19 June, 2025
🇫🇷 🤝 🇺🇦 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 Zelenska.
The idea of this partnership was first raised during a question addressed to Jean-Noël Barrot during a visit to Dijon. Supported and promoted by the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs, it became a reality thanks to the joint efforts of many French and Ukrainian stakeholders.
Beyond current events, this partnership also echoes shared history: Kryvyi Rih, a major Ukrainian mining...
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19 June, 2025
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 Ukrainian communities.The memorandum was signed by Oleksandr Syenkevych, Mayor of Mykolaiv, and Clare Hart, Vice President of Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole, representing Michaël Delafosse, Mayor of Montpellier, without whom the creation of this partnership would not have been possible. It provides for strengthened collaboration in several strategic areas: education, culture, youth, sustainable de...
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17 June, 2025
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, they returned to France, still motivated.This Monday, June 16, they began their training at the Halle aux Poissons, an iconic venue that is now being reborn thanks to this solidarity project. Supervised by the teams of chef Thierry Marx and his network of Cuisine Mode d'Emploi(S) schools, as well as by the Lycée des Métiers de l'Hôtellerie et des Services Jules Le Cesne, the interns are followi...
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