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Olga, 39, from Ukraine.

Slovak artist paused her work to tell the stories of Ukrainian refugees; now she wants America to see them.

Jana Rajcová’s exhibition will open at the Iowa museum in late September.

Mark Dillon
An image of Amriddin Kholmurodov taken from a Facebook invitation to an event in his support organised by the Civic Committee for the Rescue of Hostages and Political Prisoners of Tajikistan. The event took place in August 2023 in front of the European Union representation in Vilnius, Lithuania.
Ukraine Focus' Volunteer Ambulance Corps logo.

News digest: American leads lifesaving missions to Ukraine via Slovakia

Storm warnings, US football talent, and Nigerian charged with rape.

Used emergency medical vehicles from America and Europe make a stop in Slovakia in June 2024.

International volunteers take ‘convoy of hope’ through Slovakia to deliver vital aid to Ukraine

Inspired by American ambulance drivers in world wars, former U.S. official Brock Bierman takes on similar mission to war-torn country.

The borsch is attractively presented on simple brown crockery, and accompanied by fresh dark rye bread, ham and garlic.

Inside, Bratislava: "A culinary journey through Ukrainian flavours" - restaurant review

Until last week, borsch was basically all I knew of Ukrainian cookery.

Slovnaft rafinery in Bratisalva

8 things to know about the halting of Lukoil’s Russian oil supplies to Slovakia

Experts see it more as a political and media issue than a real problem.

Peter Juščák.

No one stood up for the Ukrainian mother and her son

Beňo's dragon and Slovak monsters.

Peter Juščák
Prime Minister Robert Fico during a government meeting on July 10, 2024 in Bratislava.
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Fico predicts future attacks in video address: “I have no doubt they will occur.”

Prime Minister Robert Fico criticises European socialists and warns against a third world war in his latest video.

“I’m a small woman, but I tell myself I can handle anything,” Yaroslava Lopushanska says, noting that she misses her husband a lot. “And he misses me too.”

A university-educated Ukrainian chemist working in a grocery shop: “It’s still a necessary job.”

Yaroslava Lopushanska thinks about her home in Uzhhorod all the time, but knows she is better off in Slovakia.

Katarína Kozinková
Kostya works as a carpenter. Marharyta believes she will continue her work as a psychologist someday.

Carpenter from Kharkiv: War cannot be grasped through TV

Kostiantyn Chepizhenko and his life partner had never heard of Košice before. However, they are satisfied in Slovakia.

Katarína Kozinková
Daria Otreshko is a Ukrainian student living in Banská Bystrica, central Slovakia.

Being 21 in Slovakia means university. Being 21 in Ukraine means survival, says student

Daria Otreshko, a Ukrainian student based in Banská Bystrica, never turns off air-raid warnings intended for her hometown of Kremenchuk.

Katarína Kozinková
Taras Tsohla in Paris during the Free Iran World Summit 2023.

Ukrainian student sees good in Slovaks despite widespread belief in Russian propaganda

Taras Tsohla does not regret coming to Slovakia to study, but he would like to see Slovak people be more open.

Katarína Kozinková
Alyona Yaseneva and her family live in Rimavská Sobota, southern Slovakia.

War on the mind and canvas: A Ukrainian family of painters finds a safe haven in Slovakia

Russia's war in Ukraine continues to influence Alyona Yaseneva's and her children's art, although less so today.

Katarína Kozinková
SaS MP Vladimíra Marcinková.

The eight Slovak lawmakers who voted against the resolution on Ukrainian children

Initiated by four opposition MPs, parliament failed to adopt the document.

Ukrainian secession

Is Soviet art only Russian? Ukrainian artists set the record straight on European art history

The travelling Ukrainian exhibition 'In the Eye of the Storm' makes a stop in Bratislava.

155 mm calibre artillery ammunition.

Arms factory owned by US firm is heading eastwards

Behind the project is mother of a Ukrainian ex-MP.

Yelyzaveta ‘Liza’ Derevynska.

On Telegram, she helps Ukrainians. In Bratislava, she stands with protesting Slovaks

Yelyzaveta Derevynska, or simply Liza, says that she would have gone back to Kyiv if she were not of help to refugees.

Katarína Kozinková
Taisiya Kosterina.

Ukrainian community worker has helped others. Now she needs help

Taisiya Kosterina somewhat got used to uncertainty in Slovakia, saying it is "not easy" to start all over again.

Katarína Kozinková
Illustrative image.

Drone-making plant near Prešov plans to grow from 26 employees to 200

Ukrainian-owned company has clients on several continents.

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