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On October 29th the Concert Performance of Ihor Zhuk and Irene Rozdobudko has taken place as part of FACES Art Club at the initiative of Arseniy Yatsenyuk Open Ukraine Foundation. The star duet’s programme «Romance with flies» was presented to the audience: Ihor performed his own songs accompanied by a guitar, while Irene read some fragments of her works.

Arseniy Yatsenyuk Open Ukraine Foundation invites everyone for the next regular meeting of FACES Art Club that will take place on October 29th at 19:00 at Chasopys Creative Space. This time, famous journalist and writer Irene Rozdobudko and well-known singer and songwriter Ihor Zhuk will be guests and present their joint Concert Performance “Romance with flies”.

Famous Ukrainian writer Oksana Zabuzhko and her novel’s translator Katarzyna Kotynska became laureates of the 8th literary award Angelus-2013. The prize for Zabuzhko in this literature awards was ensured by “The Museum of Abandoned Secrets” that was translated into Polish with the support of Arseniy Yatsenyuk Open Ukraine Foundation.

Olexander BOGOMOLOV, during the Open World Discussion Club that was held on October 17th in Kyiv at the initiative of Arseniy Yatsenyuk Open Ukraine Foundation, said that the international community faced a big challenge of Syria conflict, the critical issue of which is to ensure human security. “Large numbers of Syrians are dying, children do not get education. The sick do not get treatment. And millions of Syrians seek refuge in other countries. Syria conflict demonstrates failure of the UN system,” highlighted the President of the Centre for Middle East Studies.

The Arseniy Yatsenyuk Open Ukraine Foundation informs that the policy paper competition for young professionals to win a participation in the 2nd Youth Kyiv Security Forum has been amended with a new topic for essay writing: «Role of constituent elements of good governance on the way to joining the European Union». The deadline to submit essays has been extended to 23 October.

The Arseniy Yatsenyuk Open Ukraine Foundation initiates informal meeting for young foreign policy professionals as part of “Open World” Discussion Club. On October 17 at 18.30 (registration starts at 18.00) Mr. Martin Day and Mr. Oleksandr Bogomolov will speak about interesting details of Syrian conflict, possible scenarios of its settlement and impact on Ukraine.

At Open World Discussion Club that was held on October 10th in Kyiv at the initiative of Arseniy Yatsenyuk Open Ukraine Foundation and Regional Representation of Friedrich Ebert Foundation in Ukraine, Herta Däubler-Gmelin pointed out that «politicians must be aware that on the international level there is a legal control of their activities». She emphasized that «this is good for their discipline as well as for every citizen».

Iryna Berezhko, an artists, curator and promoter of the Myths and Legends of the Eastern Europe exhibition, visited the opening of her curatorial project in Amsterdam with the support of the Arseniy Yatsenyuk Open Ukraine Foundation. A Ukrainian artist, she made it her aim to familiarise Westerners with the myths and legends of the new Ukraine, which are being formed by contemporary Ukrainian artists.

The Arseniy Yatsenyuk Open Ukraine Foundation in partnership with Representative Office of Friedrich Ebert Foundation in Ukraine and Belarus initiates informal meeting for young foreign policy professionals as part of “Open World” Discussion Club. On October 10 Mrs. Herta Däubler-Gmelin will speak about humans in global security.

Christoph Weil during the Discussion Club Open World, which took place on September 26 in Kiev at the initiative of Arseniy Yatsenyuk Open Ukraine Foundation, noted that “the priority for Ukrainian government is the road to reforms. Ukraine must transform, reform the judicial system and the economy. We want to see how civil society and democracy is built in Ukraine.”