Stories
EU restores safe water supply for 100,000 Ukrainians affected by war
The sound of water flowing from a tap should be ordinary, not a luxury. Nevertheless, for hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians, something as ordinary as water in their own homes has become a reminde…
Promoting IT during the war: Lviv IT cluster and how EU4Digital helps
In recent years, especially during the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the city of Lviv has strengthened its role as one of the main technological hubs of Central and Eastern Europe
Frontline digitalisation: Kharkiv IT Cluster collaborations
The Kharkiv IT Cluster in Ukraine is actively working to attract funding and partnerships and to strengthen the ecosystem that supports technology businesses, even in times of crisis
How EU4Youth is driving opportunity and success among young Ukrainians
Every success story begins with an opportunity – a moment when someone dares to take a step forward
“When we go to class, it’s a holiday for us”
Nina Gladenka lives with her husband in the city of Pryluky, in the Chernihiv region. Now the couple is retired, so they devote almost all their time to caring for their youngest daughter Olena
“Local School Rehabilitation for Resilience” Initiative
“Local School Rehabilitation for Resilience” Initiative
Restoring community and environment in northern Ukraine
Working in Ukraine is harder now due to the Russian war, but I believe there is always a silver lining
Rising from ashes: EU loan helps revive paper factory in Chernihiv, Ukra…
The story of Amethyst, a company that produces high-quality toilet paper and paper towels, begins in 1990, and in more than one way it’s a story of invention being born of necessity
On the forefront of emergency medicine
What Anton Atroshyn loves most about his job is a specific moment: coming home after a long shift, exhausted but carrying the feeling of having done his duty.
Protect and rebuild: Ukrainian veterans successfully adapt to peaceful life
When Ukrainian veteran Vadym Holoyuk was demobilised, he found the world around him and the labour market had changed beyond recognition
New skills – new opportunities for development: EU supports vocational e…
Olha Ostapenko, aged 36, lives in the village of Vepryk, in the Poltava region of central Ukraine. She is a single mother raising her three-year-old son alone, an internally displaced person (IDP),…
Supporting Ukrainian civil society during Russia’s continued aggression
Hennadii Vypynashko is a Ukrainian human rights defender who has coordinated the Protection Programme of the Educational Human Rights House Chernihiv