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Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to Ukraine PDF Print E-mail

Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to Ukraine
 
Mr Simon Smith has been appointed Her Majesty's Ambassador to Ukraine in succession to Mr Leigh Turner who will be transferring to another Diplomatic Service appointment.
Mr Smith will take up his appointment during late summer 2012.

Simon Smith studied Modern Languages at Oxford University and joined the FCO in 1986. For the last four years he has been HM Ambassador to Austria and the UK’s representative to many of Vienna’s UN and international organisations, including as the UK’s Governor on the Board of the International Atomic Energy Agency.

Tokyo, Moscow and London have been the other focal points of a career in which he has worked on a broad range of political, security policy and economic/energy policy issues, and in trade and investment promotion. He is married to Sian Stickings, a lawyer. They have two daughters.

On his appointment as Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Ukraine, Mr Smith said:

“I am thrilled to have been appointed Britain’s next Ambassador to Ukraine. I’ve been fascinated by Ukraine, and its unique place in European geography and history, ever since my first visit to Kyiv in 1994. I’ve often enjoyed working fruitfully with Ukrainian colleagues in multilateral diplomacy, and my wife and I look forward to an equally rewarding partnership building further on the UK’s substantial and important relationship with Ukraine.”

 


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Business Federation Kyiv (BFK) Launch New Website PDF Print E-mail
Business Federation Kyiv (BFK) is pleased to announce the launch of their new website: www.ubcl.co.uk 

The BFK help their members explore business and investment opportunities in the UK, network internationally and benefit from local advice on European capital markets.
 
Savant Books Releases Mila Komarnisky's Epic Novel, "Wretched Land" in eBook Formats PDF Print E-mail
"Wretched Land" by Mila Komarnisky
 

Savant Books and Publications LLC, Honolulu, Hawaii, announces the release of Mila Komarnisky's' epic historical romance novel about the Ukraine, "Wretched Land" in multiple eBook formats.

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PRLog (Press Release) - May 04, 2012 -
Dmytro Verbitsky, an impoverished Ukrainian aristocrat, is actively engaged in WWI, the Ukranian Civil War and WWII. Despite the cruelty of Stalin’s regime, he manages to raise a loving family, avenges his wife’s rape, learns to understand and forgive his father’s suicide, and nurtures hopes for Ukraine’s independence.

The novel "Wretched Land" describes the passionate love, the intense suffering and the miraculous survival of one family who lived in Ukraine through the hardships of World War One, a Civil War and World War Two, the famines of 1921, 1932-33 and 1947, and a cruel Stalinist regime. The story is fictional but it is interwoven into the fabric of Ukrainian history.

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19 Nov 2010: Lord Risby Among Latest Peerages Announced Today PDF Print E-mail

Richard Spring
 
Downing Street announced today that the Queen has been graciously pleased to signify Her intention of conferring Peerages of the United Kingdom for Life upon amongst others, Lord Risby.

Lord Risby is a former Conservative MP and Chairman of the British Ukrainian Society.

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6 Oct 2008: Joint Statement by Prime Minister Gordon Brown & President Victor Yushchenko PDF Print E-mail
President Victor Yushchenko & Gordon Brown © Pool/Getty Images The Guest of Government Visit to the United Kingdom of  highlights the close friendship between our two countries, and the willingness to cooperate closely across a broad spectrum of mutual concerns.

Our relationship is based on shared values and interests: expanding economic freedom and democracy; protecting security; respect for human rights and the rule of law; supporting innovation and technological advances particularly to promote sustainable development. Our discussions today have highlighted our common priorities, which we intend to pursue together.
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16 May 2008: Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to Ukraine PDF Print E-mail

Leigh Turner
 
Mr Leigh Turner has been appointed Her Majesty's Ambassador to the Ukraine in succession to Mr Tim Barrow CMG LVO MBE who has transferred to another Diplomatic Service appointment.

Mr Turner will take up his appointment during June 2008.
 
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22 Mar 2008: New Appointment PDF Print E-mail

Mr Ihor Mitiukov The British Ukrainian Society congratulates Mr Ihor Mitiukov on his appointment as the Head of Morgan Stanley's new representative office in Kyiv and wishes him every success in this new role. Click here to read the Press Release.
 
24 Jan 2008: Ukraine Interested In Developing Cooperation With Britain, Says President PDF Print E-mail
Kyiv, January 24, (Interfax-Ukraine)

Ukrainian President Viktor Yuschenko has met with the leader of Britain's Conservative Party, David Cameron, during the World Economic Forum in Davos.
 
Yuschenko said Ukraine wants to develop cooperation with the United Kingdom, in particular in economic and investment cooperation and trade development, the presidential press service reported.
Trade between Ukraine and the United Kingdom in January-September 2007 was $1.7 billion, which is 30% up on the same period of 2006.
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