The Victor Pinchuk Foundation Commenced Selection Of Candidates To Study: In The World’s Top 200 Universities Under The “WorldWideStudies” Programme

The Victor Pinchuk Foundation invites potential candidates to take part in a selection process under the programme “WorldWideStudies”. The first 20-30 programme participants will go to study abroad already in 2010. The Foundation will give grants to young Ukrainians aged 35 and under who wish to get a Master’s degree in the world’s top universities in the fields of agriculture, environment and ecology, law and public administration

Steppes of Dreamers: Ukraine opened its Pavilion at the 53rd Venice Biennale

The PinchukArtCentre and the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Ukraine presented the Steppes of Dreamers art-project at the 53rd Venice Biennale. This Ukrainian exhibition became a major contribution to this year's Venice Biennale entitled Making Worlds

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Victor Pinchuk conferred with the title of the ‘Honoured citizen of Kyiv’

On May 21st, 2009, according to the decision of the Kyiv City Council, Victor Pinchuk was conferred with the title of the ‘Honoured Citizen of Kyiv’ for the ‘valuable personal contribution to the development of business in Ukraine and in the city of Kyiv, for strengthening the international authority of the Ukrainian capital – Kyiv – and for personal merits in the state, public, philanthropic and cultural activity, and on the occasion of the celebration of Kyiv Day’

Second Zavtra.UA Youth Forum in Kyiv brought together over 300 Ukraine’s top students

The 2nd Youth Forum of the nationwide scholarship programme ‘Zavtra.ua’ of the Victor Pinchuk Foundation was held from 16 to 19 May. The event gathered 318 top students from all over Ukraine, the winners of this year’s Zavtra.UA competition

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About 10 000 Visitors Have Seen the Exhibition of Damien Hirst at the PinchukArtCentre Over the Three First Days

The Kyivites and the guests of the Ukrainian capital showed an unprecedented interest in the exhibition of Damien Hirst ‘Requiem’ that opened for the public access on Saturday, April 25. About 10 000 people visited the exhibition at the PinchukArtCentre and in the especially erected pavilion with the artist’s ‘sharks’ over the first three days since the vernissage

Damien Hirst and the Victor Pinchuk Foundation Opened a New Neonatal Centre ‘Cradles of Hope’ in Kyiv

On April 22, 2009, based at the Neonatological Centre of the National Children's Specialized Hospital ‘Okhmatdyt', the 17th centre ‘Cradles of Hope' was opened in Kyiv

Aleksander Kwasniewski is prepared to advocate Ukraine’s interests in the European Union

In his speech on 15 April 2009 at the Diplomatic Club, organised by the Arseniy Yatseniuk Foundation ‘Open Ukraine' and the Victor Pinchuk Foundation in partnership with YES (Yalta European Strategy), the ex-President of Poland Alexander Kwasniewski expressed his readiness to defend Ukraine's interests regarding its EU membership

The Country’s Pride Prize was awarded in Kyiv on 10 April 2009

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