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24th January 2015 Skopje, North Macedonia
Thoughts for UK and Macedonia cooperation 2015
Just past the eight-month marker as the no-longer-quite-so-new Ambassador, and having come through my first western-Christmas-New-Year-Orthodox-Christmas holiday season, I have been talking with colleagues and partners about the year ahead. Don’t worry, this blog is not about our business plan. It’s more about the UK-Macedonia bilateral relationship. Our two countries don’t enjoy the kind of […]
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23rd January 2015 Washington DC, USA
Falklands Symposium: Q&A with Dr Cesar Perez Tejada (Mexico)
Following in the footsteps of Charles Darwin, the first ever Pan–American Science Delegation to the Falkland Islands is participating in a week-long mission to showcase the beauty of the UK South Atlantic Overseas Territories and immense opportunities for scientific research and collaboration in the Falkland Islands and South Georgia. Scientists from the US, Canada, Chile, […]
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23rd January 2015 Washington DC, USA
Falklands Symposium: Q&A with Professor Scott Baker (USA)
Following in the footsteps of Charles Darwin, the first ever Pan–American Science Delegation to the Falkland Islands is participating in a week-long mission to showcase the beauty of the UK South Atlantic Overseas Territories and immense opportunities for scientific research and collaboration in the Falkland Islands and South Georgia. Scientists from the US, Canada, Chile, […]
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23rd January 2015
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Abriéndose hacia un desarrollo económico
La Ley de Soborno de 2010 del Reino Unido es de alguna manera un desafío para la legislación. Esto nos obliga a todos a pensar como funcionamos. Esto puso un marco legal en el cual hacemos estos juicios. Esto va al corazón de prácticas éticas y responsables. Así que pasar 5 días hablando de ello […]
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23rd January 2015
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Top Turkish entrepeneurs – in London
Take five brilliant Turkish entrepreneurs. Add Turkish and British venture capitalists, round-trip tickets to London, consultancy services by accountants and lawyers on setting up in the UK, work visas and tax issues; mentoring sessions; and a guided tour of London’s “Tech City” technology hub. Mix thoroughly and turn out. Result: a host of terrific business […]
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23rd January 2015
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Taxpayers
Last week, we formally opened the new Visa Application Centre in Minsk. This was a satisfying moment as we had been working on this for much of last year. The new centre in Minsk is part of a global programme to close visa sections in embassies, and transfer the application process to privately run application […]
23rd January 2015 Budapest, Hungary
Celebrating Robert Burns
Guest blog on the occasion of Burns Night (25 January), written by Deborah Moss, Organising Committee member of “Wee Burns” It is a tribute to the poet, Robert Burns, that Scots have held Burns Suppers for over 250 years to remember a man whom many consider to be Scotland’s most famous son. According to the Johnnie […]
23rd January 2015
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Farewell to Perth
My final visit to Perth. It’s actually the Australian city I knew best before I moved here, as it’s just a short hop from my previous post in Singapore (closer than Canberra, 2000 miles and 3 time zones away), and because my Aunt – a “ten pound Pom” – had settled here. I’ve usually got […]
22nd January 2015 Singapore
LEDs lighting the way to a brighter future for energy efficient technology in Malaysia
This guest blog is from Myles McCarthy, Director of Implementation at Carbon Trust, who are currently undertaking a Prosperity Fund project on LED energy efficient technology in Malaysia. I find talking about energy efficiency very interesting, and I do it a lot. But until recently I hadn’t had the opportunity to do it on primetime television […]
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22nd January 2015
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Jobs, jobs and jobs
When Peter Sorensen was asked in his final press conference as the EU Special Representative what should be the priorities for the future, his reply was simple: “Jobs, jobs and jobs.” It’s difficult to disagree. Unemployment in Bosnia and Herzegovina is the highest in Europe at around 30%, with youth unemployment – according to the […]