Cash for Your Trash

The Ukrainian city of Lviv – long noted for its Habsburg-era buildings and vibrant cafes – is in the throes of a trash crisis. Who is really to blame? [Read more].

• Dan Peleschuk, Trash talk: how beautiful, progressive Lviv became overrun with rubbish, The Guardian, April 24, 2017

Overflowing garbage on the streets of Lviv. Photo: Bumble Dee/Shutterstock.

Mary Poppins

Potocki Palace gate
Photo: lviv2016.fide.com

The Annunciation to Mary

Anastasiya Karlovich (@NastiaKarlovich)

Китайський новий рік （春節）

All photos by Evgeny Kraws

Chinese New Year is also celebrated in Lviv, Ukraine, just to welcome the upcoming Women’s World Chess Championship match when from 2 to 18 March ‪Mariya Muzychuk‬ will defend her title of Women’s World Chess Champion against 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) from China.

Прем’єра (Avant-première)

Antonio Spadavekkia
Cinderella – Premiere (Opera)
Libretto by I. Petrova and M. Berlyand
Sunday, February 7, 2016
Lviv Theatre of Opera and Ballet

Photo: Lviv Theatre of Opera and Ballet

Waterjet

Lviv, Ukraine: Ukrainians pour water on each other on a street. The tradition of pouring water was an ancient spring ritual of cleansing on first Monday after Orthodox Easter. Photo: Ivan Boberskyy/EPA.

Lviv Pavilion

Vyshyvanka from Lviv
Photo: modoslav

A model wears an embroidered dress and a coat that resemble Ukrainian vyshyvanka and żupan at Valentino haute couture show on January 28, 2015 in Paris. Photo: KyivPost.