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26th February 2015
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Spiritual retreats and daily business
This week, the Pope and the senior members of the Roman Curia are away on spiritual retreat. There are not many governments that take all their senior members away from the fray of the day-to-day for a whole week of reflection, and even here the Blackberries and smart-phones may not be entirely switched off. But […]
26th February 2015
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Service with a smile
Belarus is a net exporter of services just like Britain, so I discovered recently. I was surprised, and have been wondering which services Belarus is exporting. After my blog about tourism to Belarus, I wanted to write about a key element of tourism: service culture. Services and service culture aren’t the same, but understanding one […]
26th February 2015 Bangalore, India
Bright idea to transform web access
I had assumed that a simple tiny light emitting diode (LED) can be used only for illumination. But I was zapped when I visited Prof Harald Haas’s lab at the University of Edinburgh last month. I got a glimpse of tomorrow’s future – LEDs transmitting data! A LED equipped with signal processing technology was streaming […]
26th February 2015
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Young at heart diplomats
The British Embassy in Addis Ababa and the United States Mission to the African Union (AU) will host a “young diplomats’” evening tonight. We held a similar event last year and many thought it an effective way to bring together stakeholders on issues which are important to the AU. The event will be attended by […]
26th February 2015 Calgary, Canada
Meet Our Bloggers: Aatif Baskanderi
Every week one of our bloggers will introduce themselves to the world and talk about how much fun it is working in Science Policy. Today Aatif Baskanderi says hello from Calgary. Aatif Baskanderi – Calgary Hi! My name is Aatif and, as per my Twitter account (@aatifb), I am an Islamo-Newfie-Pakistani-Engineer + Science nerd passionate about […]
25th February 2015
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Видео-блог Посла Великобритании в Казахстане, Др. Кэролин Браун.
Уважаемые друзья, с этой недели мы запускаем серию еженедельных видео-блогов с Послом Великобритании в Казахстане, Др. Кэролин Браун. Мы рады представить Вашему вниманию первый видео-блог, посвященный Уэльсу, в преддверии Дня Святого Дэвида (1 марта). Русский транскрипт ниже: «Уэльс является одной из четырёх частей Соединённого Королевства Великобритании и Северной Ирландии, в которую входят Англия, Шотландия, Северная Ирландия […]
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25th February 2015 Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei
Pangolin Protectors
Last year the UK hosted governments from around the world to galvanise international action to combat the illegal trade in wild animals – The London Conference on Illegal Wildlife Trade. Botswana will be hosting a follow-up conference in Gabarone next month. One animal under particular threat in this part of Asia is the pangolin. To […]
25th February 2015 Vientiane, Laos
Another BIG year ahead
2015 is under way and is already shaping up to be another big year for us at the British Embassy. We’re well into our third year of operation since our historic re-opening in 2012. When I look at the range and breadth of our activity in recent months, I’m reminded of how well established we […]
25th February 2015 Canberra, Australia
Keeping the ship afloat
Regular readers of this blog will know that High Commissioner Paul Madden has now left Australia. His successor will arrive here in April, meaning that I, as Deputy High Commissioner, get to spend a couple of months rejoicing in the title of “Chargé d’Affaires ad interim”. My aim in this period is to ensure that […]
24th February 2015 Toronto, Canada
Canadian science news: 16-22 February 2015
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