Stories
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
Year Two of the Deregulation Action Plan in Ukraine: e-Permits, Updated …
The Ukrainian government, along with international organisations supporting this important initiative, set an ambitious goal of easing conditions for entrepreneurs and introducing a new digitalised…
EU 4 Gender Equality partners with the private sector for family-friendl…
According to the World Bank, gender inequality continues to limit women’s full participation in the labour force across Europe and Central Asia
Unconditional love: how dogs are healing the hearts of children in Ukraine
A library in Odesa is full of children accompanied by their parents, though they are not there to trawl the shelves for books. Today is a special day for them, the books are left untouched, as they…
A Spring in Their Step: Zhytomyr sock manufacturer enters new markets wi…
Zhytomyr brand Lehka Khoda (the name in Ukrainian means “Easy Walking”) is one of Ukraine’s largest hosiery manufacturers
Comfortable Future: EU4Business helps Ukrainian street furniture maker f…
For the past six years, the Ukrainian village of Zymna Voda, strategically located next to the ring road leading to the Polish border town of Przemyśl
Venko: Ukrainian 3D wall panel designer taking strides in European marke…
Yuriy Namaka and Taras Yalovenko, entrepreneurs from the town of Radyvylove in the western Ukrainian region of Rivne Oblast, established a small business, Venko Workshop, producing various wooden i…
‘FSB operatives in Kherson hunted me during the occupation’
“Before the full-scale war, everything in my life was fine. Even now, I don’t consider everything in my life bad. The main thing is that I am alive and not where the occupiers are. But I never thou…
Assembling the future: providing new homes for Ukrainians displaced by war
Before Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Inna and her family lived in Enerhodar and worked at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP)
1,000 days of Russia’s full-scale war on Ukraine: 5 facts you need to know
Exactly 1,000 days ago, on 24 February 2022, Russia waged an all-out war on Ukraine. These days will forever be marked by the immeasurable suffering of the Ukrainian people but also by their outsta…
Breaking barriers: from banker to deminer
Formerly employed in a bank for five years, 27-year-old Diana changed her life and focused on her passion of making a difference in her hometown, Mykolaiv, Ukraine. Since October 2023, Diana has be…
Cherishing new life: EU-trained home nurses help families in remote area…
“Some of my patients live 30 to 40 kilometres away from the clinic,” Ruslana says. “The roads are often terrible, and a vehicle is sometimes the only way to reach them.”