Swedish conductor: Ukraine fights to be a free country with free art, not Russia
In war, the “frontline” generally refers to the combat zone. But, in any war, there are other “fronts”…
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Up to year needed to restore Russian missile damage to Lviv power systems
Russian missile strikes of 15 November inflicted massive blows to Ukraine's power system. Lviv Oblast Head Maksym Kozytskyi…
A walk in war-time Lviv (photos)
"Art for victory," reads the inscription in front of this street musician. Meanwhile, he sings about the war…
Written to the sound of Russian artillery fire, Oleksandr Shchetynsky’s Lacrimosa to be performed in Lviv
Created to the sound of Russian artillery fire, Shchetynsky's musical composition Lacrimosa was written at the request…
How the Lviv train station welcomes Ukrainian refugees fleeing Russia’s war | Photo report
Since the start of Russia's full-blown war against Ukraine, at least 3.7 million Ukrainians have fled the country,…
Lviv diggers demonstrate effectiveness of underground Poltva River as bomb shelter
Territorial defence, bomb shelters, weapons, survival training, first aid kits – today, these are on the list and…
International project renovates priceless frescoes in historic Garrison Church in Lviv
The project was launched back in July 2015 by Father Stepan Susa, who was then the parish priest…
New Lviv Museum showcases clandestine avant-garde art outlawed during Soviet era
How Modernism evolved in western Ukraine Although western Ukraine was occupied at different times during the turbulent years…
Bondi Vesolovsky and Yabtso Jazz: swinging Lviv in the 1920s-30s
Of course, at that time in Polish-ruled Western Ukraine, the Lviv night-club scene was dominated by Polish jazz…
Take a walk at the Lviv Christmas Fair| Photos
The Lviv Christmas Fair (Yarmarok) gathers each year more than 100 craftsmen in 100 wooden shops at two…
Eva.Stories: real-life Holocaust diary on Instagram that was shot by a Ukrainian company in Lviv
What if a girl had an Instagram account during the Holocaust? The account Eva.Stories on the popular social…
Hockey Day in Lviv: Canadian Armed Forces vs Galician Lions
The Ukrainian club included younger members and coaches of children’s teams. The Canadian team had one female member,…
100 years ago: the decline of the Austro-Hungarian Empire & birth of the West Ukrainian National Republic
- What prompted Emperor Karl I to issue a manifesto proclaiming decentralization and the creation of a confederation?…
Craftsman from Lviv makes hurdy-gurdies
Hordiy Starukh was only 3 years old when his mother took him to a concert where he heard…
Indonesian ambassador to establish Indonesia-Lviv cultural cooperations
Indonesian Ambassador to Ukraine Prof. Dr. Yuddy Chrisnandi is currently boosting Indonesian culture in Ukraine. In March, he visited Lviv. The goal was to explore any potential of sister…
A student from Ukraine’s Donbas who lived through war
Three years after the beginning of the de facto war in Donbas, Ukrainians are starting to fix the fundamental problems…
Lviv: the city with (possibly) the most lions in the world | Photos
The west-Ukrainian city of Lviv could very well be a world record-setter by the number of lions on…
Innovative library of Ukrainian Catholic University becomes Lviv’s new hotspot
The five-story building includes a multifunctional library, offices, exhibition centers, and conference halls. Its creators hope it will…
IKEA eyeing production and retail presence in Ukraine
Negotiations are taking place on the possible location of IKEA production units in the Lviv Oblast in Ukraine,…
Blindness is not a sentence. How a Ukrainian programmer codes on par with sighted colleagues
Denys Reveha loved programming from school, mastered his first computer when he was ten, and created his first…