SCHOOL TWINNING: At the beginning of our friendship with the Chernihiv Region we spoke about the importance of making sure that young people were at the centre of everything we do. I'm therefore thrilled that Cobham Hall  School have become the first school in Kent to formally twin with a school in the Chernihiv Region since the signing of the Chernihiv-Kent Agreement last year. Many congratulations to the staff and students at Cobham Hall and the Koriukivka Lyceum. I was so

Reflections by Councillor Jordan Meade... Over the past six months, I’ve been working to secure a cooperation partnership between Kent County Council and the Chernihiv Oblast Чернігівська ОДА, in Ukraine. This mutually beneficial agreement will act as an enabler for the businesses, community groups and residents of Kent to strategically support one of the Ukrainian regions that was most affected by Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine in 2022. On Thursday, I was overwhelmed t

Jordan reflects on his recent visit to Chernihiv... As a guest of the #Chernihiv Regional State Administration, I was privileged to visit the Institute of Agricultural Microbiology and Agro-Industrial Production of the National Academy of Agrarian Sciences of #Ukraine. Here I was able to meet with scientists of the Institute and officers of the Chernihiv Department of Agro-Industrial Development to discuss the importance of agriculture and scope out potential opportunities fo