In order to give access to good movies to as many people as possible, in 2017, the Arthouse Traffic company established the “Kinoklub” project. A grant from the EU programme “Culture Bridges” helped to create a website with a catalogue where anyone can get a film for a non-commercial screening for free. Read more
In 1971, architect and archaeologist Mykhailo Rozhko discovered a Kyivan Rus-time fortress — Tustan, near the Boykos village of Urych in Lviv region. After the death of Mykhailo, his son Vasyl founded a reserve and headed the museum of the fortress. Read his story about the history of Tustan and how 11 artists from Ukraine, Belarus, Poland and Russia in the summer of 2018 created 12 interesting art objects there using a grant from the EU Creative Europe programme. Read more
Little remains from this fortress, basically only traces, but Tustan is still one of the most interesting tourist attractions in this region of the Carpathians. Read about a grant from the EU Creative Europe programme for development of unique Tustan Reserve and another EU project on the reconstruction of the Cultural Center “Cottage in Hlyboke”. Read more
The more the public and international donors put pressure on the Ukrainian elites concerning anti-corruption reforms, the more the latter stick together to confront these reforms. Chatham House advises to change tactics. Read more
Olha has founded the company with two friends 14 years ago, having only $100 each in their pocket. At that time, the business idea seemed to be a risk. Now she is the director of the company, Ukrainian manufacturer of orthopedic and medical goods. Read more
Chile is the world’s leading producer and exporter of blueberries. Ukrainian entrepreneurs, who are now confidently regaining their place in the EU market, visited Chile to adopt the best practices of a successful country. Read more
Ukraine has the framework exercising parliamentary control over the observance of human rights, which is the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights. An “ombudsman” in accordance with the European terminology. They cooperate with him on the issues of observing the rights of persons at places of confinement, discrimination, protection of the rights of children, women, etc. However, the ombudsman does not have a structure that would deal with the electoral rights of citizens for now. Read more
There is the ATC simulator on the Internet within the framework of decentralization. The game is based on typical challenges and problems of local self-government. You will have to make important decisions in the life of your community that can affect a variety of factors. Read more
As you know, to reach the horizon, an imaginary line of the earth touching the sky, is physically impossible. Since the earth is round, as much as we try to get closer to it, it gets farther anyways. However, some people sometimes manage to prove that impossible is nothing. Physicists of Uzhhorod National University, for example, managed to achieve almost a fantastic result: to be recognized by the leading European research centers, and get a significant financial “bonus” with it. Read more
Dariia has been teaching English at the Novopillia Educational Complex near the city of Kryvyi Rih for 12 years already. In 2014, she encountered a post about the eTwinning Plus program on social media, which allowed implementing foreign projects, communicating in foreign languages with European states. Read more
