Cafe Kyiv Week
A week full of Ukrainian highlights
This year marks the first edition of Cafe Kyiv Week. Under the umbrella of the Cafe Kyiv brand, various events will take place throughout Berlin from 22 February to 1 March 2026. The organisers are running the event independently and can do so as partners of Cafe Kyiv! Contact us if you would like to be involved.
You can find the full programme here!
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Commit gGmbH, Pre – Cafe Kyiv 4th Vidnova Forum, 22.02.2026, 1 pm – 5 pm
Community Space of Project Together in Berlin-Mitte, Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 34, 10178 Berlin
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Commit gGmbH, Pre – Cafe Kyiv 4th Vidnova Forum, 22.02.2026, 1 pm – 5 pm
Community Space of Project Together in Berlin-Mitte, Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 34, 10178 Berlin
The Vidnova Forum 2026 brings together engaged practitioners, community leaders, and changemakers from Ukraine, Germany, and across Europe to
explore how solidarity turns into action — and how civil society can actively work with Ukraine while shaping a shared democratic future.
Building on lived experience, collective knowledge, and cross-border cooperation, the forum focuses on solution-oriented engagement at the intersection of local engagement, migration, and communication. Vidnova 2026 creates space to move beyond analysis toward participation, responsibility, and co-creation.
You will engage in in-depth conversations and collaborative formats that highlight concrete initiatives, transferable practices, and emerging alliances. The
forum foregrounds the role of the Ukrainian global community, civil society actors, and European partners in sustaining support, strengthening democratic
resilience, and contributing to recovery and rebuilding — both in Ukraine and in other European countries
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Commit gGmbH, Follow-up session für Cafe Kyiv, 24.02.26, 9 am – 11:30 am
Community Space, Linienstr. 65A, 10119 Berlin
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Commit gGmbH, Follow-up session to Cafe Kyiv, 24.02.26, 9 am – 11:30 am
Community Space, Linienstr. 65A, 10119 Berlin
This morning gathering is conceived as a space to pause and reflect together on the discussions, questions, and moments from Cafe Kyiv that may still resonate:
What sparked new ideas?
What remains unresolved?
And how do we make sense of it all – both collectively and personally?
Through a panel conversation with three invited guests sharing their personal perspectives and experiences, followed by an interactive exchange format, we aim to capture key takeaways, reflect together and individually, and continue the conversations initiated during Cafe Kyiv in a more intimate setting that encourages dialogue and connection across experiences.
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Stimmen der Ukraine, Voices of Ukraine – a musical and literary journey, 27.02.26, 7 pm
Nachbarschaftsheim Friedenau, Holsteinische Straße 30, 12161 Berlin
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Stimmen der Ukraine, Voices of Ukraine – a musical and literary journey, 27.02.26, 7 pm
Nachbarschaftsheim Friedenau, Holsteinische Straße 30, 12161 Berlin
A sensitive portrait of this country in the heart of Europe, thanks to captivating literature and powerful songs.
Featuring Berlin actors Jan Uplegger and Mareile Metzner, Ukrainian singers Iryna Lazer, Iryna Razin, and Nataliia Kuprynenko, and Ukrainian-born jazz pianist Yuriy Seredin.
An event as part of Cafe Kyiv Week.
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Heinrich Böll Stiftung, Expert Roundtable on Comprehensive Defense strategies, 24.02.26, 1:30 pm – 3:30 pm
Schumannstr. 8, 10117 Berlin
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Heinrich Böll Stiftung, Expert Roundtable on Comprehensive Defense strategies, 24.02.26, 1:30 pm – 3:30 pm
Schumannstr. 8, 10117 Berlin
Europe is facing a new urgency to become better prepared for various threats to its security in the context of hybrid warfare and pressure from superpowers on the foundations of its free and liberal democratic societies. The concept of comprehensive defense is offering a framework for an integrated approach to resilience and readiness for crisis response involving multiple stakeholders.
Deliberately targeting the very basics of civil life, the Russian war against Ukraine forced the civil society to take initiative itself and find ad-hoc formats of cooperation with local and military authorities.
Ukrainian NGO „Expert Resource Gender in Detail”” brought together a pool of experts to prepare a series of reports analyzing various aspects of Ukraine’s emergent comprehensive defense practices through a gender mainstreaming lens. This approach highlights the critical importance of empowering and engaging women in defense efforts, demonstrating how gender perspectives optimize the use of scarce human resources by leveraging diverse skills and experiences across all sectors of societal resilience.
The expert roundtable will focus on care work and civil defense as critical components of comprehensive defence strategies, drawing lessons from Ukraine’s wartime experience for Germany and Europe. Experts will discuss how social infrastructure and civilian protection systems can be strengthened through civilian engagement, volunteer coordination, and institutional frameworks — building on Nordic best practices and Ukraine’s practical implementation under pressure.
