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18th July 2014
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The Girl Summit
Child, Early and Forced Marriage (#CEFM) affects millions of girls every year. One in three girls in developing countries is married by the age of 18. Some are as young as eight. Girls who marry young will have babies while still children, putting them at risk of death or suffering for the rest of their […]
18th July 2014 Brasilia, Brazil
BRICS Week Part 01- Guest blog by Floriano Filho
This week we are reaching across our Chevening alumni network in the BRICS countries, to understand a little more about what they think the future of BRICS is. We hope to be able to share opinions from some of our alumni in these countries over the week. This first piece is from Brazil where the […]
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18th July 2014 London, UK
End Sexual Violence in Conflict Hack
This is the last in a series of 3 blog posts about the Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict. See blog 1 and blog 2. “Hi, Marjourie how are you?” “Hi, I’m fine, thank you Toby” “How are things in Goma (East DRC) today?” “Fine…not good actually…we had a busy night. Four more […]
17th July 2014 Washington DC, USA
Our NATO: Looking back but moving forward
Yesterday marked 50 days to go until we host the NATO Wales Summit. In Parliament, the UK Minister’s for Europe, David Lidington, addressed Parliament on preparations ahead of the Summit, which will be the largest gathering of international leaders ever to take place in the UK. Over 24,000 room nights have been reserved in over […]
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17th July 2014
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How to finance imports from Britain to Turkey
Did you know that UK Export Finance (UKEF) can help you finance imports from the United Kingdom? And that they have their own resident expert, Sinan Ozcan, right here in Turkey, responsible for project business development? UK Export Finance is the UK’s export credit agency. It works closely with overseas buyers to help them finance […]
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17th July 2014
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Pope Francis at work
The following is a guest blog by Steve Townsend, Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy to the Holy See In July in Rome, thoughts start to turn to holidays, and escaping the humidity of the Eternal City for the beach or the mountains. Most people think that they have deserved their break, and […]
17th July 2014 New Delhi, India
India Budget – new plans in R&D infrastructure and a lot more
The recently announced federal budget by the newly elected Government of India has unveiled a slew of initiatives to boost growth of India’s scientific capabilities. The focus is particularly on improvement of agricultural productivity, biotech clusters, capacity creation in health and education, clean energy initiatives and development of water resources and river conservation. Most of […]
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17th July 2014 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Reflecting Modern Britain
I think it’s fair to say that historically, the Foreign Office has struggled to recruit staff from diverse backgrounds and has suffered from a perception of being elitist and detached. In fact, I remember the reaction of some members of my extended family when I told them in 2002 that I would be joining the […]
16th July 2014
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Саммит НАТО в Уэльсе
Гостевой блог Временного поверенного в делах Великобритании в Казахстане Грега Куинна 4-5 сентября 2014 г. в Ньюпорте, Уэльс, состоится Саммит НАТО. Это будет самый представительный форум мировых лидеров когда-либо проходивший в Великобритании. Ожидается, что в нем примут участие главы государств, министры, военноначальники из 60 стран и около 1500 журналистов во всего мира. Саммит пройдет в период […]
16th July 2014 Islamabad, Pakistan
50 Days to Go: NATO Summit in Wales 2014
Pakistan has been invited to join leaders, senior ministers and Defence Chiefs from around 60 countries at the NATO summit in Wales in early September. The summit is planned to be the largest gathering of international leaders ever to take place in Britain. The summit comes as NATO draws down in Afghanistan, its longest ever […]
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