Appointments (August , 2000) Embassy of Bahrain Ghassan Abdulla has taken the post of third secretary. Jaber Alromaihi has left the post of first secretary. Embassy of Greece Andreas Psycharis has taken the post of first secretary. Psycharis previously was second secretary at the Embassy of Greece in Nicosia, Cyprus. Embassy of Poland Przemystan Grydzinski has taken the post of ambassador. Piotr Ogrodzinski is interim-ambassador. Embassy of Slovakia Viera Viskupova has taken the post of first secretary. Viskupova previously was Slovak Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Department of West and South Europe and North America. Juraj Sivacek has left the post of second secretary. Embassy of Slovenia Davodin Kracun has taken the post of ambassador. Dimitrij Rupel has left the post of ambassador. Embassy of Ukraine Oleksandr Potiekhin has taken the post of counselor, political questions. Potiekhin previously was professor of international relations, Kyir Institute of Humanities, director of the Center for Peace, Conversion and Foreign Policy of Ukraine. Mykola Kravchenko has taken the post of counselor for cultural and information. Kravchenko previously was counselor at the British desk. Natalia Zardudna has left the post of counselor. Volodyuyr Makukma has taken the post of first secretary. Makukma previously was deputy head of Department, Ministry of Economy of Ukraine, deputy head of Department, National Agency of Ukraine for Development and European Integration. Kalyta Valeriy has taken the post of counselor. Valeriy previously was counselor, Mission of Ukraine to NATO. Volodymyr Zagranychny has left the post of counselor.