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22.10 18:12 A fire tree will first appear in Lviv. How it will look and where to find it Tulip trees, hibiscus and magnolias, as well as amber trees will be planted in Stryiskyi Park.
22.10 17:45 Heaven on Earth. Where to see ‘secret’ frescoes in Lviv The Armenian Church is one of Lviv’s highlights. It stands on the route of almost every excursion in the city. In particular, it is notable for the paintings of a famous Polish artist Jan Henryk de Rosen, who lived in the XX century. However, few Lviv residents know that Rosen’s paintings are also presented in a chapel, named after him. Tvoemisto.tv spoke with Father Ihor Hnius of the Dominican Order about the frescoes painted by Henryk Rosen in the chapel.
22.10 15:42 Golden autumn in Lviv. Photos We took for you some photos of the city in the golden autumn season.
21.10 19:43 Lviv excursions. The history of a prestigious Vienna coffee house, known among foreigners Tvoemisto.tv is launching a project on the history of places in Lviv, where well-known catering establishments are located. We will narrate about the historic buildings in which they work, about the nearby architecture and squares. This time, our story will be about the unique «Vienna coffee house», which originated in the 19th century, and also about famous monuments adjacent to it.
21.10 13:35 The second sculpture of the upset Christ was restored in Lviv. See how to find it The sculpture was restored together with the column on which it stays.
20.10 16:42 The heat supply to residential homes will be suspended in Lviv It will be restored over the weekend.

19.10 21:21 Ukrainian Parliament will reconsider the cancelling of daylight saving time The European Union is also in favour of abolishing daylight saving time. Meanwhile, in Ukraine on 31 October, 4am, the clocks must turn back one hour.
19.10 16:29 This Week’s Events: Cheese & Wine, Sacred Art, Fellini We’ve gathered the main events that will take place in Lviv this week and might interest you.
19.10 14:46 Music List: 19-25 October: The 60th Jam Session, Ukrainian Opera, etc. Lviv is a city of music. Just take a walk and you’ll hear great sounds in the streets. But there are also the grand Opera House, the Philharmonia, many theatres, festivals, and jazz and rock clubs. Here we present to you what’s playing.
19.10 09:33 Top 10 Lviv Attractions: Like Paris in the 1920s Ah, how to find what to visit in a city? There’s a lot of info out there but is it in your interest. At Lviv Now, we are compiling a range of top ten lists from different personalities, Ukrainians and foreigners, residents and visitors, so that you can choose among a variety of recommendations. To get it going, Lviv Now editor Joe Lindsley offers his «Top Ten» places to visit in Lviv.
18.10 22:41 How Ukraine’s Uklon Took On Uber Dmitry Dubrovskiy, CEO of Ukrainian mobility company Uklon, told Lviv’s IT Arena how competition with Uber helped them grow and become first in the Ukrainian market.
18.10 19:38 Five little squares in Lviv: Images and history Our city has a number of tiny squares, but some of them are little known even for the locals. Petro Radkovets, a Lviv expert and guide, told Tvoemisto.tv about the history of five places from this list.
15.10 18:48 Under the virgin’s protection: the church with a unique boat-shaped pulpit The Cathedral of the Blessed Virgin Mary’s Intercession on Hrushevskoho Street, features miraculous icons of the Mother of God, a unique ambo (pulpit in the church), as well as an altar made of black marble and clear alabaster, dating from 1595.
15.10 16:40 What’s Interesting About Lviv? «Architecture and Parks» Each week, Lviv Now speaks briefly with a current or recent visitor to Lviv about their experience here. This week: Joe from Washington, DC.
15.10 15:03 From 18 and 21 October, new sets of Covid rules will apply To take a train between regions, passengers will soon need proof of vaccination or a negative Covid test. Restaurants will be open at 50 percent capacity and they must close by 23:00 if all staff are vaccinated or have negative tests. If authorities are not pleased with the progress, from 1 November cafés will only be open to those vaccinated or with negative tests.

14.10 18:36 The minister of health visited the Lviv emergency hospital. Here is what he talked about Today, October 14, Minister of Health Viktor Liashko arrived at the Lviv clinical emergency hospital, the institution’s general director Oleh Samchuk stated on his Facebook page.
14.10 18:09 The best tech wisdom from Lviv’s annual IT Arena festival «Invest in smart friends who have integrity»... «If you know you’re good at something, make sure you find people who appreciate you» … «The opposite of fragile isn’t strong. The opposite of fragile is resilience.» Read on for more…
14.10 15:57 Ukraine celebrates the blessed Virgin Mary’s protection – and its defenders and defendresses 14 October is the Day of the Defenders and Defendresses of Ukraine, intentionally matched with the Feast of Pokrova, remembering the intercession of mother of Jesus during a 9th century Kievan siege of Constantinople.
13.10 15:58 Lviv’s musicians toast their hero Marek, impresario of Lviv In every great city certain visionaries save, define, and embolden the spirit that makes the place. Here’s the story of a party in honor of the late Markiyan «Marek» Ivashchyshyn – and a conversation about his legacy.
