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Automaidan activists organize Poroshokin rally in Kyiv
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Happening now: #Poroshokin Rally at Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko’s residence/palace gate.
Oct 31, 2015
Improving and reforming health care in Ukraine: Сanadian-Ukrainian collaboration
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…
Oct 30, 2015
Canadian Medical Team Returning to Ukraine
[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.
Oct 22, 2015
Court hearing on the murders committed during Euromaidan protests
A courtroom revisits one of Ukraine’s most tragic moments—the Euromaidan killings—where new evidence and testimony continue to shape the search for justice.
Oct 8, 2015
In memory of a fallen Ukrainian soldier
[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…
Oct 7, 2015
Thousands of Hasidic Jews came to Uman to celebrate Rosh Hashanah
[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.
Sep 17, 2015
Nadiya Savchenko’s book written in detention presented at Lviv Book Forum
[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…
Sep 11, 2015
Rain forced the “IDP and Leopolitans Festival” indoors—but it didn’t dampen its message.
A small festival in Lviv brought together displaced Ukrainians and locals—where art, memory, and resilience turned a rainy day into a powerful moment of unity.
Sep 8, 2015
New patrol police take oath in Odessa
[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.
Aug 25, 2015
From Duke to the sea and back: Odessa sets up vyshyvanka record
[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.
Aug 24, 2015
Flags that Ukrainian servicemen carried in combat showcased on National Flag’s Day
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.
Aug 23, 2015
Odessa traditionally unfolds huge Ukrainian flag
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] 23 August, a 24-metre-long Ukrainian flag was traditionally unfolded on Odessa Potemkin Steps as a part of theVyshyvanka Festival. This Flag Day event takes place in Odessa for the 7th time already.
Aug 23, 2015