EVENT 'DAYS OF UKRAINIAN CULTURE' BEGINS IN ZAGREB

ZAGREB, Jan 13 (Hina) - "The Days of the Ukrainian Culture" were opened at the city library of Zagreb on Tuesday evening. This event, which will be held by 25 January, is a part of the cultural programme called "World in Zagreb" that began with "Days of America" on October 30 last year. The first secretary of the Ukrainian Embassy in Croatia, Eugen Pascenko, spoke of the rich culture and history of his country. Pascenko recalled that Croatia was the first country to recognise Ukraine on December 5, 1991, and his country was the first to recognise Croatia on December 11, 1991. He announced the presentation of a book entitled "Etnogeneza i mitologija Hrvata Ukrajine (Ethnogenesis and mythology of Croats of Ukraine)" The Association of Ukrainians and Ruthenians carried out a cultural programme during last night's opening. Besides, an exhibition of Boris Pronin, was put on as a part of the event. Pronin has already staged his exhibitions in Kiev, Budapest and Moscow. Ukrainians also exhibited their children's books to Zagreb citizens. This exhibition was opened by the second secretary of the Ukrainian Embassy, Jirij Lisenko. (hina) ms