{"id":6847,"date":"2026-09-10T23:44:49","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T20:44:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/2026\/09\/10\/the-transcarpathian-regional-council-held-its-24th-session-what-decisions-were-adopted\/"},"modified":"2026-11-05T17:16:53","modified_gmt":"2026-11-05T15:16:53","slug":"the-transcarpathian-regional-council-held-its-24th-session-what-decisions-were-adopted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/en\/2026\/09\/10\/the-transcarpathian-regional-council-held-its-24th-session-what-decisions-were-adopted\/","title":{"rendered":"The Transcarpathian Regional Council Held Its 24th Session: What Decisions Were Adopted"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Wednesday, September 10, a plenary meeting of the 24th session of the Transcarpathian Regional Council took place. At the start of the session, 42 deputies were registered, and the number of those present later rose to 50.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Before considering the agenda items, a moment of silence was observed to honor those who died as a result of the Russian-Ukrainian war and the fallen defenders of Ukraine. Honorary awards were also presented to military personnel, volunteers, and residents of the region.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83d\udccc <strong>Among the session\u2019s key decisions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83c\udfad <strong>The Transcarpathian Folk Choir was granted national status.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Deputies renamed the institution the \u201cNational Honored Academic Transcarpathian Folk Choir\u201d and approved its revised charter.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83c\udfa8 <strong>The year 2027 was declared the Year of the Transcarpathian Art School.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Next year will mark the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Public School of Drawing by Adalbert Erdeli and Yosyp Bokshay, which is considered the beginning of the Transcarpathian art school.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83c\udf93 <strong>The Academy of Culture and Arts will celebrate its 80th anniversary.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> Anniversary events will take place throughout the 2026\u20132027 academic year under the slogan \u201c80 Years: Culture That Endures.\u201d<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddf0 <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/en\/zakarpattia-news\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/news-of-transcarpathia\/\">Transcarpathia<\/a> has joined the effort to create the \u201cVigorlat\u201d European Economic and Trade Union.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This involves a cross-border partnership with Slovak partners, which is intended to facilitate the attraction of European funding and the implementation of joint projects in the fields of infrastructure, tourism, the environment, business, and culture.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83c\udfeb <strong>Supervisory boards will be established at eight vocational education institutions.<\/strong> Employers and members of the public are expected to be involved in their work.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83d\udcb0 <strong>Deputies made amendments to the regional budget for 2026<\/strong> and approved new and updated regional programs.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83c\udfd9 <strong>A change to the boundaries of the city of Perechyn was approved.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83d\udc65 <strong>Heads of two social institutions were appointed.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> Taras Ippolitov will head the Mukachevo Psychoneurological Boarding School, and Oksana Lukach will lead the \u201cParasolka\u201d Center.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2708\ufe0f <strong>A long-standing issue involving the former director of Uzhhorod Airport has also been resolved.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Oleg Kotsyuba was formally reinstated to his position on the last day of his contract\u2014May 20, 2025\u2014and then dismissed on the same date due to the expiration of his contract. Forty-six out of 50 deputies voted in favor of the decision. According to available information, he is to receive approximately <strong>1.2 million UAH<\/strong> in compensation.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The regional council also endorsed four appeals to central government authorities. These appeals concern the legislative regulation of electric scooter use, providing housing for military personnel and their families, the procedure for male local council members aged 60 and older to cross the border, and strengthening the protection of medical workers from attacks while on duty.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After adopting the protocol decision, the 24th session of the Transcarpathian Regional Council was adjourned to the strains of the Ukrainian national anthem. \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">#Transcarpathia #TranscarpathianRegionalCouncil #TranscarpathianRegion #TranscarpathiaNews #Uzhhorod #Culture #News<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"\ud83c\udfdb \u0417\u0430\u043a\u0430\u0440\u043f\u0430\u0442\u0441\u044c\u043a\u0430 \u043e\u0431\u043b\u0440\u0430\u0434\u0430 \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0432\u0435\u043b\u0430 24-\u0442\u0443 \u0441\u0435\u0441\u0456\u044e: \u044f\u043a\u0456 \u0440\u0456\u0448\u0435\u043d\u043d\u044f \u0443\u0445\u0432\u0430\u043b\u0438\u043b\u0438 (10 \u0432\u0435\u0440\u0435\u0441\u043d\u044f 2026 \u0440\u043e\u043a\u0443)\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LAI6x8avbWA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Wednesday, September 10, a plenary meeting of the 24th session of the Transcarpathian Regional Council took place. 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