Danger from above (PHOTOS)
The danger is lurking across the office of the Consulate General of the Republic of Hungary in Uzhgorod on Pravoslavna embankment.
Month: January 2014
Transcarpathia is looking for the “Miracle Child”
With the active support of the State Emergencies Service of Ukraine, the National contest "Miracle Child" will take place for the 6th time. The contest […]
The police seized ammunition from an unemployed resident of Uzhgorod
Uzhgorod policemen, while patrolling the administrative district near the house number 17 on Belinsky street, stopped a 55-year-old unemployed Uzhgorod resident for committing an administrative offense under Art. 173-1 of the CAO (breach of the peace). The man “voluntarily” gave out of his jacket pocket 18 cartridges of 5.6 mm caliber without marking. According to the man, he had found ammunition near the lake on Mynaiska street. The ammunition was seized and sent to the forensic research center at the Office of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for examination.
Transcarpathia is in the top 5 regions with the lowest wages
Transcarpathia is one of five regions of Ukraine with the lowest wages. On average, a resident of Transcarpathia makes 2549 UAH, while the average salary in the country, in November was 3268 UAH. In terms of salaries, Transcarpathia is only ahead of Chernivtsi region – 2524, Kherson region – 2478 and Ternopil region – 2426 UAH. The highest average salary is in Kyiv – 5022 UAH.
At the same time, arrears of wages increase. In November, throughout the country they increased to 1.19 billion hryvnias. In Transcarpathia arrears in wages are 8.3 million hryvnias.
Sinoptik: Weather in Uzhgorod and Transcarpathian region on Thursday, January 9
On Thursday, the weather in Transcarpathian region will be partly cloudy. In Uzhgorod, Mukachevo, Beregovo, Svalyava, Vynogradiv, Khust, Mizhhirya, Rakhiv there may be sleet. The temperature at night will be 0 … +4 degrees, in the daytime – from +2 to +8 degrees. Variable wind, 1-2 m / s. In the second half of the week, partly cloudy weather, sometimes rain is expected.
Christmas celebration on Teatralna (PHOTOS)
Uzhgorod celebrates Christmas at the concert of caroling groups on the main city square.
City nativity scenes – by schools, the Community Center and artistic ensembles – graced the day with bright costumes and carol singing. Despite bad weather, Teatralna Square suddenly became a truly festive place… Christ is born!
State Border Service: border traffic has increased during the holidays
The Western Regional Office of the State Border Service of Ukraine, guarding the border with the European Union and the Republic of Moldova reported a significant increase in passenger and vehicle traffic during the New Year’s and Christmas holidays. Thus, in the period from 1 to 7 of January, over four hundred and twenty thousand people and over one hundred and thirty thousand vehicles crossed the western border, which is 15 percent more than that compared to the same period of 2013. The highest growth was registered on the Ukrainian-Polish border, also there was a significant increase of border traffic at the Ukrainian-Hungarian and Ukrainian-Slovak borders.
In Mukachevo, a tourist from Zaporizhzhya was robbed
On Monday, a 26-year-old resident of Zaporizhzhya filed to Mukachevo city police department a statement about the robbery.
Shame! The square in Uzhgorod still has not been cleaned (PHOTOS)
The miracle has not happened. The debris on Cyril and Methodius square, that has been “decorating” an area in front of the department store “Ukraina” for more than a week, is still there.
Two men lost their cars because of hidden cigarettes (PHOTOS)
As previously reported, recently border guards of the Chop detachment arrested 13 illegal immigrants from Syria, Iraq and Chechnya. However, during the holidays, Transcarpathian border guards caught not only illegal immigrants.