30th November 2011
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Last year I wrote a blog about three big seizures of cocaine in Ukraine. So I was interested when the EU Border Assistance Mission (EUBAM) held a seminar on counter-narcotics recently for Ukrainian and Moldovan law enforcement agencies. The seminar took place in the EUBAM HQ in Odesa and involved 18 Ukrainian participants from the […]
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19th July 2011
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The red carpet heaves with talent including John Malkovich, Russian filmmaker and actor Nikita Mikhalkov and many legendary Odesa comedy stars including the “Masks” of Chaos Shakespeare fame. Above, gleaming gilt cherubs frolic. I’m at the fabulous Odesa opera house for the opening of this year’s Odesa International Film Festival. With six British films on […]
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