Stand Opening | With Bohdana Laiuk, Ukraine’s Deputy Minister of Culture,  Konrad Schmidt-Werthern, Juergen Boos, Peter Kraus vom Cleff, Christina Beinhoff, Gitte Zschoch, Volker Ullrich and Oleksii Makeiev

Official opening of the Ukrainian National Stand at the Frankfurt Book Fair, bringing together high-level representatives of Ukrainian and German cultural institutions and partner organisations. The event highlights Ukraine’s presence at the Frankfurt Book Fair, international cooperation, and the importance of literature and translation in fostering cultural exchange and dialogue.

Participants:

• Bohdana Laiuk, Ukraine’s Deputy Minister of Culture
• Konrad Schmidt-Werthern, Senior Official at the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media
• Juergen Boos, Frankfurter Buchmesse
•  Peter Kraus vom Cleff, Chief Executive Officer of the German Publishers and Booksellers Association
• Christina Beinhoff, Head of the Directorate-General for Culture at the Federal Foreign Office
• Gitte Zschoch, Secretary General of the Goethe-Institut
• Volker Ullrich, Federal Agency for Civic Education

Followed by a keynote speech by Maksym Butkevych.

Organisers: Ukrainian Book Institute, Goethe-Institut Ukraine, Ukrainian Institute, Mystetskyi Arsenal, Federal Agency for Civic Education

Language: German, English