13.10 13:31 Tech protocols for mental health. Microsoft manager gives advice to Lviv’s it Arena Speaking to Lviv’s IT Arena, Microsoft technical product manager Beth Anne Katz shared her methods to maintain mental health and have a sustainable career.
12.10 15:58 Remembering Misko Barbara, avant-garde and honest, a Ukrainian troubadour «We will not die in Paris»: Co-founder of the band Dead Roster, Misko was a troubadour who helped steer a nation out of the strife and trauma of Soviet times. His voice exalted the beauty of Ukraine and criticized the corrupt.
12.10 10:22 Lviv is in the orange zone now. Which restrictions come into force this week Lviv region moves to the orange quarantine zone due to the increasing number of hospitalised patients with coronavirus, According to the Lviv region’s chief epidemiologist Natalia Timko-Ivanchenko, with the current dynamics of hospitalisation, the region has crossed the autumn 2020 level and now is catching up with the wave of spring 2021.
11.10 21:05 Schedule: Day of Defenders and Defendresses of Ukraine – and of the Theotokos This year the name of this holiday includes women, on an ancient day commemorating the Mother of God as well as generations of those who have fought to protect Ukraine. Here’s the program.
11.10 12:02 «Do not put humans in a robot’s job». Ten rules Google follows At Lviv’s IT Arena, Google’s engineering lead Christof Leng shared ten things his team learned from running production infrastructure, focusing on the balance between reliability and velocity.
10.10 18:25 «Express Your Expertise»: Maye, Mother of Elon, Gives Tips to Lviv’s IT Arena «You could be really good [at what you do] but you have to let people know how good you are»: Model and dietician Maye Musk shared ideas about self-promotion, self-determination, and nutrition in keynote remarks to Lviv’s annual tech festival.
08.10 17:43 Six Questions You Should Ask. Airbnb’s expert on how to make decisions Product manager Colleen Graneto shared her techniques about decision making and “analysis paralysis” at Lviv’s annual IT Arena event.
08.10 16:32 «Product-Builders Need to Talk with Customers Every Week»: IT Arena Ideas Teresa Torres offers suggestions on how to get accurate, honest, and useful feedback from customers.
07.10 21:35 «Invest in Smart Friends Who Have Integrity»: Advice from Angel Investor Ihar Mahaniok, angel investor in NYC, says a warm introduction from an investor will boost your prospects for start-up success. In a video-talk, he gave advice to Lviv’s annual IT Arena event.
07.10 17:42 Six Positive to One Negative: How to Lead Your Team Speaking to Lviv’s annual IT Arena conference, strength coach Chris Cassarino encourages leaders to maximize the strengths and minimize the weaknesses of their team. Here are some tips.
07.10 16:24 U.S. cybersecurity expert: Focus on resilience, not strength Discussing «terrifyingly existential cyber threats,» Laura Galante advises Lviv’s annual IT Arena conference on the best ways to improve security for companies, governments, and individuals.
07.10 14:31 Global tech event IT Arena starts today in Lviv Maye Musk, mother of Elon, will give a virtual keynote address at annual conference, which runs October 7-9 in a hybrid format. In-person events will occur around the city for senior and executive ticket holders.
07.10 14:21 Finding the Fantastic in District 13. Lviv Stories. «Fantastic. That was why we came here. So we can keep saying ‘fantastic.’« Four friends traveled to the ancient Carpathian mountain land of the Hutsul people. They battled rivers and sojourned on horseback with a soundtrack of roaring streams, flapping wings, and distant ringing-bells.
06.10 21:12 Sunrise Jams with the Legends: Lviv’s New Musical Moment «Never in the history of Lviv have there been such jam sessions with such an amount of great musicians playing for so many hours, for so many days, with such crowds.»
06.10 19:01 Lviv Opera is 121. Tvoemisto.tv shows its rare photos at different times Following the birthday of Lviv Opera House, we offer you to recall several facts from its history and see how it changed through the years.
06.10 16:14 Carnival in the centre of Lviv. Find out what you can watch there The festival «Zolotyi Lev» (Golden Lion) dates back to 1989.
06.10 13:35 Innovation Profiles: Vasyl Dub Makes Platform for Pet-Owners Drogobych native, currently in the USA, wants to catalogue all the pets in the world–so the lost might be found and to make life easier for pet-owners.
05.10 20:07 Public Forum: How to stop destroying the Carpathians Lately, tourists have been riding off-road through pristine mountain wilderness in Jeeps. Locals worry this is destroying nature – and their peace. To find solutions, Tvoe Misto («Your City») media-hub held one of its regular, problem-solving public forums with environmental activists, officials, and operators of jeep-tour companies.
04.10 15:57 Polish-UkrainianRailway Connection Resumed The train Kyiv-Lviv-Przemyśl line was temporarily cancelled March 18 as part of anti-coronavirus measures.
