especially interested, among which, in particular, cyber security, countering hybrid war, the fight against terrorism and professional training of employees.
“In addition, the head of the Security Service called on AFPC to facilitate Ukraine’s joining the U.S. President’s Cyber Flag initiative for the collective protection of states in cyberspace,” the SBU said.
The SBU clarifies that the American side at the meeting was represented by President of the American Foreign Policy Council Herman Pirchner, the U.S. Ambassador to the OSCE in 2019-2021 James Gilmore, former U.S. Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN John Lerner, Director of the Center for U.S.-Ukraine Relations in Washington Mykola Gritskovyan, Senior Fellow at AFPC and former Deputy Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff of the U.S. National Security Council at the White House, Alexander Gray.
The SBU also reminds that the American Foreign Policy Council was created in 1982 with headquarters in Washington. It is a non-profit public organization serving as a think tank for the U.S. Congress. Among international issues, AFPC thoroughly investigates changes in the countries of the post-Soviet space, the Eurasian continent as a whole, and makes recommendations to members of the U.S. Congress.
