This video is brought to you by non-governmental organization #Babylon’13 as part of their series of short films about internally displaced people in Ukraine. A very positive mother of a big family tells their story to the filming team. They left Donbas and headed to the town of Pavlograd in Dnipropetrovsk oblast where they knew […]
Read moreOne year ago, on September 5, 2014, a first Minsk agreement was signed in Belarus. After hard defeat and tragic losses in Ilovaisk in late summer this agreement looked a like an acceptable plan to resolve the conflict. However, one year after, when we already have the second version of Minsk agreements, it is obvious […]
Read moreIn Ukraine there has been launched ‘New countdown’ program to support business of internally displaced people. The project started on June 2 in Kyiv, Lviv, Odesa and Kharkiv. These are cities that have hosted the largest number of internally displaced people. The project became possible due to support of international fund ‘Renaissance’. ‘New countdown’ project […]
Read moreJanuary 27, 2015 The Verkhovna Rada approved a bill recognizing Russia as aggressor country 271 MP of 298 registered in session hall voted for this decision. Ukrainian Parliament has adopted a bill which recognizes Russia as aggressor country and self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics as terrorist organizations. According to the statement, the Verkhovna Rada […]
Read moreJanuary 17, 2015 Activists on importance of displaced people for Ukrainian development Ukrainian government sees internally displaced people from Crimea and Donbas as burden on social spending. However, they can become moving force for development of necessaty industries and creation of jobs in other regions. Co-founders of initiative ‘All-Ukrainian Organization for internally displaced people’ Alexander […]
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