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29th November 2011
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London 2012: counting down with prizes
What could be better than meeting famous Ukrainian Olympians Serhiy Bubka and Valeriy Borzov? With 242 days to go until London 2012, I was delighted to welcome them, plus six winners of our Online Olympic Quiz, to the embassy on 28 November. I won’t say too much here because you can read all about it […]
29th November 2011
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Brilliant British education #9
I always seem to be talking about education in these blogs. That’s partly because the UKhas some of the best universities in the world as well as a schools sector which attracts people from all over the planet. But it’s also because many educational establishments are actively and successfully promoting British education right here in […]
28th November 2011
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Rugby: building character in Ukraine
The rain is pelting down and the temperature has sunk close to zero. On the pitch, two teams of boys and, in some cases, girls, run, dodge and tackle as they dispute possession of an oval-shaped ball, gradually becoming muddier as they do so. It’s fast-paced, end-to-end stuff involving fitness, strategy and sophisticated tactics in […]
28th November 2011
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The Fat Gap
Here’s one area Romania does not want to ‘catch up with the rest of the EU’ – obesity. The latest study by Eurostat shows that Romania has the lowest incidence of obesity among the 19 EU Member States surveyed, with 8% of women and 7.6% of men recorded as obese. At the other end of […]
25th November 2011
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Terror in the house
25 November is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. It was 1973 when the expression “domestic violence” in a modern context was first used formally. This happened in the United Kingdom Parliament, where the world’s first domestic violence services federation, Women’s Aid, was established some months later. Almost 40 years have […]
25th November 2011
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Looking even dafter for men’s health
A guest blog by Miles Martin, UkrTashBud, Mo-Team, British Embassy Kyiv On 1 November I wrote a guest blog, Movember: looking daft for men’s health. The month of Movember is in full swing with Mo’Bros and Mo’Sistas around the world doing their bit to raise money and promote awareness of men’s health issues. Here in […]
25th November 2011
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Defence cooperation – stronger than ever
Our Armed Forces Minister, Nick Harvey MP, was in Canberra and Sydney this week. He had a series of meetings with the Defence Department Ministerial team – Stephen Smith, Warren Snowdon and Jason Clare, and met a very broad range of senior officials and military officers. There was much to talk about. The Minister and […]
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24th November 2011 Chevening, UK
The life and times of a Chevening Officer
Our latest Chevening Conversations blog takes a look at the other side of Chevening – the crucial role that the Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s Chevening Officers’ play in ensuring that Chevening remains one of the world’s most prestigious scholarships programmes. Ritika Kochhar is our Chevening Officer in India, one of the biggest Chevening posts in […]
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24th November 2011
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British approach to managing migration: tackling problems at source
Guest blog by Svitlana Yavorska, EU Co-ordinator, British Embassy Kyiv Last week I attended a seminar delivered by UKBA experts for their Ukrainian colleagues at the State Migration Service of Ukraine. Following a recent visit to London by the Ukrainian State Border Guard Service, this event was designed to continue UK support to Ukraine in […]
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24th November 2011 Bucharest, Romania
A British investment in humanness
British philanthropist Graham Perolls and his superb team at Casa Sperantei have been supporting Romanian charity sector for almost two decades now. As British Ambassador Martin Harris commented recently, Casa Sperantei is a British strategic investment in humanness. Graham is sharing with us details of his latest project aimed at helping terminally-ill patients in Bucharest […]