Shimon Redlich: “understanding humanity” “We want more events like this,” said a Ukrainian member of the audience of the event on May 18, 2016, dedicated to the personal experience of surviving the Holocaust in Poland and Ukraine. It brought together the representatives of the Ukrainian, Polish and Jewish communities in London. Communities which otherwise rarely cross. The event became possible thanks to partnership between four different London-based organisations: Spiro Arc, a Jewish Charity, the Ukrainian Institute, Polish Embassy and the Association of Ukrainians in Great Britain which hosted the event at Ukrainian Community Centre on Holland Park Avenue. It was a …read more Source: Ukrainian Institute,...
The Ukrainian Institute in London presented its vision for the development of a network of Ukrainian cultural institutes abroad and the role the state and diaspora could play at at the 2nd Cultural Diplomacy Forum on the 27th of April in Kiev. The overview of Ukraine’s cultural and public diplomacy efforts was a the centre of a debate at this important gathering, organised by the Kiev office of the Kennan Institute and featuring over 100 participants. Marina Pesenti, Director of the Ukrainian Institute in London, presented the results of an audit of the cultural and public diplomacy efforts made by …read more Source: Ukrainian Institute,...
The Ukrainian Freedom Fund (UFF) was officially launched at a press conference in Kyiv today, April 29th, to help centrally collect and convert donations into support for military units located on the Ukrainian State Borders. The Fund, set up three weeks ago through a joint initiative of Andrew Bain, President and Owner of Atlantic Group, one of...
