Exchange rates (december'03)
National currency - hryvnya (UAH) and kopejka.
1 USD = 5.00 UAH

Medical assistance
All European standards relating to medical assistance have been adopted in Ukraine. Larger towns have their own clinical centers or hospitals.

Opening times

	banks	shops
Monday-Friday	9:00-17:00	9:00-18:00
Saturday	9:00-12:00	8:00-13:00

Some shops are also open in the evening and on holidays and Sundays.

Public Holidays

January 1	New Year
January 7	Christmas
March 8	Women's Day
-	Easter Sunday and Monday
May 1,2	May Day holiday
-	Pentecost
May 9	Victorys Day
June 28	Constitution Day
August 24	Independence Day

Electricity supply
220 V, 50 Hz.

Time zone
Ukraine is in the continental European time zone, GMT+2. Local summer time is GMT+1.

Petrol
1 liter of Eurosuper petrol costs 4.50 UAH.
The main petrol stations at border crossing and on main roads leading into the centers of main towns are open 24 hours a day. Other petrol stations are open 7:00-20:00, Monday to Saturday.

Speed Limits (km/h)

	Personal cars	Buses
Expressways	130	80
Main highways	110	80
Regional roads	90	80
Urban areas	60	60

Important phone numbers

Fire brigade	01
Police	02
Emergency first aid	03
Airport (Uzhgorod)	+380 03122 34165 +380 03122 42974
Uzhgorod Railway Station	+380 03122 32300, 32333 932962
Uzhgorod Bus Station	+380 03122 32127, 34007, 22222
Uzhgorod Bus Station 2	+380 03122 37004

Border crossing
Ukraine has international road and rail border crossing with Hungary, Slovakia, Poland and Romania (Moldova, Belarus, Russia).

Passports, visas
A valid passports is required for business or tourist visits to Ukraine for a period of three months.

Custom duties
Personal items may be brought into and taken out of Ukraine by foreign citizens without payment of custom duty. Most border crossing have duty-free shops. Ukrainian customs officials carry out there duties very extensively, thus, you should be prepared that it will take some time to cross our border. But be patient, wonderful rest will compensate all this.

A few Ukraine words and phrases

Hello	Добрий день (Dobryj den')
Good morning	Добрий ранок (Dobryj ranok)
Good evening	Добрий веч_р (Dobryj vechir)
Goodbye	До побачення (Do pobachennja)
Please, thanks	Прошу, дякую (Proshu, djakuju)
Excuse me	Вибачте (Vybachte)
What's the time?	Котра година? (Kotra godyna?s)
How much does this cost?	Скільки це коштує? (Skil'ky koshtuje?)
The bill, please	Рахунок, будь ласка (Rahunok, bud' laska)
Where is the toilet?	Де туалет? (De tualet?)