Stories
Clear the land of enemies and pests
For nine years, the enterprise “NPC DESPROFMED” helped large and small institutions in Ukraine to be safe. The company provided disinfection, deratization and disinsection services throughout the c…
How the OrtoSano Clinic Saved Itself and the Military
On February 24, 2022, the doors of the Therapy and Rehabilitation Clinic in Mykolayiv opened despite Russia’s invasion. Almost all clinic staff either fled the city or hid from the invaders’ shelli…
Sweet Enterprise in Bitter Times
In early 2022, Larysa Kapranova owned a house in Mariupol, where she ran a successful confectionery business and led a department at the university. A few months after the start of Russia’s full-sc…
Cheesy, Natural, Ukrainian: Yummy snEco Snacks
Even before the full-scale invasion, crispy cheese balls snEco were much loved by thousands of Ukrainians. Their unique property made it possible to store cheese snacks even without a refrigerator….
“To retreat from your principles means to lose”: Olena Afanasieva on how…
Kherson was under occupation almost since the very beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine. From the first day, the city residents went to rallies, holding Ukrainian flags and chant…
“As long as people are alive, the heritage cannot be destroyed”: an inte…
In 2020-2021, the Centre for Urban History in partnership with the University of St. Andrews and museums in Pokrovsk and Mariupol received an International Cooperation Grant from the House of Europ…
“There is a lot of corporate strategy in volunteering”: how the creative…
On 17 February, House of Europe opened its Pop-up Hub in Kharkiv. There was a cosy evening: the Kharkiv electronic duo Astronata played, the cultural coterie came, as well as the local initiatives …
Museum for Change: how one organisation helps 40 museums survive in wartime
Museum for Change is an Odesa non-governmental organisation founded by Oleksandra Kovalchuk. Oleksandra is currently the acting director of the Odesa Art Museum.
Clear Water during the Great War
Svitlana Molchanova’s company, Clear Water, a water delivery service in Mykolayiv, has not stopped its work since the war’s outbreak. Purified water deliveries continue to supply humanitarian aid d…
The farmer grows business amid war with EU4Business support
One winter day, farmer Andriy Turchyn woke up to calls from his friends. They said something he found hard to believe – the war started. Turchyn quickly checked the news and discovered that Russia …
Grandmothers from Ivano-Frankivsk prove there is life after retirement
The ‘Ba and Di’ project in Ivano-Frankivsk is unique. It involves pensioners, who have set up a club and social enterprise to work with children. After the full-scale war began, a group of elderly …