On the 15-th – 16-th of May 2017 the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Republic Belarus in Ukraine Igor Sokol visited Lviv region in the frame of which the meeting with the head of Lviv regional national administration Oleg Sinyutko and Mayor of Lviv Andrii Sadoviy.
The parties noticed the high potential of Belorussian and Ukrainian regional dialogue and confirmed the readiness to deepen the bilateral relations in trading and economic, cultural and humanitarian as well as other regions. The head of Belorussian diplomatic representation and city head of Lviv covered as the spectrum of Belorussian and Ukrainian collaboration including the contacts in the trading and economic scope, in the area of accommodation and communal household and car manufacture, humanitarian connections, cultural collaboration, then, they thought about the practical steps on the activation of travel exchange.
At the meeting with the President of Lviv commercial and industrial chamber Dmitryy Aftanas it was discussed the collaboration of Lviv commercial and industrial chamber with Grodna, Minsk, and Vitebsk departments of Belorussian commercial and industrial chamber. They noticed the necessity to actualize the agreements of collaboration of regional commercial chambers, and the possibility to organize the mutual visits is studied.
In the course of communication with the representatives of business circles the mechanism of easy-term loan was investigated in details according to the Order of the President of Belarus №466 for Ukrainian entrepreneurs that gain Belorussian automobile transport technique with the possibility of compensation by Belorussian side the part of credit in the banks of Ukraine.
Apart from that, Igor Sokol met the Representative of Lviv regional council Aleksandr Ganushin. The sides discussed the directions of interparliament collaboration of Belarus and Ukraine, the dynamics and prospects of trading and economic as well as cross-border collaboration.
The Ambassador of Belarus featuring the Head of Lviv regional national administration O. Synyutko has officially opened the exhibition project ‘Being of UAK. Poet and style’ that was organized in the compliance with the agreement about the collaboration between the National literature museum of Yanka Kupala and Lviv historical museum. At the exhibition the multifaced image of national poet Y. Kupala was represented as well as his great cultural education heritage. In 2017 in Belarus and far away from its borders the 135-th anniversary of the first national poet Yanka Kupala is celebrated.
In the course of the further development of humanitarian collaboration Belarus is going to get Ukrainian friends familiar with the names of the great Belorussian, culture, history, and traditions of Belorussian nation as well as modern life of our state. In its turn, the Embassy will give any support in organization of the similar unique projects in Ukraine.
Photo: press service of Lviv city national administration
On the 26-th of April, 2018 at 11:00 in the media center of the GDIP, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Tajikistan in Ukraine Faizullo Holboboev will organize a briefing in connection with the adoption of the UNGA Resolution "International Decade for Action" Water for Sustainable Development "2018-2028".
On the 6-th of April, the second day of the meeting of the diplomatic personnel with the students of the Petro Mohyla Black Sea National University took place in the frame of the common project OUTLOOK and the Diplomatic greetings. The event was attended by Ambassador of Norway to Ukraine, Ule Terje Horpeštad, and consul and protocol officer of the Indonesian Embassy in Ukraine Adi Brasmato.
In every art there are formats and rules – once in “mainstream” an Artist won’t have to starve. Even more so in totalitarian times when every sphere of people’s life is controlled and affected and selfhood has to be forgotten as such. It is probably in the face of a system natural talents emerge for their work to become immortal. Today Outlook recalls one of them, artist Kateryna Bilokur.
A meeting of the diplomatic personnel with students of the Petro Mohyla Black Sea National University took place in Kyiv on the 5-th of April. The event took place within the framework of the joint project OUTLOOK and the GDIP - Diplomatic Greetings.
A seminar was carried out n Kyiv with the participation of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of India to Ukraine Manoj Kumar Bharti on the topic "Ayurveda is the science of healing life by nature".
Spoiled with home-made borshch, holubtsy and cotlets, we are under an illusion that we know Ukrainian cuisine like the tips of own fingers and there is nothing distinctive about it while in fact gastronomic heritage of our country is far richer than a grandma’s ingenuous menu. Time has come to recall original Ukrainian dishes that were undeservedly forgotten in the era of semi-cooked products and fast food.
A press conference was organized in Kyiv with the participation of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Belarus to Ukraine Igor Sokol. The conference was dedicated to the exhibition of Belarusian manufacturers "MADE IN BELARUS", which will be carried out on April 10-14, 2018 in Kyiv. Apart from that, they will cover the development of trade and economic relations between Ukraine and Republic of Belarus.
The Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Kazakhstan to Ukraine Samat Ordabayev organized an event on the occasion of the presentation of the book of the President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev "The Era of Independence".
Over several years of our project’s operation we have created large amount of features, both texts and visuals, about various countries, visited numerous cities, got acquainted with huge number of peoples. And now, on the day of 25th anniversary of Ukrainian independence, Outlook with love and joy continues its series of features with the one about native country. Most interesting facts about Ukraine and Ukrainians are next to come.
Eight Embassies of foreign states: Azerbaijan, Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Uzbekistan, with the organizational assistance of the OUTLOOK project and with the support of the Culture Department of KSCA, invited the citizens of Kyiv, representatives of diasporas and national cultural societies to celebrate NOWRUZ International Day together. About how the celebration was held - in our new video.
Traditional Ukrainian clothes are absolutely unique, bright and distinctive. So there is no surprise that they still remain relevant for both Ukrainian and foreign fashion-mongers. In recent years designers of the world create entire collection based on the main symbol vyshyvanka (embroidered clothing) and many celebrities now and then put on shirts with magic ornamentation believing them to be the summit of elegance.
The spouse of the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Georgia to Ukraine Irina Sultanishvili carried out a meeting of the Ambassadors Spouses Club, in the frame of which some traditional clothes was demonstrated.
In Kyiv ArtHall D12 under the auspices of the Embassy of Switzerland to Ukraine and personally Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Guillaume Scheurer the exhibition Swiss Graphic Design took place. Starting the event, the Head of diplomatic mission greeted everybody who visited this place, and wished to have exciting and inspirational time.
In Kyiv under auspices of the Embassy of Belgium and personally Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Luke Jacobs there was a conference dedicated to the 100-th anniversary of residence of Belgium armored division in Ukraine, exactly the period of revolutionary events of 1917-1918.
In Kyiv academic theater of drama and comedy under support of Embassy of Belarus to Ukraine and Kyiv city governmental administration it was the play ‘Marriage contract’ of Minsk Film Actor’s Studio Theater. The performance was going in the frame of the tour in Ukraine.
In Kyiv on the 5-th of February Culture Days of Kuwait started. They are dedicated to the 25-th anniversary of diplomatic relations between our countries. All the events will go under the support of the Embassy of Kuwait to Ukraine and personally Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Mr Rashid Hammad Al Advani.
The 4th annual Nordic skiing competition for diplomats and all comers organized by the Ukrainian Ski Club in cooperation with the Embassies of Switzerland, Austria, Norway and Sweden under the auspices of Fischer, one of largest manufacturer of skis in Ukraine, took place on January 28 in the park of the National Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute”.
President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko accepted credentials from the ambassadors of several foreign countries: Netherlands - Eduard Hoeks, Lebanon - Ali Daher, Sudan - Mohamed Eisa Ismail Dahab.
The Embassy of Palestine in Ukraine and personally Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Mohammed Al-Assad organized a trip for journalists to Palestine. OUTLOOK team was among them. We launch a series of videos about this country and start with Bethlehem!