Lenka Vikh (Prague) During the Czech delegation’s most recent working trip to Ukraine, its members asked a Ukrainian officer when, in his view, this war would end. He answered with a single word: NEVER! Czechs love black humor. But he wasn’t joking.

On July 24, 2026, at 16:00, the Culture and Leisure Complex in Hostomel will host the first presentation of the book by journalist and radio host Kseniia Dvornikova, “To Survive in Hostomel: 21 Stories from a Hero City.” Hostomel itself became the site of the author’s first meeting with readers, since the history of this town formed the basis of the book. The book was published by Folio in the “Frontyr” series.

January 19, 2027 marks 10 years since the founding of the National Public Broadcasting Company of Ukraine (Suspilne) — the sole provider of public media in Ukraine. Over these 10 years, an inefficient and morally outdated state broadcaster has undergone a deep transformation into a modern multimedia corporation that delivers content 24/7 from every corner of Ukraine and for every corner of Ukraine. It delivers content both through traditional linear media, providing news where the internet disappears and guided aerial bombs (KABs) explode, and by communicating with audiences on major social p…

What should you do if a museum visitor suddenly falls ill? How do you recognize critical bleeding, and how do you help correctly before medics arrive? Staff at the National Museum of the History of Ukraine gained practical skills during a first aid training held with support from the Pylyp Orlyk Foundation. Twenty museum employees took part in the training — tour guides and staff from exhibition departments and branches who work with visitors every day.

Oleh Zaiarnyi, academic advisor to the Pylyp Orlyk Foundation, Doctor of Law and professor, has joined the working group of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on National Security and Defense. The information law expert is helping prepare key provisions of the draft law “On the Basic Principles of Artificial Intelligence Regulation.” The document is intended to establish the fundamental rules and principles of state AI regulation in Ukraine.

On June 29, an international conference “Current Security Threats VI” was held in the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic in Prague, dedicated to key challenges to European security, countering Russian imperialism, and support for Ukraine.

The Ministry of Culture of Ukraine has approved the first composition of the Expert and Supervisory Councils of the National Museum of the Holodomor-Genocide. Yaryna Yasynevych — Program Director of the Pylyp Orlyk Foundation, public figure, expert in communications and public history, board member of the Center for Civil Liberties Research, and co-author of the Reforms Coalition Council’s “Reanimation Package of Reforms” — has joined the Expert Council.

On July 15, Ukraine marks Statehood Day — a day recalling the centuries-long history of Ukrainian state-building, its continuity, and the struggle of Ukrainians for the right to live in their own independent state.

The second module of the Summer School within the mentoring program “Roots and Wings: History That Unites,” which the Pylyp Orlyk Foundation runs for teachers of history and humanities disciplines at Ukrainian schools, has concluded in Lviv.