A company in Drohobych became the first in Ukraine to launch production of mushrooms compliant with European requirements. Read more
Day: August 13, 2019
Education Never Stops: the stories of a winemaker, a physicist and a sound designer
‘Never stop learning’ is probably the main message which current world leaders and other influential figures are promoting. Education is the opportunity to thirst for new knowledge, a chance for self-realisation, for professional and personal development and for meeting new people. Together with the Erasmus + programme, Inspired interviewed three Ukrainian students, who decided to pursue a second higher education abroad and hope to motivate others with their example. Read more
Creative Europe helps protect cultural space near Kyiv
According to a survey carried out by Razumkov Centre, almost 70% Ukrainians have never left the country and 36% didn’t read a single book in 2018. ‘If people don’t want to go to culture themselves, then we bring culture to them’, says Anna Dobrova. Dobrova is the co-founder of the public organisation ‘MistoDia’, which helps develop cultural centres on the outskirts of Kyiv. Read more
EU funds sign language theatre performance in Kharkiv
Kharkiv’s Ariadne Mimics and Gesture Theatre has 25 volunteer actors with complete or partial hearing loss. A grant from the EU-funded “Upshift Ukraine” project helped them stage a contemporary adaptation of William Shakespeare’s “The Tamign of the Shrew”, buy costumes, curtains and lighting. The performance is adapted for all spectators – all the dialogues are voiced by announcers, there is music and dancing. The company is going on tour in Ukraine and dreams to make a movie in sign language sometime in the future. Read more
Smart cities and European navigation: how innovations come to Ukraine thanks to Horizon 2020
This article will tell you about what Ukrainian scientists are developing with the support from the EU, and answer the most frequently asked questions about the EU’s Horizon 2020 Program Read more
EU supports technology-savvy business in Ukraine
Using Ukrainian businesses as an example, we will tell you about the companies working successfully with the European Union Read more
EIB provided loan funding for repairs of radiation protection hospital in Kharkiv
Kharkiv Hospital for Radiation Protection annually inspects 95,000 people who suffered from the Chernobyl Disaster from Kharkiv, Donetsk and Luhansk regions. In 2019, the hospital was repaired for the first time in 25 years using the European Investment Bank’s loans and regional budget financing. The operating room can now carry out two operations simultaneously, and the resuscitation unit is one of the best in Kharkiv region. Read more