🇺🇦🤝🇫🇷 June 6, 2025, on the occasion of the International Summit of Cities and Regions held in Kyiv in the presence of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, the cities of Nantes, Saint-Nazaire, and Kherson signed a joint declaration, reaffirming their partnership established on May 15, 2025. This cooperation is based on numerous shared features between the three cities, notably their geograp...
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🇫🇷 🤝 🇺🇦 On June 6, 2025, during the International Summit of Cities and Regions held under the auspices of President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv, a highly symbolic partnership was officially signed between the French city of Amiens Métropole — birthplace of President Emmanuel Macron and Brigitte Macron — and the Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih — birthplace of President Zelensky and his wife Olena Z...
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On the occasion of the 3rd International Summit of Cities and Regions in Kyiv, the City of Montpellier and the City of Mykolaiv formalized their partnership on June 6th with the signing of a memorandum of friendship and cooperation. This new Franco-Ukrainian partnership is part of the MistoMatch program, which aims to develop concrete, human, and sustainable cooperation between French and Ukrai...
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Last Saturday, 11 Ukrainian interns arrived in Le Havre to begin their training in French gastronomy, a program that could be decisive for their professional futures. Their journey took longer than expected: their bus was stuck for several hours at the Ukrainian-Polish border, and they almost missed their flight. But their determination finally won out. Exhausted but relieved...
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Stand With Ukraine spoke last week at the Camille Claudel comprehensive high school in Mantes-la-Ville, a member of the European Parliament's network of ambassador high schools, as part of a project funded by the Île-de-France region aimed at raising awareness among young people in the Île-de-France region about the European Union, citizenship, and the issues it raises, particularly in the cont...
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Sometimes connections are formed instinctively, before growing thanks to a shared desire to build something bigger than oneself. This is how the partnership between the City of Chaumont and Liubotyn was born.Chaumont, a town in Haute-Marne in the Grand Est region, scarred by the wounds of history, could not remain indifferent to Russian aggression. During the First World War, US Presi...
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A look back at the 3rd Summit of Cities and Regions in Kyiv, June 5-6, 2025 As Ukraine continues to face Russian aggression, the 3rd Summit of Cities and Regions was a powerful moment of solidarity and commitment. President Volodymyr Zelensky opened the meeting by emphasizing how direct ties between communities are essential to resist, rebuild, and prepare for the future.The French delegat...
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As part of the MistoMatch program, which aims to develop lasting partnerships between Ukrainian and French cities, Chaumont and Liubotyn have taken a new step in their rapprochement.After an initial videoconference discussion to discuss avenues for collaboration, the Mayor of Chaumont, Christine Guillemy, traveled to Ukraine this week to meet with her counterpart Leonid Lazurenko and explor...
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Stand With Ukraine was present this Saturday in Kryvyï Rih, Ukraine, for the pétanque tournament held as part of the Veterans Family Games 2025. This friendly sports event brought together over 200 Ukrainian veterans and their families for inclusive activities: pétanque tournament, archery, art exhibitions, conferences, educational workshops... In this industrial city in central Ukraine — the...
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Thursday in Dnipro, we witnessed a powerful moment of Franco-Ukrainian solidarity:192 displaced families, many originally from Mariupol, received the keys to their new homes in a former university building that has been fully renovated. This marks the third phase of a major project that will eventually house a total of 360 families, providing them with safe, dignified, and long-term living c...
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