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Ukraine - General Purpose Freight Gondola Wagons Tender |
| | The rolling stock renewal project, with total estimated cost of 125,000,000 US$ equivalent, requires procurement of the general purpose freight gondola wagons.
This full online edition with links is available at:
http://www.ukti.gov.uk/uktihome/item/490640.html |
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NEW: Gareth Jones - Eyewitness to the Holodomor |
| | NEW BOOK ON THE HOLODOMOR
PRE-PUBLICATION SPECIAL OFFER - ORDER DIRECT AND SAVE £8 WITH FREE POSTAGE (UK ONLY)
This is the first academic study of Gareth Jones, now recognized as one of the first journalists to reveal the horror of the Holodomor, the Soviet Government-induced famine in the early 1930s, which killed millions of Ukrainians. Of interest to students of journalism, eastern-European history and political studies this book provides a fascinating insight about one of the most devastating events of the twentieth century and the social, economic and political factors that contributed to the famine.
Travelling as a foreign affairs adviser to David Lloyd George and Ivy Lee, two of the most influential people at that time, the Aberystwyth and Cambridge-educated Jones, a fluent Russian-speaker, investigated reports, denied by the Soviet Government, that their Five-Year Plan had led to mass starvation by visiting the affected region and the Ukrainian people.
His numerous articles published in the UK (Evening Standard, Daily Express and Western Mail) as well as those written about him in the USA (New York Evening Post and Chicago Daily News) exposed the Holodomor, but Jones's credibility and integrity were immediately attacked and denigrated by the Soviet Government and its sympathizers within the journalistic profession such as Walter Duranty of the New York Times.
Ray Gamache is an Assistant Professor of Journalism in the Department of Mass Communications at King’s College, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.
Download flyer with chapter & order details here: Gareth Jones - Eyewitness to the Holodomor |
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Ukraine – Kiev Content market (Creative & Media) |
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Ukraine – Public Service Contract & Corporate Development Advisory |
| | Municipal company Dnipropetrovsk Metro (spin-off from The City of Dnipropetrovsk) seeks to engage a consultant to advise on development and implementation of a Public Service Contract.
This full online edition with links is available at:
http://www.ukti.gov.uk/uktihome/item/470180.html |
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New page on Facebook - Like Ukrainian Events in London! |
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BUS Director Chris Elias Passes Away |
| | It is with great sadness that we announce the death of BUS Director Chris Elias, who became ill recently and shortly afterwards was diagnosed with an aggressive form of bone cancer.
Chris died peacefully at home with his family around him. To his colleagues and clients at Michelmores, Chris was an excellent and highly respected lawyer; he was liked quickly by those he met, enthusiastic, trusted, always courteous and terrific company.
His death is a great blow to us all and he will be missed greatly by everyone at the British Ukrainian Society.
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Alla Hors’ka’s Artwork for Sale |
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| It is with great honour to present Alla Hors’ka’s artwork for sale. On behalf of her son, we are seeking individuals/institutions who are interested in owning an original Alla Hors’ka.
ARTEast has launched itself in partnership with CU3 Design Ltd. Our goal is to provide our clients with unique and high quality art. Our launch was successful with over 11,000 viewers worldwide.
Background
Alla Hors’ka was born in Yalta, a predominantly Russian-speaking region of what was the USSR. At the age of 14, she moved to the capital city of Ukraine where she became interested in art. In 1954, she graduated from the prestigious Kyiv Art Institute under Ukraine’s most predominant artists Hryhor’yev and Sharanov. This is also where she met her famous husband Viktor Zarets’kyi.
