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32 WWW. UNWLA.ORG “НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ”, ГРУДЕНЬ 2012 directly from the Maydan in Kyiv. Our correspo n- dents provided unique interviews and opin ions, with many voices from people on the streets. Writers Vitalii and Dmytro Kapranov commented on the service, “This is the radio which you can’t listen to without attention. It doesn’t make you sleep , and this radio is not sweet. But useful things fo r health aren’t sweet, tha t ’s why we choose what’s best for us and choose BBC Ukrainian.” In January 2011 , due to financial prob - lems , the BBC World Service announced the ce s- sation of programming in the following la n- guages: Azeri, Mandarin Chinese, Russian, Spa n- ish for Cuba, Turkish, Vietnamese, and Ukrainian. The BBC Ukrainian service made its final radio broadcast on April 29 th of that year. The last pr o- gram was called “Good Evening from London!” and included memo r ies of the editorial staff a c- cumulated over the years, including the first Head of the BBC Ukrainian Service, Elizabeth Robson, as well as journalists of the teams in London and Kyiv. I listened to this program from Washin g- ton, DC, where I worked f or the service as a fre e- lancer, and could not hide my tears, knowing that I would not hear many of these voices again. By coincidence , April 29 th was Queen Elizabeth’s Birthday, which was observed by a festive celebr a- tion in London. Her Majesty was wearing a ye l- low - blue outfit. Natalka Skofenko, my dear friend from BBC in London, said on the air: “Let’s not feel sorrow , everyone. L ife goes on , and even the Queen tries to support us with the colors of the Ukrainian flag!” Today the BBC Ukrainian Service diss e- min ates its work on the web portal bbc.ua . It i n- clude s rubrics for News, In Depth, Special Projects, Video and Photo, and Forum. The po r- tal also has permanent pages such as Politics, Economy, Science and Technology, Life, Sp ort, Learning English , and Weather. The topics co v- ered by bbc.ua today vary greatly, from the latest in depth coverage of par liamentary elections in Ukraine to stories on culture and health. Some of the stories are translated from the BBC English website bbc.co.uk . For example, re cently the se r- vice posted a story under the headline “Memories of a Jewish boy who lived near Hitler,” which a t- trac ted many visitors to the site. Main web co n- tent of bbc.ua is also available on mobile phones. As the BBC Ukrai nian Washington co r- respond ent, I try to provide Ukrainian readers with the spectrum of views of American experts on various topics. Ukrainian media do not usua l- ly have wide access to the views of many Amer i- can policy makers and experts. Freedom House dire ctor David Kramer and former Ambassador to Ukraine Steven Pifer are among the regular co n- tributors to my online stories, as are the leaders of the U.S . - Ukraine Business Council and the U.S . - Ukraine Foundation. Having the ability to co m- pare the U nited S tate s policy towards Ukraine and to wards Russia from the very heart of the American capital is extremely interesting as well. Bbc.ua also has a project , led by our bus i- ness correspondent in Kyiv Anastasia Zanuda , who tri es to compare various economic issues i n different countries, especially in Ukraine, the UK, the USA , and Poland. She engages BBC Ukrainian correspondents in these countries, including m y- self, to provide business analys es. Topics recently covered included “the problem of poverty” in these coun tries and the issue of alternatives to Russian gas. Recently BBC Ukraine opened a section where the main stories are published in Russian for the Russia n - speaking online users. Chief Ed i- tor of BBC Ukrainian Nina Kuryata hopes that this new project will lead to a further growth of our audience . Although BBC Ukrainian is known in Ukraine primarily for its news and analysis, it also gives out the annual BBC Ukrainian literary award, which rewards the best novel in Ukrainian. This year, BBC Ukrainian has a lso launched Book of the Year and Children’s Book of the Year awards in partnership with the Cultural Program of the European Bank for Reconstruction and D e- velopment (EBRD). Nominees are judged by a panel that i n- cludes Olga Gerasymiuk, politician and TV pr e- senter, Nina Kuryata, BBC Ukrainian editor - in - chief, and Rostyslav Se mkiv, editor - in - chief of Smoloskyp P ublisher s. The selection process takes place at the annual Lviv International Book Fair and Liter a- ture Festival. Kuryata has stated that “t he BBC Ukrainian Book of the Year award has become a prestigious fixture on the Ukrainian literary sc ene. We are really excited that from this year, books for children will compete wi thin a category of their own — and have a better chance for reco g- nition.”
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