President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko delivered a speech on the occasion of the Day of Independence, August 24 2007, in which he said, “I believe in Ukraine in which the Ukrainian spirit reigns supreme, in which there is a distinct national character, in which there is one state language.”
Sandra Roelofs
Mrs Roelofs, wife of the President of Georgia, is Dutch by birth and Georgian by destiny. “I’m happy to use this opportunity to express my love and respect for the Ukrainian people. Ukraine has a special significance for me. Ukraine has always touched my imagination and fantasy.”
Enigmatic Pinzel
We know that Pinzel’s art flourished in the mid-eighteenth century, that he must have died in the 1770s. We know that he decorated with his sculptures churches and city halls in the towns and villages of western Ukraine. And we know that his works put him among the greatest sculptors the world has known.
Vasyl Virastyuk
Vasyl Virastyuk has won the title of The Strongest Man in Ukraine many times over; he was a member of the Ukrainian team that won the title of the Strongest Nation in the World in 2003, 2004, 2006 and 2007. “To fully realize how it feels, you’ve got to go through it all yourself.”