Events

02/10/2025

The online networking meetings organized by the Ukraine Culture Network help Ukrainian artists and cultural organizations to network with potential partners and funders.

A concert to celebrate Ukraine's National Day was organized by the Ukraine Culture Network in Bern on August 22nd, 2025.

The 2025 Summer Window exhibition at Kunsthaus Zofingen featured works of Ukrainian artists Dasha Podoltseva and Elena Orap. The typical Soviet apartment blocks of Ukraine, the so-called panelka buildings (prefabricated buildings), took the center stage. The exhibition was produced by curator Eva Bigler. 

The Ukraine Culture Network organized an online networking meeting on Wednesday, July 23. Online networking meetings help cultural organizations and Ukrainian artists network with potential partners and funders.

Ukraine Culture Network - online fundraising seminar for Ukrainian artists - Thursday, July 17, 2025

The Embassy of Ukraine in Switzerland, with support from the Honorary Consuls of Ukraine in Switzerland and Liechtenstein Andrey Luzhnytskyi and David Karl Jandrasits and the Ukraine Culture Network amongst others, arranged a symposium at the Polit-Forum Bern on the theme: “The Constitution of Ukraine: Evolution, Statehood and Its Role in Today's Challenges”. The event brought together diplomats, scholars, historians, lawyers and friends of Ukraine.

The panel discussions spanned from history, cultural heritage to challenges during Russia’s ongoing war in Ukraine. Bohdan Futey, Professor of Law; Nicolas Hayoz, Professor of Political Science at the University of Fribourg; Jan Mispelaere, Historian of the National Archives of Sweden; Andriy Portnov, Historian; and Christian Schoenenberger, former Ambassador of Switzerland to Ukraine discussed:

- the historical legacy of Ukrainian constitutionalism - from Pylyp Orlyk to Independence;

- the significance of the 1996 Constitution for the formation of statehood;

- the challenges facing the Fundamental Law of Ukraine during Russia’s war.

Fête de la Musique 2025 (World Music Day 2025). Ukrainian musicians performed at Yehudi Menuhin Forum Bern on Saturday, June 21, 2025.

On Saturday, June 7, 2025, Ukrainian musicians Yuliia and Ruslan Shevchenko gave a concert in Ftan in the Swiss Alps.

From May 6–9, 2025, the city of Bern hosted the Odesa Culture Days – a vibrant festival showcasing the richness of Ukrainian music, film, and traditions, with a special focus on the city of Odesa.

Ensemble Partes from Kyiv performed choral music at Uppsala Cathedral, Sweden's main cathedral, on Saturday, March 22.

"Baroque in Yellow and Blue – a Swedish-Ukrainian music weave" presented exciting and little-known Ukrainian polyphony from the 17th century, intertwined with baroque dances from the Swedish Düben Collection. View the concert under this link.

A series of events to commemorate the tragedy of the war of aggression against Ukraine, which has been ongoing for three years, and on respect and tolerance