WEST UKRAINIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY

 The Department of Economics and Global Studies, together with WUNU's long-standing partner in scientific research, the Oikos Institute (Bosnia and Herzegovina), invites the scientific and teaching staff of West Ukrainian National University to participate in the XIV Traditional Scientific Conference NEW ECONOMY 2026 on the topic "New Horizons: Digital Economy and Responses to a Changing World", which will take place on 4-5 June 2026 at the School of Business, National Louis University, Nowy Sącz, Poland. WUNU is a co-organiser of the conference.

 Representatives of West Ukrainian National University — Head of the International Relations Office Yuliia Voityshyn and specialist of the same office Anastasiia Matviishyn — were on a business trip to Budapest (Hungary).

 Kyiv hosted Eastern Europe's largest fintech conference, UAFIN.TECH 2025, which brought together leading international financial market experts, representatives of the banking sector, business structures and investors to share their vision for the further development of Ukraine's financial ecosystem. This event is a professional platform for generating ideas that determine the strategic directions for the development of the financial industry in Ukraine and worldwide.

 West Ukrainian National University has become a partner in the international SUPERNOVA (Cooperation for Competence and Partnership Development) project, which has received funding under the UA-KOMP programme with the support of Norway. The SUPERNOVA project aims to develop competencies and long-term partnerships between the Kingdom of Norway and Ukraine in the fields of education, business, public administration and civil society.

 The Diplomatic Academy of Ukraine's Public Diplomacy Centre hosted the Young Diplomat Award 2025 ceremony, organised by United Youth. As part of the event, the Bohdan Hawrylyshyn Family Foundation announced a special award for the best original practices in the field of youth diplomacy.

 Students of the Department of International Relations and Diplomacy of the B. Havrylyshyn Education and Research Institute of International Relations at WUNU, who are studying under the International Relations educational programme – Solomia Okun, Yelyzaveta Chernetska, Bohdan Mykhailyshyn, and Daria Syniarska – took part in the autumn SD Campus, which was an inspiring experience and a true school of leadership for them. The event was organised by the SD Platform NGO with the support of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation.

 The Department of International Economics of West Ukrainian National University presents a new publication — the textbook ‘EU Market’, prepared by Associate Professor Liudmyla German (PhD in Economics) and Associate Professor Olena Karas (PhD in Economics).

 Celebrations marking International Volunteer Day took place on 5 December at the Ternopil Regional Council. Volunteers from all corners of the region took part in the event. Among them were students from the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities of the West Ukrainian National University — Khrystyna Baumketner, Diana Humenna, Nataliia Petryshyn, Kateryna Shapoval, and student dean Vladyslav Barna. For their active community work, significant personal contribution to the development of the volunteer movement, and demonstrated patriotism, they were awarded certificates of recognition from the Ternopil Regional Council.

 A ceremony was recently held to award diplomas and honours to the winners of the Ukrainian Parliament's Young Scientist Award. We are pleased to announce that one of the winners of this prestigious award is a researcher from our university.

 Participate in The Third International Conference of Young Scientists on ‘Artificial Intelligence for Sustainable Development’ (AISD), which will be held on 7–8 May 2026 at West Ukrainian National University.