The Country’s Pride Prize award ceremony took place on 10 April 2009 at the National Ivan Franko Drama Theatre in Kyiv. This was the sixth ceremony honouring the laureates of the nationwide Prize, a project by the Victor Pinchuk Foundation implemented in close cooperation with the Novy Channel and Fakty newspaper

The Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Ukraine and the PinchukArtCentre are pleased to announce that Illya Chichkan (Ukraine) and Mihara Yasuhiro (Japan) will be representing Ukraine at the 53rd Venice Biennale

On 25 February 2009 the names of the 20 shortlisted nominees for the PinchukArtCentre Prize, a nationwide prize in contemporary art for young Ukrainian artists, have been announced. The shortlist has been formed according to the results of the primary selection conducted by the Expert Committee.

The £300 000 proceeds from selling the "Dark Days" by Damien Hirst will be handed over to the Cradles of Hope, a programme developed by the Victor Pinchuk Foundation and aimed at providing aid to newborns in Ukraine.

The Victor Pinchuk Foundation and the international investment advisory group EastOne conducted the 5th Davos Ukrainian Lunch.

During the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum, the Victor Pinchuk Foundation hosted the 2nd Davos Philanthropic Roundtable. The event gathered founders and leaders of the foremost philanthropic institutions of the world.

During the World Economic Forum, international investment advisory group EastOne and the Victor Pinchuk Foundation will conduct the 5th Davos Ukrainian Lunch "Crisis: In & Out".

On 29 January 2009 during the World Economic Forum the Victor Pinchuk Foundation will host the 2nd Davos Philanthropic Roundtable entitled "From Philanthrocapitalism to Philanthrocrisis".

On 15 January 2009 the deadline for submission of applications for the PinchukArtCentre Prize was closed. PinchukArtCentre Prize is the first private nationwide art prize in Ukraine, which objective is to produce, support and develop a new generation of young Ukrainian artists working in contemporary art