Posts for author: Natalia Melnychenko

856 power generators, 420 power stations, hundreds of heating devices and more than PLN 12 million in support — these figures summarise the “Warmth from Poland for Kyiv” campaign, organised during the winter of 2026 by a coalition of civil society organisations, media outlets, entrepreneurs and institutional partners. One of the organisers of the initiative […]

On 9 March 2026, the third edition of the Polish-Ukrainian awards “Portraits of Sisterhood” took place at Teatr Studio in Warsaw. The laureates were Olga Solarz and Andriana Susak. The event also provided an opportunity to publicly summarize the widely recognized campaign “Warmth from Poland for Kyiv” and to present acknowledgements to its key partners […]

On 24 February 2026, on the fourth anniversary of the beginning of Russia’s full-scale aggression against Ukraine, a rally and solidarity concert entitled “United We Will Win” took place at Castle Square in Warsaw. The event gathered numerous friends of Ukraine and served as an expression of enduring support for the Ukrainian nation. During the […]

On 2 November 2025, a 36-ton specialist fire rescue crane entered service with the fire brigade in Kryvyi Rih. This marked the successful completion of an international solidarity effort in which we joined forces with friends of Ukraine from Germany, Poland, and Ukraine. In the face of ongoing air attacks on Ukrainian cities, specialist rescue […]

The Open Dialogue Foundation’s mission to Ukraine in October 2025 marked the third and, at the same time, the largest humanitarian mission of the autumn. Not only did we deliver equipment to Ukrainian soldiers as well as Belarusian and Polish volunteers fighting on various sections of the front line, but we also took part in […]

In the ongoing debate over the so-called ChatControl — an EU proposal that would enable large-scale scanning of private online messages to detect illegal content — Daniel Eck, a German political commentator associated with the center-right CDU/CSU camp, has voiced his opposition. In his statement, Eck clearly rejected the concept of “anlasslose Chatkontrolle,” or chat […]

In September 2025, as part of our humanitarian activities in support of Ukraine, we visited Lviv and Drohobych. We delivered equipment to Ukrainian soldiers fighting along the Pokrovsk–Rodynske sector of the front, and paid a visit in Drohobych to the grave of our friend and former adviser to the ODF Management Board, Artur Deska, who […]

We are delighted and proud to announce that the Open Dialogue Foundation has become the Polish partner of the international SAFE: Social Awareness for (War) Experience project, implemented by the CRISP – Crisis Simulation for Peace e.V. organization from Berlin. It is an honor for us to co-create an initiative that connects organizations from several […]

We are delighted to announce that, under the “Senate – Polish Diaspora 2025” programme, the Open Dialogue Foundation has been awarded PLN 69,950 in funding to implement the Young Polish Diaspora Leaders Academy project as part of the Polish Senate’s 2025 Programme for the Support of the Polish Diaspora and Poles Abroad. The project is […]

“Every single country right now can weaponize data. Every single citizen can be easily weaponized — through their travel data, communication, and financial data. This must be fixed immediately.” urged Lyudmyla Kozlovska. The President of the Open Dialogue Foundation, in an interview with Bitcoin Magazine, explained how digital currency is becoming a key tool for […]

We are proud to announce that, under the “Senate – Polish Diaspora 2025” grant competition, the Open Dialogue Foundation has been awarded PLN 30,000 to implement the “Crowdfunding Course for the Polish Diaspora” project, funded as part of the 2025 programme of the Chancellery of the Senate of the Republic of Poland supporting the Polish […]

We are delighted to announce that, under the “Senate – Polish Diaspora 2025” grant competition, the Open Dialogue Foundation has been awarded PLN 136,000 to implement the project “Open Dialogue Academy – Digital Communication Course for the Polish Diaspora”, funded as part of the 2025 programme of the Chancellery of the Senate of the Republic […]

In early February 2025, our volunteer Grzegorz Madejski organised a charity concert at the Municipal Centre of Culture in Zambrów, featuring the folk band Czeremszyna from the Podlasie region. The event, held under our patronage, aimed to raise funds for the medical treatment of two Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers – Svyatoslav Boyko and Oleksandr Romensky […]

On 17 March 2025, the District Prosecutor’s Office in Lublin launched an investigation into the alleged abuse of power by officers of the Central Anti-Corruption Bureau (CBA) and the Regional Prosecutor’s Office in Katowice. The investigation was initiated following an offence notification submitted by Bartosz Kramek, Chair of Supervisory Board of the Open Dialogue Foundation […]

Nearly 100 Polish books have been donated to the Polish School in Lille in response to a request by the Dzień Dobry Lille Association. The donation, provided by the Znak publishing house and worth more than PLN 5,000, includes children’s literature, travel books, cookbooks, popular science books, and more. Located in northern France, the Ignacy […]