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Hello, Tim! I’d like to write you about newspapers and magazines in Ukraine. The pages of newspapers carry articles on our economy, industry, agriculture and social life. Practically all newspapers give weather forecasts, radio and TV programmes. But there are some specialized newspapers that give only TV programmes. They also give brief accounts of new films or the films that one can see on TV. The beginning of the Ukrainian press is considered the “Kharkiv Weekly”, founded in 1812. In those days newspapers tried to attract readers’ attention to the problems of economic, political and cultural life of this country. The first literary works in Ukrainian and investigations of Ukrainian folklore appeared on their pages. Today Ukraine has a large variety of newspapers and magazines. One can find newspapers of all kinds: national and local, official and private, special newspapers for children, teenagers, for all kinds of fans — sport fans, music fans, etc. Business newspapers, women’s magazines, car fans newspapers are very fam ous. There are also a lot of “free” newspapers, which specialize in advertising. The freedom of press has become real today. Every newspaper has its readers. I prefer to read “Natali” , “Stolichnye Novosti”. They are very interesting, I like their style and I read almost all their articles from beginning to end. W rite me about newspapers and magazines in your country. Love, Olga