24 November - 2 December 2007 British Council brings 11 primary and secondary schools` head teachers from the UK will visit Ekaterinburg as part of the British Council’s International Placements for Head Teachers (IPH) programme, funded by the UK Department for Children, Schools and Families. Download the press-release (MS Word)
4 - 9 October 2007 New British Film Festival presents a varied programme of films from the best of contemporary UK cinema Download the press-release (MS Word)
26 September 2007 British Council and Sternberg Astronomy Institute (SAI) will celebrate the one-year anniversary of the ‘Faulkes Telescope’ project that has brought the wonders of Space to more than 500 Russian school students via the Internet. This event will happen on the eve of the 50th anniversary of the first artificial satellite launch, the event which heralded the start of the space era. Download the press-release (MS Word)
25 September - 30 October 2007 Martin Maloney practises deliberately "bad" painting, where images (mainly figures) are achieved with apparently inept draughtsmanship and crude painting. Through his expressionistic style, strong colours, and humorous subject matter, Maloney's paintings record everyday experiences and moments of awkward intimacy. Download the press-release (MS Word)
London, 11 September 2007 An historic friendly match will kick off between Russian and English football fans on the 11th September at Wembley Park to mark the start of the UEFA Europe Cup 2008 and the start of a pioneering new project: ‘Football Unites’. Download the press-release (MS Word)
25 September 2007 Paul Roche, the leading British astronomer, director of the Faulkes Telescopes project will run the Cafe Scientifique, which will look at our modern view of Mars, and ask whether humans might one day walk on the surface of the Red Planet. Download the press-release (MS Word)
13-25 August 2007 The summer school will be on the theme of ‘Bringing Technology into the English Language Classroom’. This will be the first time the International Summer School is held in Russia. Download the press-release (MS Word)
22 July 2007 During UK Flavours music festival film "Babylon" will be shown to audience. Download the press-release (MS Word)
4 July 2007 Shakespeare's lecture given by HMA in Pushkin theatre for the Chekhov Theatre Festival. Download the press-release (MS Word)
1 July 2007 Chevening is the scholarship for talented graduates and high-flying young professionals seeking a unique opportunity to study in the UK and acquire new skills and knowledge. Download the press-release (MS Word)
8 June 2007 The names of the “Unicorn and Lion” award 2007 winners will be announced. Download the press-release (MS Word)
8 June 2007 Terry Pratchett, the master of satire and fantasy is coming to Moscow! One of the most popular British authors will meet his fans in the British Council centre and finish his visit with a reading at the second Moscow Book Festival. Download the press-release (MS Word)
31 May - 9 June 2007 London Fashion Days have been organised by British Council and Elle magazine since 2005. During these years “Temperley London”, “FrostFrench”, “Matthew Williamson”, representatives of London Fashion Week and graduates from the University of the Arts, London participated in the project. Download the press-release (MS Word)
28 may 2007 Four Russian young footballers to attend England Russia match at the Wembley Stadium in London as part of a British Council and VisitBritain led project Download the press-release (MS Word)
18 April 2007 Olga Sviblova, Moscow House of Photography director will give lecture in the British Council Information Centre devoted to the Norman Parkinson. Download the press-release (MS Word)
7-14 April 2007 10 primary school teachers from the UK will visit Irkutsk as part of the Teachers’ International Professional Development (TIPD) programme, which is administrated by the British Council and funded by the UK Department for Education and Skills. Download the press-release (MS Word)
5 April 2007 The London Sinfonietta is widely acknowledged as one of the world's finest ensembles. It participates in 2 Moscow biennale of contemporary performing arts and gives a concert in Moscow International House of Music. Download the press-release (MS Word)
15 March 2007 “Stem cells: policy, research, and innovations. UK-RF perspectives” The main purpose of the Workshop is to bring together UK and Russian policymakers, researchers and innovators to review regulation aspects, to exchange basic research results, and to assess the potential for commercialisation of modern laboratory techniques. Download the press-release (MS Word)
30 March 2007 British Council in cooperation with State Centre of Contemporary Arts hold seminar on modern issues of UK museums` development. Download the press-release (MS Word)
28 March - 22 April 2007 The exhibition of Norman Parkinson is planned as the central event of the Fifth Moscow International Festival “The Fashion and style in photography”. Norman Parkinson is the greatest photographer of the British fashion of 1920-1980s who presented and reflected in his absolutely beautiful and wonderful works a whole epoch of the British style and style of the time with the sense of humour. Download the press-release (MS Word)
9-14 February 2007 25 primary and secondary school teachers from the county of Worcestershire, in the UK, will visit Sochi as part of the Education Partnership Programme (EPP), which is administrated by the British Council and funded by the UK Department for Education and Skills. Download the press-release (MS Word)
8 December 2006 - 15 February 2007 We are pleased to announce the opening of the first ever exhibition of JM Whistler in Russia, organised by the British Council and the State Tretyakov Gallery. This exhibition forms part of the State Tretyakov Gallery's 150th Anniversary Celebrations. Download the press-release (MS Word)
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