‘At least they have a healthcare infrastructure’ explained Anna, who works for thye World Health Organisation, as we stumbled home after England’s EURO 2012 win over Ukraine. ‘In Indonesia and Thailand’ she said, ‘nobody has ever built one’. It might be old and outdated, but this is true – Ukraine does have an extensive healthcare…
Sausage Dogs. Remarkable as it might seem, this week I noticed that the people of Kyiv have developed a fashionable love for the Sausage Dog. Given that the main feature of these canine-chorizos is their stupid shape, I can’t explain why they have become so popular but after two and a half years here in Ukraine,…
Bombs On the 27th April, a series of bombs exploded in the central Ukrainian city of Dnipropetrovsk. The bombs were planted in dustbins around the city and whilst nobody were killed, many people were injured including a number of children. As far as I know, the blasts haven’t been claimed by any group and nobody has been…
‘Look!’ Iryna said pointing out of the car window at a Stork standing proudly on top of a huge nest. ‘Oh, yeah’ I said, ‘they bring babies, right?’ I said, knowing full well that this was a common fable across eastern Europe. ‘Yes’ she said, ‘or you can find them inside a cabbage‘ ‘a cabbage?!’…
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