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ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ opens new Monitoring Bureau in Kiev


Category: World Service

Date: 19.05.2005
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The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ opened its new Monitoring Bureau in Kiev on Wednesday 19 May 2005.

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The ceremony was attended by President Victor Yuschenko, His Royal Highness Prince Michael of Kent, and Terry Wogan, the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½'s host at the Eurovision Song Contest, which is being held in the Ukrainian capital.

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Equipped with the latest state of the art technology, the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½'s Monitoring Bureau in Kiev will deliver the most comprehensive coverage of the Ukraine and its affairs for all its outlets worldwide.

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It will also be home to the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½'s Ukraine correspondent, Helen Fawkes.

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Chris Westcott, Director of ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Monitoring, says: "ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Monitoring's new office in Kiev confirms our commitment to being the best source of global reporting from the world's media.

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"Its fully digital multimedia capability enables ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Monitoring to report on media in the Ukraine and the surrounding region - which, as recent events have shown, is of critical geo-political significance."

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Maciek Bernatt-Reszczynski, Head of ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Ukrainian Service, says: "The new Kiev Bureau gives ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ journalists covering the Ukraine a sophisticated and modern environment to satisfy the high demand for quality across a range of ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ outlets in dozens of languages across the world.

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"There are DVDs to record video as well as access to online dictionaries - as, following the Orange Revolution, the workload has increased as the new Government sets about introducing much needed reforms."

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Notes to Editors

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ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Monitoring is part of the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ World Service, an important part of the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½'s newsgathering operation, and a valued supplier of information to British Government departments. Other subscribers include media organisations, universities, governments, embassies, multinational companies and charities around the world.

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ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Monitoring tracks over 3,000 sources from 150 countries in 100 languages, rigorously selecting vital information, translating reports into English and delivering online for immediacy and ease of access.

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For further general information about ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Monitoring, visit the website at www.monitor.bbc.co.uk.

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Date: 19.05.2005
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