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Kyiv unveils memorial plaque at first Swiss Embassy building
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Switzerland to Ukraine Felix Baumann (right) speaks with participants during a ceremony to unveil a commemorative plaque on the facade of the building that housed the first Swiss Consulate at 42/5 Yevhena Chykalenka Street in Kyiv, Ukraine, on July 10, 2026. Switzerland opened its first consulate in Kyiv in 1903, which cooperated with the governments of independent Ukraine from 1917 to 1919. (Photo by Marianna Kotyk/Ukrinform/NurPhoto)