http://expat.wnymedia.net Tue, 11 Nov 2008 04:57:25 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko sent a letter last week congratulating President-elect Barack Obama on his victory in the election. From the Prime Minister's website: Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko has congratulated Barack Obama on his victory in the presidential election. In a telegram for Barack Obama Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko ... http://expat.wnymedia.net/2008/11/10/pm-tymoshenko-congratulates-obama/ On Saturday, at the International Education Harvest Fest at the Friends of the Elderly Community Center on E. Utica, I met some of the members of the Bantu Youth Council of Buffalo. They brought great food and some information about their group, which meets on a weekly basis. [caption id="attachment_229" align="aligncenter" ... http://expat.wnymedia.net/2008/11/10/bantu-youth-council-of-buffalo/ Today was the flag-raising ceremony for the Seventh Annual Peace Conference, themed "Diversity and Peace: Integrating Inquiry and Action" will be held at Buffalo State College. It will be held in Rockwell Hall on Thursday, October 23. Here is a video of the conference's featured guest speaker, Abraham Awolich: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xamRpWzwuSk[/youtube] Here some of ... http://expat.wnymedia.net/2008/10/20/peace-conference-at-buffalo-state/ Well after some technical difficulties with the site and my hiatus to work on the results of my Fulbright projects and job applications, I am back. Back to blogging and back in Buffalo. I've already gone to a Sabres game, ate beef on weck, and more importantly, spent some time ... http://expat.wnymedia.net/2008/10/18/hope-you-remember-me/ (Georgian expats protesting in Kyiv) The recent military actions between Georgia and Russia have stirred significant debate about the status of Ukraine as it is also a country in transition that hasn't quite made up its mind about NATO and has significant ties to Russia. Although Ukraine is in a different position ... http://expat.wnymedia.net/2008/08/12/russia-georgia-and-what-it-means-for-ukraine/ I know everyone in the States probably knows about this video already, but I just absolutely love it. I heard about it earlier, but caught it on my cousin's blog today while trying to distract myself from paperwork. So just in case I catch a few people who haven't seen ... http://expat.wnymedia.net/2008/07/22/great-work-matt/ Ok, so this is a belated birthday post, but here is a video from our small celebration and card signing in Kyiv on the 18th. The event was held by the Eastern European Development Institute, the Nigerian Community of Kyiv and the African Center. Special guest speakers included the Ambassador ... http://expat.wnymedia.net/2008/07/22/happy-90th-birthday-nelson-mandela/ The above quote came from Savik Schuster, whose show, Svoboda, is a popular political discussion and debate forum that attracts some of Ukraine's most prominent personalities to banter over topics while a live audience electronically agrees or disagrees with the statements of the speaker. He said, "It seems to me that ... http://expat.wnymedia.net/2008/07/17/%d0%bc%d0%bd%d0%b5-%d0%ba%d0%b0%d0%b6%d0%b5%d1%82%d1%81%d1%8f-%d0%bb%d1%83%d1%86%d0%b5%d0%bd%d0%ba%d0%be-%d1%81%d0%bf%d1%8f%d1%82%d0%b8%d0%bb/ I wanted to post these pictures I just took from the small balcony of my apartment. I am going to go ahead and say I'm pretty lucky to be living where I do in the city :-) This is Slava Park, which is directly across the street. It's the place where ... http://expat.wnymedia.net/2008/07/09/views-of-summer-in-kyiv/ So, I suppose it is about time for a personal update while I wait for my laundry to finish up. First, Happy Birthday Mom! And Happy belated Independence Day. Unfortunately, being a Fulbright doesn't get you an invitation to the fancy Embassy 4th of July Party and it looks like the American ... http://expat.wnymedia.net/2008/07/05/the-527-is-up-to-2-hryvnias-now/