White cabbage prices jumped 15% up on retail markets in Uzhgorod, Zakarpattya oblast center; Lyudmila Dzyamko, the Market Information Specialist of Zakarpattya office, Agricultural Marketing Project, provided this information to "Agrooglyad: Vegetables and Fruits" journal.

Taras Mikhalik is helping to lay the foundations for Ukraine's success at the UEFA European Under-21 Championship.

An outstanding event occurred in the city of Uzhgorod as the Jewish community celebrated the Bar Mitzva of a young member.

The Toronto International Film Festival, which began with such high hopes 10 days ago, limps into port tomorrow with its tattered flags still flying. It was a time of cinematic surprises, big-budget disappointments, late-night celebrity-spotting and elevator rides with stars

PRAGUE, September 22, 2006 (RFE/RL) -- Last week the Transcarpathian Oblast Council appealed to Ukraine's president, prime minister, and parliamentary speaker to grant Rusyns in the region an official status of ethnic minority (nationality).

Dominated by the Carpathian Mountains, the region of Transcarpathia in western Ukraine looks stunning, but for years this was one of the poorest parts of Europe.