World Town Twinning Week. Zaporizhzhia — Lahti: 2,516 km of gratitude

28.04.2023

Last Sunday of April, the world celebrates Town Twinning Day. On this occasion, we send our warmest regards from Zaporizhzhia to twin cities across the world. The Finnish city of Lahti was the first to establish a twinning relationship with Zaporizhzhia — in 1953. Of all the twin cities, Lahti is probably the most famous one…

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World Town Twinning Week. Zaporizhzhia — Linz: 1,988 km of gratitude

28.04.2023

Last Sunday of April, the world celebrates Town Twinning Day. On this occasion, we send our warmest regards from Zaporizhzhia to twin cities across the world. Zaporizhzhia and Linz in the Republic of Austria became partners back in 1983. This May, the two cities celebrate forty years of twinning relationships. These days, Linz supports Ukrainians who…

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World Town Twinning Week. Zaporizhzhia —Belfort: 2,612 km of gratitude

27.04.2023

Last Sunday of April, the world celebrates Town Twinning Day. On this occasion, we send our warmest regards from Zaporizhzhia to twin cities across the world. Zaporizhzhia and Belfort in France have been sister cities since 1967. In fact, France was one of the first countries to support Ukraine’s independence and state sovereignty. Every year, hundreds…

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World Town Twinning Week. Zaporizhzhia — Oberhausen 2,434 km of gratitude

26.04.2023

Last Sunday of April, the world celebrates Town Twinning Day. And we are delighted to congratulate and thank our partner cities on this occasion. Zaporizhzhia has quite a history of cooperation with twin cities. Over the past year, we could appreciate the true value of such inter-municipal friendship and partnership. Our twin cities were the…

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Supporting children with special educational needs

25.04.2023

An innovative space for children with special educational needs was opened in Zaporizhzhia’s Inclusive resource centre. Representatives of partner organizations, the Association of Ukrainian Cities and UNICEF, attended an opening ceremony to present the first results of the joint project. The Inclusive resource centre provides psychological and pedagogical support for families with children in need…

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Shelter: A safe space for IDPs opened in Zaporizhzhia

19.04.2023

Cooperation between the City council, donor organizations and volunteers results in new housing solutions for internally displaced people and citizens who lost their homes because of Russian military aggression. At the beginning of the full-scale invasion, Zaporizhzhia City Council signed a Memorandum of Cooperation with the NGO “Protection of Women of Ukraine”. Within this partnership,…

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