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Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, The importance of the human dimension of the OSCE – important impetus for supporting Ukraine, 24.02.26, 5 pm – 8 pm
Akademie der Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung e.V., Tiergartenstr. 35, 10785 Berlin
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Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, The importance of the human dimension of the OSCE – important impetus for supporting Ukraine, 24.02.26, 5 pm – 8 pm
Akademie der Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung e.V., Tiergartenstr. 35, 10785 Berlin
In the keynote speech by Carina Ödebrink MP and in the 8th Human Rights Live Podcast by Politische Meinung and the Konrad Adenauer Foundation with Tobias Winkler MP, the OSCE PA’s very intensive commitment to the abducted Ukrainian children is presented. Wolfgang Benedek, who compiled the Moscow Mechanism report on war crimes committed by Russia for the OSCE, reports on the findings. Katya Andrusz from ODIHR presents the numerous projects with which ODIHR promotes human rights and democratic resilience in Ukraine. A panel discussion connects these four inputs and opens the floor for questions and answers. The event is organized and moderated by Dr. Oliver Ernst, Democracy and Human Rights Officer, DRP, AUB.
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Markthalle 9, Street Food Spezial: Cafe Kyiv, 26.02.26, 5 pm – 10 pm
Eisenbahnstraße 42/43, 10997 Berlin
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Markthalle 9, Street Food Spezial: Cafe Kyiv, 26.02.26, 5 pm – 10 pm
Eisenbahnstraße 42/43, 10997 Berlin
Warming borscht. Wareniki, dill, beetroot, syrnyky and holubtsi. Ukrainian cuisine is hearty and comforting, rustic and refined at the same time – food that fills you up and brings people together.
In this SFT special, we are bringing this cuisine (once again) to Markthalle Neun as part of Cafe Kyiv: as an invitation to take a seat, try some food and strike up a conversation. It’s about traditions, shared tables, solidarity – and what remains when so much is uncertain: community.
Because while we eat, we must not forget one thing: Russia is still waging its brutal war of aggression against Ukraine – and thus also against democracy, freedom and self-determination.
For this reason, the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, together with numerous partner organisations, is hosting Cafe Kyiv for the fourth time on Monday, 23 February 2026 – as a place of encounter, exchange and clear stance. With our Street Food Special on 26 February, we are continuing this tradition and creating space for encounters in everyday life: low-threshold, open and in the heart of Kreuzberg.
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Pilecki-Institut Berlin, Film Screening: “Ivan Ta Marta”, 26.02.26, 6 pm
Pariser Platz 4A, 10117 Berlin
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Pilecki-Institut Berlin, Film Screening: “Ivan Ta Marta”, 26.02.26, 6 pm
Pariser Platz 4A, 10117 Berlin
Opening Speech by the director Oleksandr Snytsia + Film Screening + Panel Talk with Eva Yakubovska and Patryk Szostak
The event is presented as part of the international exhibition dedicated to Vasyl Stus and this year’s Cafe Kyiv, highlighting questions of freedom, cultural resilience, and the continuity of Ukrainian intellectual resistance. It will open with a speech by the film’s director, Oleksandr Synytsia, followed by the screening and a panel discussion with Eva Yakubovska and Patryk Szostak.
The film offers an intimate portrait of the literary critic and dissident Ivan Dziuba, a key figure of the Ukrainian Sixtiers movement, initiator of the protest at the premiere of Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors, and author of Internationalism or Russification? Through the voice of his wife Marta, the film reveals their 62-year partnership, shaped by loyalty, love, and courage under continuous KGB pressure.
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Kvizarnya, Special quiz as part of Café Kyiv Week, 26.02.26, 7 pm
Belushi’s Mitte, Ziegelstraße 28, 10117 Berlin
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Kvizarnya, Special quiz as part of Cafe Kyiv Week, 26.02.26, 7 pm
Belushi’s Mitte, Ziegelstraße 28, 10117 Berlin
📣 Special quiz as part of Cafe Kyiv Week!
This isn’t just a game—it’s part of a big and important cultural week that brings together the Ukrainian community, culture, discussions, and art in the heart of Berlin 🇺🇦✨
Cafe Kyiv is the largest event about Ukraine in the city, a place where politics, science, culture, innovation, and networking merge into one big space of support and solidarity 🌍💬
And it is during this week that our quiz about Ukraine will take place – with questions about history, culture, people, music, and everything else related to our country 💙💛
🎯 Topic: QUIZ ABOUT UKRAINE – about everything that makes our culture, history, and present unique 🇺🇦
🧠 Level: intermediate (so that it is interesting for everyone)
💸 Participation fee: €15 per person
👥 Team: up to 6 people