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 [...]
Dnister is excited to congratulate Natalie Soloczynskyj, the winner of the $1,000 prize from our Visa Debit Facebook draw! Thank you to all entrants for helping make the Visa Debit draw a success! Be sure to keep an eye out on our Facebook page for future promotions. Image: Natalie Soloczynskyj (winner) and Liam Tiernan (Dnister [...]
Students of the Ukrainian Community School in Adelaide celebrated the end of term with delicious lovingly prepared Pasky gifted by the Ukrainian Women's Association in SA and lots of learning about Ukrainian Easter! The school would also like to thank everyone's community spirit in supporting their raffle where the monies will help provide needed resources. [...]
What a weekend! It was organised and you came. A momentous event for fans of Okean Elzy and the Ukrainian Australian Community! Dnister was honoured to have been able to participate and support the tour in Australia. Thank you Okean Elzy, Susy Productions and their sponsors Kyivstar, UIA! We are all grateful to those [...]
Dnister is proud to continue its ongoing support of Ukrainian youth organisations across Australia and its longstanding relationship with Ukrainian Scouting Organisation ‘Plast’. The 2016/2017 camp celebrated 105 years since Plast was formed. Dnister congratulates Plast on their milestone, their achievements over the years and is proud to have been one of the [...]
Dnister held its 57th Annual General Meeting on Sunday 6 November 2016 at the Ukrainian Orthodox Church Hall in Essendon. The meeting was well attended by Members including representatives from the Latvian community. We were pleased to welcome our new Latvian members to their first AGM following the legal merger of Latvian Australian Credit Co-operative [...]
