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24th May at 19.00 in the creative space Chasopys Arseniy Yatsenyuk Foundation starts another meeting of the Art Club Faces. This time, the guest will be traveler and writer Maksym KIDRUK. The author of the first in Ukraine techno-thriller Bot will tell why commercialization of the book is important, why there are still no “millionaires” like King or Brian Patterson in Ukraine and why it is important to find new niches in modern Ukrainian literature.

On the eve of the Easter holidays Art Club Faces gathered guests for musicale of the young singer Maryna Zubko. The talented singer sang Ukrainian, German romances and folk songs as presented by Ukrainian composers. Maryna sang some songs in a duet with Tetyana Chayka, a student of Tchaikovsky National Academy of Music. Musical accompaniment provided Natalia Shevchenko (piano) and the duet Insight of Ihor Hopchuk (accordion) and Natalia Chahla (Bandura).

“I am convinced that the future of Ukraine is only in the European Union,” said the head of Batkivshchyna, founder of the Foundation Open Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk on Thursday, April 18, at the opening of 6th Kyiv Security Forum organized by the Foundation Open Ukraine.

With the support of Arseniy Yatsenyuk Open Ukraine Foundation Nataliya Fomenko, harpsichord teacher and concert performer took part in the international harpsichordist competition “Wanda Landowska Harpsichord Competition”, which took place in late March in Italy. Nataliya represented historically-oriented performance, which is a very important trend in European countries.

Arseniy Yatsenyuk Open Ukraine Foundation announces the list of international speakers at the 6th Kyiv Security Forum, entitled “Security in Insecure World” to be held on April 18-19, 2013.

The Youth Essay Competition, which took place on March 1-17 as part of the arrangements for the 6th Kyiv Security Forum “Security in Insecure World” has been accomplished. 68 participants from 18 regions of Ukraine, as well as from Poland and Hungary, participated in the Competition.

Official opening of the Paris Book Fair, during which Ukraine is represented by a separate stand for the first time, was held 21st March in France. The Foundation “Open Ukraine” provided support for the presentation of Ukrainian literature. On the opening day of the fair, one of the first visitors to Ukrainian stand became French President François Hollande.

It is necessary to overcome the gender gap and encourage women’s broader representation in politics and business. This opinion was expressed by Kristina WILFORE, director of the regional office of the National Democratic Institute (USA) in Ukraine during the meeting with youth as part of the discussion club “Open the World”, which was held 18th March in Kyiv.

Arseniy Yatsenyuk Foundation “Open Ukraine” will arrange an informal meeting for the students, graduate students and community activists with Kristina WILFORE, Regional Director of National Democratic Institute in Ukraine. The meeting will take place on March 18, 2013 in Kyiv at 18:30.

Writer’s main ambition is to ensure that your books encourage more books because culture should be an avalanche. This view was expressed by the world famous Ukrainian writer Oksana ZABUZHKO during a meeting of the Art Club “Faces”.