Bridget Kendall speaks at our June 2019 Annual Lecture

ā€œRussia and the ā€˜no rulesā€™ world of President Putinā€ This yearā€™s Annual Lecture was once again kindly hosted once again by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) on 6 June 2019. Bridget Kendall joined the BBC in 1983, serving as Moscow correspondent from 1989 to 1995, Washington correspondent from 1994 and diplomatic correspondent from 1998. …

Trustee Charlie Walker runs the London Marathon for BEARR

Charlie’s message Iā€™m running the London marathon in 2019 to raise money for the BEARR Trust, which supports vulnerable people in countries of the former Soviet Union. BEARR, of which Iā€™m a trustee, runs an annual grants competition that provides funding for small NGOs operating across the Eurasian region, and this yearā€™s scheme focuses on …

BEARR Trust/ULIM Moldova Conference on Migration

Our International conference on Migration and Social Change in Eastern Europe, in Chisinau on 11-12 April 2019 at the Free International University of Moldova BEARRā€™s annual conference in London attracts speakers and participants from across the region, including from Moldova. In addition, we have a new strategy of holding occasional conferences in other countries of …