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European Integration Through Culture: TANDEM Exchange Ukraine
2014 and 2015 are the years when the second round for the European program TANDEM Ukraine unites cultural organisations from Ukraine with partners from the EU countries. The aim of the program is to connect and inspire cultural managers by supporting the sharing of knowledge and experience across geographical and cultural borders. TANDEM …
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Comic Con Has Arrived to Kyiv
Thanks to the ambition of Oleksandr and Maria Shagura, Kyiv is hosting its own Comic Con this weekend (6 – 7 June 2015), with blackjack and own marketplace, which is going to sell everything that geeks desire: from comics, to souvenirs and crafted products. This is an extract from an interview by Polina Bulgakova …
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Kyiv has got its first co-working for moms. Dads will like it too.
A new co-working space for parents with kids has opened in Kyiv recently. ‘Zelenka’, hasn’t got a ‘keep quiet’ policy, so it’s ok if your kids start to cry. Dream Kyiv talked to the founder of Zelenka Herca Gronova about her new space. Her two kids, three years old Kvitka (Flower, – Ukrainian), and eight …
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The first pop-up community garden of Kyiv
Members of the initiative group “Podolyanochka” have created a small garden on the corner of the streets Spas’ka and Volos’ka in Kyiv. About 100 pallets and 80 boxes with flowers was brought to the territory of the future “Samosad” garden during the morning of the 16th of May. This is a translation of two articles …
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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 …
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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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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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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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 …
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Free & Green Gym of Lviv
When we think about getting fit and improving our health, by default most of us start to think about signing up for a gym membership. But the problem with gyms is that too often they require a lot of willpower to go through the initial stage of finding the right one, the sign-up process, and …