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A group of pediatric urologists and surgeons from Canada came to Lviv to share their experience and knowhow with their Ukrainian colleagues. They worked at the Lviv Metropolitan Pediatric Clinic from October 19-23. The Children of Chornobyl Canadian Fund and the Ukrainian Canadian Congress sponsored the trip.

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]A third team of Canadian doctors is awaited in Ukraine to conduct a Master Class for Ukrainian Military surgeons as well as to perform reconstructive surgeries on victims of Russian military intervention in Ukraine.

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Generally, most journalists do not attend the most important and the most interesting court hearings. Those hearings are well worth attending.

Investigation results of terror act against MH17 released today by Bellingcat – platform by and for citizen investigative journalists.

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_images_carousel images=”14228,14227″ onclick=”link_no” min_items=”2″ max_items=”2″][vc_column_text]Today, October 7th, is the birthday of my foster son, my little boy Artem Netrunenko (Umar). Today he would have turned 26. Artem and his brothers-in-arms were killed by a mortar on July 12, 2014, near the town of Zhovte in a military clean up operation…

[vc_row inner_container=”no”][vc_column][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Nearly 30,000 Jews have flocked to the Ukrainian town of Uman to celebrate Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year.

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] On 10 September at the Lviv Book Forum Vira Savchenko presented the book that her sister Nadiya wrote in detention in Russia. Entitled “Strong name Nadiya” the Ukrainian-language book published by Yustinian publishing house was presented at the forum’s main location – Palace of Arts on Kopernyka street.

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]On 5 September men and women of crafts – internally displaced persons from Crimea, eastern Ukraine and Lviv natives presented their works at the “IDP and Leopolitans Festival in Lviv”.

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Today the most prominent reform of Ukraine so far has reached Odessa: new patrol police have taken oath to protect public order and to serve Ukrainian citizens.

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Today Odessa has become a patriotic capital of Ukraine and set up a new record of vyshyvanka dressed people standing in chain.

Exhibition of Ukrainian flags that the servicemen were carrying in combat opened on Sofiyska square in Kyiv on 23 August – the Day of Ukraine’s National Flag.

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Today Ukrainian expats celebrate the National Flag Day of Ukraine all over the world. EMPR has got an opportunity to get an insight of how it is done in Berlin.