She was extremely active and is remembered for her political activism on human rights. She was the founder and leader of the youth movement ‘Suchasnyk’, a major influence of freedom of expression during the 1960’s. So little of her art remains today…
Her Murder
She was a threat to the communistic regime – she fought for freedom and democracy. She was murdered at her father-in law’s apartment in 1970 at the young age of 41. Officially, the investigation found that her father-in-law murdered Alla and then he, himself, committed suicide. Even though authorities hushed up talk of her death, it caused uproar both in Ukraine and abroad. The case is still open…who killed Alla Hors’ka? |
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9th Davos Ukrainian Lunch: “Ukraine: East or West – The Wrong Dilemma?” |
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On Friday, January 25, 2013, at 12:30 (GMT+1) in Davos (Switzerland), the Victor Pinchuk Foundation and international investment advisory group EastOne held the 9th Davos Ukrainian Lunch organized at the occasion of the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum.
How will Ukraine develop relations with its neighbours, the EU and the Customs Union? What is the vision of the leaders of Ukraine and of Wider Europe of the future of the country? What steps will the new government and the parliament elected in October 2012 take? These were the main questions for interactive panel discussion at the 9thDavos Ukrainian Lunch entitled “Ukraine: East or West – The Wrong Dilemma?”.
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New Publication: Hardly Ever Otherwise by Maria Matios |
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| Grand Prix of the Ukrainian literary contest 'Coronation of the Word'
Everything eventually reaches its appointed place in time and space. Maria Matios’s dramatic family saga, Hardly Ever Otherwise, narrates the story of several western Ukrainian families during the last decades of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and expands upon the idea that “it isn’t time that is important, but the human condition in time.”
In Matios’s multi-tiered plot, the grand passions of ordinary people are illuminated under the caliginous light of an ethereal mysticism, and digressions on love, envy, transgression, and atonement are woven into the story. The reader is submerged into a rich world populated by a grand cast of characters and ideas, which Matios animates with her prolific imagination and subtle wisdom.
Each character in this outstanding drama has an irrefutable alibi, a unique truth, and a private conflict with honor and duty. Her characters do not always act in accordance with logic and written-law, as the laws of honor clash with the laws of the heart. And this is why it is hardly ever otherwise.
For more information about this book, please visit the official web-site of Hardly Ever Otherwise (English edition)
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E-Petition - Charging of Visas by the FCO |
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| STOP THE FOREIGN & COMMONWEALTH OFFICE WITHDRAWING GRATIS VISAS FOR CHERNOBYL CHILDREN COMING TO UK FOR RECUPERATIVE HOLIDAYS FROM BELARUS & UKRAINE
Dear All
Further to my recent e-mail, the E-Petition is now up and running (one month ahead of schedule!).
I now ask that everyone signs it and forwards this e-mail on to family and friends.
In addition, all Links have e-mail addresses and I ask that you relate this e-mail to all committee members and ask them to sign it too.
We need 100,000 signatures by January 2013 so that it can be debated in parliament. It is imperative that we win this debate with HM Government.
The link to the E-Petition is: http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/37945
PLEASE VOTE NOW AND FORWARD THIS E-MAIL TO YOUR RECIPIENTS IN YOUR ADDRESS BOOK TODAY !!
Thank you.
Victor E Mizzi MBE
Chairman/Trustee
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Tamara Demidenko Passes Away |
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WJR: Recruiting London-based Programme Manager |
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| The World Jewish Relief are supporting a number of projects in Ukraine and are currently looking for a London-based Programme Manager with a particular focus on Ukraine.
International Programmes and Partnerships Manager, Ukraine
World Jewish Relief, the UK Jewish Community’s leading international humanitarian and development agency, is recruiting an International Programmes and Partnerships Manager, in order to strengthen the impact, outcome and accountability of its international grants in line with its Corporate Strategy 2011 - 2016. The Programmes Manager will take responsibility for a broad range of programmes and partnerships that WJR either currently or is planning to support in Ukraine, though with potentially a broader geographical focus, to drive forward the quality of WJR’s programming and partnerships in order to address significant poverty and vulnerability amongst its recipient clients.
For a full Job Description click here
For an Application Form click here
Contact:
Ekaterina Mitiaev
Programmes Performance Advisor
World Jewish Relief
Direct: 020 8736 1271
Web:www.wjr.org.uk
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