04.10 15:44 A pinch of salt, a drop of vanilla, and a little cinnamon. How Lviv residents make coffee On October 1, the world celebrated Coffee Day, and Lviv could not help but join. Tvoemisto.tv decided to talk to baristas and coffee gourmets to find out all the secrets and nuances of local coffee tradition.
30.09 18:12 What’s the Best Coffee House in this Coffee-City? The Lviv Coffee Festival annually determines the best coffee shop in this city, whose native son brought coffee to Europe.
30.09 13:34 Veronika Beniakh is «Miss Lviv 2021» In an event at the Lviv Opera House, a new winner is crowned while money is raised to support children with Cerebral palsy and Down syndrome.
30.09 13:28 Traffic will be restricted in Lviv due to cycling race On Sunday, Chornovola avenue will be temporarily blocked.
30.09 12:30 September 30: Greek Catholics Celebrate Feast of St. Sopia and Daughters In Lviv, three temples consecrated in honor of these holy martyrs named for Wisdom, Faith, Hope, and Love will celebrate the holiday.
29.09 15:47 «No matter what happens», Ukraine Faces West. Conversation with Council of Europe official «The drive for reforms [in Ukraine] is a great ambition that I think many over countries could learn from»: Denmark’s Steen Nørlov, head of the Council of Europe Office in Kyiv speaks with Lviv Now’s Joe Lindsley in a conversation at a Lviv jazz club. Nørlov, who has represented the Danish government in Beirut, Moscow, and the Balkans, says democracy is strengthening in Ukraine, especially at the local level.
29.09 15:15 Public Forums: Pet Droppings – «Why do we have sh*t beneath our feet?» Tvoe Misto («Your City») media-hub hosts regular, single-issue problem-solving public forums. Here we share with you, issue-by-issue, the stories of democracy at work in Ukraine.
28.09 17:44 Avoid Some Parks Due to Tick Treatment Until Friday 1 October, people should avoid Stryiskyi and Znesinnia parks.
28.09 08:38 International Mayors Conference: How Can We Build Better Cities? At the International Mayors Summit in Kyiv on 29 September 2021, Lviv’s Tvoe Misto media-hub joins the conversation about how to build better cities. From electric scooters to domestic tourism, here we share some recent examples of how our «public forum journalism» has created a mechanism for democracy to work in a city of 750,000 people.
28.09 08:35 Public Forum: Domestic tourism in Ukraine in Corona-Time In July 2020, Tvoemisto.tv held a public forum on how businesses can benefit from the corona-crisis and develop new opportunities.
28.09 08:14 Public Forum: Trying to solve the issue of electric scooters On May 24, Tvoemisto.tv held a public discussion about the rules of using light electric vehicles in Lviv, with the representatives of ride-sharing services, city authorities, and police. Here, we report their expectations about electric transport in Lviv.
26.09 15:55 Leading jazz pianist Eric Wortham: Lviv is «breeding ground for artistic explosion»
25.09 15:42 Ukrainian-Texan tech firm to transform Lviv prison to global tech campus There will be offices, a large sports complex, public gardens, and Lviv’s first-ever English-speaking school.
24.09 15:37 Lviv’s Bachevskykh Named Ukraine’s best restaurant Serving Ukrainian Galician urban cuisine, Bachevskykh builds upon the tradition of an ancient Lviv vodka-making family.
23.09 20:34 Lviv transferred to a «yellow» quarantine zone. How restaurants, gyms and cinemas will function now Additional restrictions of the «yellow» zone are introduced in Ukraine due to the rise of Covid-19 cases and related hospitalisations.
22.09 20:06 Lviv will compete for the title of European Youth Capital Chisinau, Ghent and Veszprém are also the candidates for this title.
22.09 19:12 The City Council will expand the bicycle network and improve mobility in Lviv The city will develop gradual measures to solve six main mobility issues in Lviv and unite its current bicycle network.
21.09 20:16 Lviv City Council is seeking investors for an Art and Culture Centre instead of the Soviet railway ticket offices The space will be arranged in the premises on Hnatiuka street, where the railway ticket offices had been operating since Soviet times.
21.09 20:10 State-owned digital platform «DIIA» will notify users if anyone tries to take a loan in their name The new function will strengthen protection against fraud.
20.09 20:10 Beyond the barbed wire of grey fences. The new reality of the old Pidzamche district A hundred-year-old industrial nucleus of the city – such an image of Pidzamche district and neighbouring areas in the northern part of Lviv predominates in the city residents’ minds. Indeed, most of the local enterprises were founded at the turn of the XIX-XX centuries. After the establishment of the Soviet power in this territory, enterprises in Pidzamche were somehow transformed. Tvoemisto.tv found out which small workshops and plants are located there nowadays, and how this industrial district can be renovated.
20.09 18:28 World War I projectile named the reason for two deaths in the Carpathians At the site where the incident had happened, police found a pothole caused by the explosion and fragments of corroded metal similar to World War I shell fragments.
20.09 18:15 Where do foreign students come from? Infographics of Lviv higher education Geographically, foreign students represent 65 countries.