Press-releases
December 2 2008 former President Clinton concluded the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) Asia meeting, which resulted in numerous examples of CGI members' Commitments to Action that will positively impact lives across the globe.
The main purpose of the Frontiers of Europe programme, developed by the Brookings Institution in 2006, is conducting research on the feasible policies for building a “whole and free” Europe (as well as the ways to obtain membership in the key institutions) and the prospects for gaining advantages from Europe’s expansion. This conference is a follow-up to a series of seminars taken place in Belgrade, Istanbul and Tbilisi, where these issues were discussed in the context of the Balkans, Turkey and the Caucasus region.
On 16th November a new 16 slice CT scan, provided by the Victor Pinchuk Foundation, was installed in the National Cancer Institute (NCI) in Kyiv.
On 23rd November 2008, in the Museum of Jewish Heritage, New York, for the first time in the United States opens an exhibition dedicated to the Holocaust in Ukraine. The event is supported by the Victor Pinchuk Foundation. The exhibition titled «The Shooting of Jews in Ukraine: Holocaust By Bullets» is formed on the basis of the evidence, both physical and testimonial, gathered by Father Patrick Desbois, a Catholic priest, with the purpose to uncover the truth behind the deaths of 1.5 million Jews in Ukraine during World War II.
On 28 October 2008 a new "Cradles of Hope" Neonatal Centre has opened at the Regional Family Planning Centre in Ivano-Frankivsk. The event took place under the "Cradles of Hope" National Programme initiated by the Victor Pinchuk Foundation.
The 2nd YES University, forum of the young political leaders of Europe held in Kyiv on October 2-4, has adjourned its work.
PinchukArtCentre presents the exhibition Rhine on the Dnipro: Julia Stoschek Collection/Andreas Gursky from September 28 to December 14, 2008, devoted to the Weeks of German Culture in Ukraine.
British politician and public leader Mr. Anthony Charles Lynton (Tony) Blair who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007 will arrive to Ukraine to participate in the 5th annual summit of the international network Yalta European Strategy (YES) on invitation of Mr. Victor Pinchuk, founder and the Board Member of YES.
"Paul McCartney. Paintings" exhibition will open in the PinchukArtCentre from 17 June till 13 July. The exhibition presents 41 works by Sir Paul McCartney created from 1988 to 1999. Several works will be exhibited in public for the first time.
