Ukraine Has Got Its First Community Backed Restaurant. And It’s Delicious!
The Ukrainian city of Ivano-Frankivs’k is a warm pal of Lviv. Located 130km south, it takes only 2,5 hours by train to get from one city to another. Although, Lviv’s reputation of the city of architecture, culture, and coffee shops has been already established for years, Ivano-Frankivs’k is catching up fast. Thanks to its local charm, close proximity to …
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Why Lviv Attracts Tech Talent? A Look at Ukrainian IT Centre
Lviv is the only city in Ukraine where authorities fixed at the legislative level a program of cooperation with innovative businesses. In a relatively short time of development, Ukrainian innovative technology market was divided into a few bright spheres of influence. Now, you can notice what cities, to speak so, will lead the national IT …
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Is It Allowed To Take A Bicycle On A Train In Ukraine?
The short answer is yes. However, there are certain guidelines you need to follow in order to make your experience of the trip smooth. 1. Have a bicycle bag or a cover. It doesn’t matter if it’s a fancy one, costing a hundred Euros, or a piece of film for a few Euros. You …
Impact Hub Odesa Review
There is a place where the world is changing. This place is in Odesa. Hub – it’s a unique fusion of knowledge, ideas, and experience. It’s an intersection of social life, government, and business. Our friends say: “You’ve got an idea? – bring it to Hub”. Here, you will meet people who will support any initiative …
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Art, Food, and Kyiv, by a Celebrity Chef Tom Wolfe
A New Yorker, a Londoner, and a world traveller. Tom Wolfe is an artist, and a celebrity chef, who worked around the globe and visited Ukraine many times. Recently, I had a chance to ask him about his work, travels, and his favourite places in Kyiv. Tell us about what you do. I …
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Odesa Wonderland & Gesheft Market
Four times a year, Odesa is the host city for a trendy design market, “Gesheft”. Which started as a garage sale organised by friends in a flat and became big enough to occupy pretty large venues. A different venue for each event. On its stalls, you can find anything from small handmade art objects, to …
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Three Reasons Why This Is The Best Time To Visit Ukraine
For the last 24 years, Ukraine has been an independent country. At least, formally. In reality, it’s development was stagnant due many internal issues, as well as external dependencies. Making it, not so independent. Things started to change recently, thanks to daring Millennials generation. Who initiated internal processes that manifested in the revolution of …
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The Meaningful Travel Manifesto
It’s a mobile world. Forget about travelling like a local. Today, you ARE a local everywhere. The question is, can you truly feel a connection with the place where you are at the moment? Can you understand it, engage with it, feel yourself a part of it? In order to connect with a place, …
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IT Volunteers in Army SOS
This article was published in Pravda.com.ua, by Galyna Tytysh. Translated by NovaEuropa. Unlike many other volunteer centres, Kyiv’s office of “Army SOS” is not like a bustling anthill, where a bunch of people are running around. It is rather a hub, where in the first room IT volunteers build drones, in the second discuss future …
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Language practice: Seven language clubs of Lviv
The article was originally published in tvoemisto.tv, by Hanna Vlasuyk. Translated by NovaEuropa. If you’re tired of learning a foreign language from textbooks, or do not want to perform homework in a language course, then the community Exchange Language Club Lviv is for you. Get involved in language clubs to practice English, Spanish, Italian, German, …
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The Travellers of War. Part 3. Stories of IT Migrants: How Outsourcers Moved from Donetsk to Lviv
The situation remains tense in the east of Ukraine – shots are constantly thundering in Donetsk, and the civilians are leaving the region to save their own lives and the lives of their families. Major IT companies have long realised that it is impossible to work in such circumstances, so they try to relocate their …
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Rock ‘n Rail Lviv
When visitors first arrive to Lviv, they are fascinated by its architecture and charm. But when they stay in the city longer than a week, they may need to escape the crowds and noise for a bit. Lviv’s parks can help with this. The greatest of them all is Park Znesinnya. It’s a forested, …
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The Travellers of War. Part 2. In search of a new home
“I was born in independent Ukraine and grew up here. I have my citizenship and my passport. I have my country.” For most people, the word refugee brings thoughts of war, economic hardship, and a search for rescue in another country. But in reality, every refugee has their own story. Iryna Simonenko, 17, …
On a Tour of Inspirational Goats
Ukraine is among the biggest exporters of grain, potatoes, and sunflowers in the world. However, for small agricultural businesses it still remains a very difficult place to work in, mostly due to poor legislation that does not favour interests of small farmers, and also due to bureaucracy and corruption. It is no wonder that Ukraine …
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Cultural Intrusion in Downtown Stavanger
This post is not about a place in Eastern Europe, but far beyond it. It’s about a public space in Stavanger, Norway. But the reason it is featured on NovaEuropa is because this is a kind of space I would love to see in Eastern Europe too. It’s a space that you wouldn’t normally expect …