Society & Culture

On the eve of International Students' Day, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky met with representatives of student government bodies from over 200 higher education institutions across Ukraine. He emphasized that youth is the future of the country. This was reported by the Office of the President, according to Ukrinform. "The unity of all young people, wherever a student might be today, is extremely important to us. It is an integral part of the strength of our state. Student life during the war is a difficult and challenging time, but it is incredibly important both for you and for the entire…

One of the key objectives for the Ukrainian delegation at the 29th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29) in Baku, Azerbaijan, is to showcase the environmental damage caused by Russia's war against Ukraine. This was stated by the Minister of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources, Svitlana Hrynchuk, in an interview with BBC, as reported by Ukrinform. "One of our main tasks at COP29 is to show the entire world the environmental consequences of Russia's war against Ukraine," Hrynchuk said. According to the minister, the damage includes landmines, burned forests, significant pollution of water…

In western Ukraine’s Prykarpattia, local authorities deployed all available Invincibility Points, open 24/7, to keep residents warm as central heating supply was severed after a Russian missile attack on the generation facility in the area. Burshtyn Mayor Vasyl Andriyeshyn announced this on Facebook page, Ukrinform reports. "Today we were again targeted in a missile attack. As a result of the strike, the heat generating company that provides Burshtyn with central heating sustained damage. In this situation, it is important that the Invincibility Points operate. We have 10 of them. Now they are open around the clock," Andriyeshyn assured. According to…

On November 11, Kyiv hosted the world premiere of Creonte, the first opera by Ukrainian composer Dmytro Bortnyanskyy. Herman Makarenko is a People's Artist of Ukraine, conductor at Ukraine’s National Opera, artistic director of the Kyiv-Classic Orchestra, Head of the UNESCO Chair in Music, Education and Science for Peace, Doctor of Arts (History), Honorary Citizen of Kyiv, Ambassador of Ukrainian Culture, UNESCO Artist for Peace. In an interview with Ukrinform, he told about how this real treasure was rediscovered after being considered missing for nearly 250 years. After all, this conspicuous work by the baroque composer, singer and conductor is…

In the grand final of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, which took place today in Madrid, Georgia sealed the win, while Ukraine’s representative, 12-year-old Artem Kotenko, took third place. This was reported by Suspilne Kultura, Ukrinform saw. The entry by Georgia’s Andrey Putkaradze, To My Mom, won the contest. The winner started singing at the age of two, later joining the vocal ensemble "Children of the Sea". He plays the piano at the Zakaria Paliashvili music school. His biggest achievement is winning the popular TV talent competition RANINA, hosted by GPB. The representative of Ukraine, Artem Kotenko, was born in…

Ukraine's Ambassador to Germany, Oleksiy Makeiev, along with Ukrainian activists, criticized the "anti-war march" organized by the Russian opposition, scheduled to be held in Berlin on November 17. This was reported by an Ukrinform correspondent. In an op-ed for Zeit, the Ukrainian envoy wrote: "There are many indications that the march organized by Yulia Navalnaya, Ilya Yashin, and Vladimir Kara-Murza will be a November walk without dignity and consequences. A PR campaign, whose target group is not the Russian population, but the German mass media and politicians." Makeiev is convinced that the rally is evidence of the struggle for Germany's…

Tolerance shapes the basis of peace and harmony, gives strength to accept diversity, and see it as public wealth. That’s according to the Parliamentary Commissioner for human rights, Dmytro Lubinets, who made the statement on International Tolerance Day, Ukrinform reports. "This day reminds us of the value of tolerance, understanding and respect for every person, regardless of their origin, faith, views, or way of life," he noted. According to the ombudsman, tolerance is the basis of peace and harmony, it unites, not divides. "It gives us the strength to accept diversity and see it as public wealth," he added. Read…

Another 15 Ukrainian children have been returned to the government-controlled territory from the temporarily occupied territories of the Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions. This was announced by Mykola Kuleba, the founder of the charitable organization Save Ukraine, on Facebook, Ukrinform reports. “We helped another fifteen Ukrainian children to leave the temporarily occupied territories of the Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions thanks to the coordinated cooperation with Bring Kids Back UA,” he wrote. In total, according to Kuleba, the organization has managed to return 538 children who found themselves in difficult conditions due to the Russian occupation. Read also: Two children…

Almost 40% of the population in Ukraine needs humanitarian assistance. UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Ukraine Matthias Schmale said this at a press briefing on Friday, according to an Ukrinform correspondent. “As we are not only approaching winter but also the sad 1,000-day mark since the Russian Federation’s full-scale invasion in 2022, we are of course thinking of the more than 12,000 people who have been killed. And almost 40% of the population in Ukraine needs humanitarian assistance,” he said To date, civilian infrastructure has been decimated with over 2,000 attacks now on healthcare facilities and two million damaged homes, the…

The Chernihiv region has received 98 generators of various capacities from the European Union as part of a project to provide uninterrupted power supply to frontline areas. Viacheslav Chaus, the head of the Chernihiv Regional Military Administration, wrote this in a Facebook post, Ukrinform reports. "The Chernihiv region has received 98 generators of various capacities from the European Union," Chaus said. The regional governor noted that the transfer of aid took place within the framework of the project to provide uninterrupted power supply to frontline areas, which is being implemented in seven regions by the EU Civil Protection Mechanism with…