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Where is rice in Ukraine?

Does the thought of rice plantations immediately remind you of Thailand, Bali, and Vietnam? On the contrary, rice has also been cultivated in Ukraine since the beginning of the 20th century. In the past, more than half of all Ukrainian...

Kosiv: A Motorcycle Club amid the Mountains

The Carpathian town Kosiv, which is mainly known in Ukraine for its ceramics and the traditional market, has been also familiar to moto culture fans for a long time. A local enthusiast Vasyl Kuryshchuk has been developing it for 40...

Olia Hercules. Borshch à la Great Britain

The British people cook Ukrainian borshch, varenyky and other exotic and previously unknown dishes. Olia Hercules, a Ukrainian chef, culinary writer and food stylist who has lived in London for almost twenty years, has taken the lead to introduce the...

10 years of war as portrayed by Ukrainian cinema

From a Best International Film award to an Oscar nomination, Ukraine has been winning film critics’ hearts through portrayals of life during the Russo-Ukrainian war. The past ten years in Ukraine have been brought to life on the big screen...

No, the members of Azov aren’t neo-Nazis

When announcing the invasion of Ukraine, Putin proclaimed “denazification” as one of the ultimate goals of his “special military operation”. To most people around the world, this sounded like absolute nonsense, a claim founded solely based on Putin’s sick imagination...

Michel and his Carpathian Buffaloes

— Who do you want to see? — asks an elderly man as he continues digging in his garden. — Michel… Michel Jacobi — the German fellow who breeds buffaloes here. Do you know him? — Who doesn’t?! Of course,...

How volunteers from Zgraya rescue people and animals during the war

The Ukrainian volunteer movement has become a large-scale phenomenon that united the entire country and helped the nation withstand the Russian invasion. Zgraya was among the organisations that brought together Ukrainians from different parts of the country. Founded in Kyiv...

Decolonisation: Bernard-Henri Lévy on decolonisation and the future of democracy

In this episode of “Decolonisation”, Bernard-Henri Lévy, a renowned French philosopher, author, and public intellectual, shares his insights on the shifting dynamics of power in the modern world and the threats facing democracies around the globe.

Why does Russian culture deserve to be cancelled

Before enemy tanks enter a country, the aggressor country “drives through” the culture. It plants its own narratives and suppresses the ones that dominate the territory. By wedging desired ideas into the cultural field, Russia creates a favourable environment for...