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24th June 2015
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Helsinki forty years on
Confrontation across ideological fault lines. Division in Europe. Pessimism about international affairs. You might think I am referring to today’s international situation. But in fact I would like you to cast your mind back forty years to 1975 and the Cold War. Under the cloud of mutually assured destruction, Europe and the wider world needed […]
24th June 2015
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Gay Pride in Istanbul: great stuff
A massive march surges down Istiklal, Istanbul’s main thoroughfare. Banners urge understanding of minority rights. International commentators praise the tolerance on display at one of the biggest festivals of its type in the region. Istanbul Gay Pride is big. In 2013, more than 100,000 people were reported as participating. The festival celebrates the gay […]
23rd June 2015 London, UK
Transparency in Romania
This is a guest post by Felicia Alexandru from BE Bucharest. As part of our work across the FCO network to mark International Open Data Day the British Embassy in Bucharest joined the Romanian Prime Minister’s Office and the Civil Society Coalition along with the US and Dutch Embassies to talk about transparency in Romania. […]
23rd June 2015 London, UK
Digital evaluation: crunching the numbers with Ripjar
Last month FCO Posts in Europe created over ten thousand pieces of digital content, including tweets, Facebook posts, blogs, photos, infographics, videos and audio clips. But how do you evaluate the effectiveness of all this output? Part of a Digital Hub’s role is to help Posts in the region figure this out so that lessons […]
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22nd June 2015 Toronto, Canada
Canadian science news: 1-21 June 2015
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22nd June 2015 London, UK
Open Data Romania : British Embassy Hackathon
The British Embassy was delighted to support an open data hackathon organised in Bucharest on 21-22 February. The event was organised by the Coalition for Open Data and the Romanian Government, in partnership with the British Embassy, the US Embassy and the Dutch Embassy. It followed a successful conference organised on Friday 20 February, where […]
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22nd June 2015
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Hugging trees in the Mayan Biosphere
On European climate diplomacy day I am reminded of a recent visit to the Mayan Biosphere with Wildlife Conservation Society, The Balam Association (the Mayan word for jaguar) the Guatemalan national body for protected areas (CONAP) and a representative from the EU delegation. During the visit we talked about illegal wildlife trafficking and compared the […]
22nd June 2015 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
How the UK has helped to liberalise the Malaysian Legal Services Sector for foreign firms
In early 2012, the Malaysian Government, with the local professional body for legal sector, the Malaysian Bar Council (MBC) announced plans to liberalise laws governing the legal sector. This was greeted positively by foreign firms who had previously been prohibited from entering the Malaysian market and provided an opportunity to feed into the development progress. […]
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22nd June 2015
This post was published when the author was in a previous role
Hugging trees in the Mayan Biosphere
On European climate diplomacy day I am reminded of a recent visit to the Mayan Biosphere with Wildlife Conservation Society, The Balam Association (the Mayan word for jaguar) the Guatemalan national body for protected areas (CONAP) and a representative from the EU delegation. During the visit we talked about illegal wildlife trafficking and compared the […]
22nd June 2015 Geneva, Switzerland
The Best Laid Plans
The more time I spend at the Council, the more things seem to be getting out of control at home. The kids cope well enough, but our cat Pixie has spent the week continuing her recent hunting spree in a blatant show of attention-seeking. This week I’ve had to dispose of a shrew, two field […]