{"id":607683,"date":"2025-12-02T15:56:15","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T15:56:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/607683\/"},"modified":"2025-12-02T15:56:15","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T15:56:15","slug":"france-ushers-in-ukrainian-cultural-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/607683\/","title":{"rendered":"France ushers in Ukrainian cultural season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>France has opened its Ukrainian Cultural Season, titled Le Voyage en Ukraine (\u201cJourney to Ukraine\u201d) on Dec. 1, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/lyubov.lyubchyk\/posts\/pfbid0NEN6j3DsDGE4vWzxURJesA4go9G597r4kP28AwXaHDeCnEYbPWyhKodzbV7f1Grsl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced<\/a> Lyuba Lyubchyk, Chair of the UWC\u2019s International Educational Coordinating Council (IECC).<\/p>\n<p>Lyubchyk said, the \u201cprogram reflects the resilience and creativity of Ukrainian society and its cultural community amid Russia\u2019s full-scale war against Ukraine.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-105799 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/0b30ce591ac1c6a3278668ce32196bf0_1764660001_extra_large-e1764690654324.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1043\" height=\"483\"  \/>She added that the extensive cultural program will feature 50 Ukrainian events across France. The project will run through April under the slogan \u201cCulture Fights Back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The official opening at the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs was attended by Ukraine\u2019s First Lady Olena Zelenska and France\u2019s First Lady Brigitte Macron, as well as Ukraine\u2019s Foreign Affairs Minister Andrii Sybiha and France\u2019s Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-No\u00ebl Barrot.<\/p>\n<p>Also present were French Minister of Culture Rachida Dati, heads of the Ukrainian Institute, Volodymyr Sheik, and the French Institute, Eva Nguyen-Binh, and Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCulture is an element of national security, capable of breaking down any wall. Four months of this outstanding cultural program in France is an opportunity to show the French the real Ukraine \u2014 our Ukraine,\u201d Lyubchyk said.<\/p>\n<p>Cover: Office of the President of Ukraine<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"blue_btn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ukrainianworldcongress.org\/donate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donate<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"transparent_btn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ukrainianworldcongress.org\/subscribe-for-our-latest-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Subscribe to our news<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"France has opened its Ukrainian Cultural Season, titled Le Voyage en Ukraine (\u201cJourney to Ukraine\u201d) on Dec. 1,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":607684,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5309],"tags":[2000,299,36],"class_list":{"0":"post-607683","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-france","8":"tag-eu","9":"tag-europe","10":"tag-france"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115650795805568236","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/607683","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=607683"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/607683\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/607684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=607683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=607683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=607683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}