His Excellency Dr Mykola Kulinich, Ambassador of Ukraine to Australia, hosted an event at the Commonwealth Club in Canberra last Thursday evening (Sept 27) to celebrate the 27th anniversary of the Independence Day of Ukraine. This is the third consecutive year that the Embassy of Ukraine in Australia has held this function. Invited guests [...]
Thank you for visiting DNISTER Ukrainian Credit Co-operative's marquee at the Ukrainian Festival, Queen Victoria Market. We hope you enjoyed the days festivities and the yummy varenyky! We would like to thank the Association of Ukrainians in Victoria for all their efforts in organising an amazing event and for allowing our staff to help [...]
Dnister continued its long tradition of support for the local Ukrainian Community though its role as a Major Sponsor of “Ukraine and the World: Culture, Politics and Society”. The conference was organised by the Mykola Zerov Centre for Ukrainian Studies at Monash University jointly with the Ukrainian Studies Association of Australia and New Zealand [...]
Dnister held its very own national business development and sales seminar at its head office in Essendon over the weekend. The seminar was attended by head office staff, our Deputy Chairman, Michael Kornitschuk and interstate colleagues from our Sydney agency, Adelaide branch and Geelong branch who all made the wonderful effort to be there. The [...]
The Association of Ukrainians in Victoria (AUV) held a very positive and interactive workshop in Essendon yesterday. The workshop was titled "A Strategic Overview on how best to position Ukrainian presence as a community in Victoria” and was led by Max Dumais, an experienced independent facilitator. Max's involvement was jointly funded and sponsored by Dnister [...]
On 19th May 2018, a wonderful group of young Ukrainians in Victoria took stage and celebrated their Debutante Ball. 18 ambitious, talented and upcoming leaders of our community were presented to the community and celebrated together with family and friends. These young individuals have followed a wonderful tradition that was adopted by the Ukrainian Youth [...]
Dnister Ukrainian Credit Co-operative is honoured to support and be the primary sponsors of the Ukrainian Youth Association's (CYM) Debutante Ball and Youth Self Development Course. We thank the Association and their members for their ongoing commitment to community and embracing Dnister as their financial services provider, we enjoyed meeting you and look forward to [...]
CEO Liam Tiernan with CFO Tony O’Brien welcomes its new Dnister Honorary Members and upcoming tennis legend, Marta Kostyuk with mother and trainer Talyna Kostyuk. The Dnister Board, Management and staff congratulate you with your fantastic achievements as the 2017 Junior Australian Open Tennis Champion and amazing achievements this year, the youngest person into the [...]
On behalf of our Community Organisations a BIG thank you to all our Dnister members who opened a Community Saver Account and nominated their favourite community organisation to receive Dnister's annual beneficiary payment. To date over $11,000 in valuable funds have been passed over to member community organisations. Dnister provides great programs, products and services, [...]
After our 58th Annual General Meeting of Dnister Ukrainian Credit Co-operative, we are pleased to advise that the Board has elected a new Chair and Deputy Chair. We congratulate David Hassett as the newly elected Chairman of the Board of Directors and Michael Kornitschuk – as the Deputy Chairman. We acknowledge the strong, [...]
Dnister is pleased to have been a part of a wonderful event in Melbourne, as the Estonians, Latvians, Lithuanians and Finns celebrated their age-old courting and wedding traditions. Our Baltic neighbours showcased their vibrant culture with unique and intricate hand crafts, song and dance and delicious food! Thank you to all who participated and donated at our Photo [...]
Dnister was pleased to support the Embassy of Ukraine in Australia’s "Ukrainian Independence Day Event" held at the Commonwealth Club, Canberra ACT on Monday, 11th September 2017. Our support for this event was provided within the context of our Memorandum of Understanding with the Embassy for the promotion of initiatives that nurture and maintain [...]
Introducing our new Latvian Community and Business Development Officer Angelika Petersons. Angelika has been promoted after years of service to an important newly created role to service the needs of the Latvian Community in Melbourne. Angelika who speaks fluent Latvian will be maintaining a close relationship with our Latvian members and provide servicing from a [...]
Dnister's Deputy Chairman David Hassett, Lending and Member Services Executive Ivanka Bernyk and Member Services Consultant Angelika Petersons had the pleasure of visiting the Daugavas Latvian School in Melbourne who received their inaugural valuable school contribution for 2017. Dnister is excited to have the Latvian Schools and playgroups across Australia join the annual funding program [...]
Members of our Board, Deputy Chairman David Hassett and Board Member Michael Kornitschuk had the pleasure in meeting with Melissa O'Rourke, upcoming Australian Ambassador to Ukraine prior to her commencing her Ambassadorial post beginning September 15! Ms O'Rourke will be based in Kyiv, operating through a partnership arrangement with the Canadian Embassy. Our conversation [...]
