21 November, 2024
For the second time, the town of Vannes (Morbihan) opened its doors to thirty teenagers aged 12 to 16 from Konotop (Soumy), Ukraine.For ten days, these young people, confronted with the difficult daily life of a country at war, experienced a moment of respite.Staying with families from Vannes, they took part in sporting, cultural and educational activities, discovering the richness of Breton culture while sharing moments of friendship and solidarity with the local people.This visit is part of the partnership signed in September 2023 between Vannes and Konotop, with the support of the Stand With Ukraine association. This cooperation was sealed at a meeting between mayors David Robo and Artem Semenikhin, who affirmed their shared desire to strengthen ties between their two cities...
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21 November, 2024
A Ukrainian delegation of mayors and local representatives, accompanied by Ukraine’s Ambassador to France, Vadym Omelchenko, was welcomed by France’s Minister of Europe and Foreign Affairs, Jean-Noël Barrot.Together, they discussed concrete ways to address the needs of Ukrainian cities seeking partnerships with French local governments.The Ukrainian mayors in attendance, including Vadym Boichenko (Mariupol), Andrii Sadovyi (Lviv), Mykola Riznyk (Opishnya), Mykhailo Kryvosheiev (Tarashcha), Tetiana Bardina (Poltava), Kateryna Tereshchenko (Uman), Volodymyr Shmatko (Chortkiv), Bohdan Kelichavyi (Kopychyntsi), Andrii Kolomiitsev (Priyutivka), as well as Denys Denyshchenko, Deputy Governor of the Luhansk region, emphasized their commitment to developing concrete projects with Frenc...
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20 November, 2024
🇫🇷🇺🇦 At the 106th #CongressOfMayors 2024, we had the honor of welcoming the largest delegation of Ukrainian mayors ever to attend this event: 46 Ukrainian mayors and deputies. This exceptional moment is a testament to unprecedented solidarity and a shared commitment to strengthening ties between French and Ukrainian local governments.French municipalities, with their expertise in reconstruction, play a central role in Ukraine’s resilience and transformation efforts by actively participating in this collective movement.To further this solidarity, the Association of French Mayors (AMF), supported by Régions de France and Départements de France, organized the inaugural Franco-Ukrainian Summit of Local Governments, an unprecedented event in which Stand With Ukraine (SWU) played a...
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