Cultural diplomacy becomes a powerful force during the war, it shapes perceptions and helps nations to build connections on a deeper, emotional level. While the world hosts countless political and economic summits each year, truly global cultural events that bring...

“My whole life has been a road to prison”, recalls Joseph Zissels, a Ukrainian public figure and human rights activist of Jewish origin. In the 1970s, he was an active participant in the Ukrainian dissident movement and joined the Ukrainian...

While Ukrainian defence forces battle the Russians on the front lines, civilians in occupied territories risk their lives to assist from behind enemy lines. Despite the ever-present fear of torture or death, the drive to expel the occupiers fuels acts...

For centuries, Ukraine was effectively a colony of Russia, with Ukrainian culture constrained and forced to develop under deeply complex and often dramatic conditions. Ukrainian artists faced relentless repression, bans, and persecution from their self-proclaimed “big brother”, leaving them with...

This episode of “Ukraine Through the Eyes of Others” features Hugues Mingarelli, former EU ambassador to Ukraine from 2016 to 2019.

How is Russia implementing cognitive occupation? What challenges will Ukraine face after the liberation of the occupied territories, and why do we need to make sure that children who had to grow up under occupation do not turn against Ukrainians...