1st December 2011
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Which Ukrainian city is famous both as a Cossack stronghold and as the home of one of the Soviet Union’s biggest electrification projects? The answer is of course Zaporizhia, a city of three quarters of a million people on the banks of the Dnieper in eastern Ukraine. Entering the city from the north you drive […]
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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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29th November 2011
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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 […]
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29th November 2011
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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 […]
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28th November 2011
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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 […]
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25th November 2011
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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 […]
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24th November 2011
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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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23rd November 2011
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Back in March I wrote a blog which wasn’t really a blog at all. Instead, it was a plug for an interview I’d done about blogging, for the Ukrainian weekly “Delo” (an interview, by the way, which includes links to many of my favourite blog entries). I was pleased to receive some positive comments on […]
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22nd November 2011
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To the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs to sign, alongside Foreign Minister Hryshchenko, a new Air Services Agreement between the UK and Ukraine. This is a formal ceremony: as ambassador, I have been granted “full powers” to sign the Agreement on behalf of the UK Government, and the resultant Agreement is a legally binding international […]
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18th November 2011
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I’ve referred in two recent blogs, What next for Ukraine and What next for Ukraine #2, to what needs to happen in order to move towards the signature and ratification of the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement. There has been good progress recently on negotiating the nuts and bolts of the Agreement, and hopes are rising that […]
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