Seventy years of town twinning with Lahti

08.10.2023

Last year, Zaporizhzhia and the Finnish city of Lahti resumed active twinning relations. Today, the partners are helping us respond to the challenges of the ongoing war. Learn more about the cooperation between the two cities from the video first produced and broadcast by the municipal TV. Lahti became Zaporizhzhia’s first twin city seventy years…

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Spanish volunteers donated medicines and baby products to the Children’s Hospital

05.10.2023

Foreign volunteers who have been assisting our city since the early days of the full-scale Russian invasion visited Zaporizhzhia. This time, our supporters arrived from Spain to hand over baby formula, diapers, medicine, and medical equipment to the City Children’s Hospital. “We take care of Zaporizhzhia and the Zaporizhzhia region. That’s why this time we…

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Zaporizhzhia – Lahti. Twinning partnership (video)

03.10.2023

Viktoriia Agientaieva, director of the City Development Institute of Zaporizhzhia, talks about the history and prospects of cooperation with the city of Lahti, Finland. The program was broadcast on October 3rd. Earlier in September, a delegation from Zaporizhzhia visited our twin city in Finland. The two city administrations signed a new action plan for cooperation….

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International assistance: twin city of Oberhausen (video)

23.08.2023

European cities continue to show strong support for Zaporizhzhia. Among our most reliable partners is Oberhausen, Germany, our twin city for the past three decades. When the full-scale war started, our partner city provided refuge for approximately 3,000 Ukrainians and initiated the delivery of humanitarian supplies to Zaporizhzhia. The first aid, including food products and…

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Digest on humanitarian and international cooperation (April-June 2023)

07.08.2023

The publication contains the latest news and major results of Zaporizhzhia’s cooperation with international partners, humanitarian organizations, and twin cities in the second quarter of 2023. Ambulances for Zaporizhzhia’s hospitalsEquipment to strengthen municipal enterprisesHumanitarian response to urgent needsNew shelters and spaces for kids & familiesIntermunicipal cooperationPartnerships for postwar reconstruction Download for further reading (*.pdf)

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New children’s space for learning and creative leisure (video)

19.07.2023

A place to learn the Polish language, shoot short movies, draw, and make handicrafts — all this is about a new educational center, “Zmistovno,” which was opened with the support of Nova Ukraine and Howard G. Buffett Foundation. The centre works at Gymnasium No. 71 in Zaporizhzhia. “Zmistovno” educational center for children started its work…

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