The “Warsaw Recommendation on Recovery and Reconstruction of Cultural Heritage” was developed at the international conference on reconstruction „The challenges of World Heritage recovery” held in 2018. The document covers the most important issues regarding the reconstruction of damaged cultural properties. The Recommendation was created as a joint effort of representatives of UNESCO, International Council...

Ukrainian followers of the Greek Catholic and Orthodox Church are preparing for Easter, which is celebrated this year on April 24-25. On this occasion, the Ministry of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine (In cooperation with the Ukrainian State Agency for Arts and Artistic Education and the POSMEN communication agency) created the project “WE BELIEVE”...

Since the first days of the war, Poland has supported Ukraine in counteracting the aggression of the Russian Federation. Ministers of Culture of Poland and Lithuania today in Kiev met with Minister of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine Oleksandr Tkachenko to discuss joint activities aimed at supporting Ukraine in the field of culture and...

The Land Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that the ancient fortifications located on west of Kiev, known as the Serpent’s Wall, stopped Russian armored vehicles. The column of invaders, not being able to overcome such an obstacle, had to look for another way. The Serpent’s Wall is an extensive system of earthworks...

Freedom Square in Kharkiv is one of the largest city-centre squares in Europe. Precious buildings representing the architecture of the 1920s and 1950s located in the square were damaged as a result of Russian aggression. One of the damaged objects is Derzhprom (short for Derzhavna promislovist – the House of State Industry). It is the...

The ongoing war in Ukraine continues to take its toll on culture, not limiting to the material heritage. In March, the unique archive of Ukrainian folk songs stored on the folk-ukraine.com website fell victim to Russian cyber-aggression – the ethnomusicologist Marichka Marczyk informed the attack on her FB profile. The author compared this act of...

The Ministry of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine has already recorded more than 135 reports of damage inflicted to cultural heritage objects according to culturecrimes.mkip.gov.ua. Religious buildings suffered the greatest losses – 59 buildings of various denominations were damaged. Another 58 objects include architectural and urban monuments. It involves, among others, 5 sites of...

The wealth of Central and Eastern European cultural heritage consists of Polish, German, Ukrainian, Russian and many other traditions. This unique resource has been threatened by Russian aggression against Ukraine. From the very first days of the war, more than 140,000 monuments in the neighboring country have been the target of deliberate attacks or were...