Category: World
Service
Date: 19.05.2005
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The BBC opened its new Monitoring Bureau in Kiev on
Wednesday 19 May 2005.
The ceremony was attended by President Victor
Yuschenko, His Royal Highness Prince Michael of Kent,
and Terry Wogan, the BBC's host at the Eurovision Song
Contest, which is being held in the Ukrainian capital.
Equipped with the latest state of the art technology,
the BBC's Monitoring Bureau in Kiev will deliver the most comprehensive
coverage of the Ukraine and its affairs for all its outlets worldwide.
It will also be home to the BBC's Ukraine correspondent,
Helen Fawkes.
Chris Westcott, Director of BBC Monitoring, says: "BBC
Monitoring's new office in Kiev confirms our commitment to being the
best source of global reporting from the world's media.
"Its fully digital multimedia capability enables
BBC Monitoring to report on media in the Ukraine and the surrounding
region - which, as recent events have shown, is of critical geo-political
significance."
Maciek Bernatt-Reszczynski, Head of BBC Ukrainian Service,
says: "The new Kiev Bureau gives BBC journalists covering the Ukraine
a sophisticated and modern environment to satisfy the high demand for
quality across a range of BBC outlets in dozens of languages across
the world.
"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."
Notes to Editors
BBC Monitoring is part of the BBC World Service, an important part of
the BBC'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.
BBC 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.
For further general information about BBC Monitoring, visit the website
at www.monitor.bbc.co.uk.
