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13th January 2014 Windhoek, Namibia
Happy New Year from the British High Commissioner to Namibia
Happy New Year to everyone – both in Namibia and further afield. I hope you all had a chance to enjoy the good company of family and friends over the festive season, to enjoy some fireworks and frolics wherever you were, and have come back refreshed and ready for the year to come. 2014 already looks […]
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13th January 2014
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Changes to the way you apply for a British passport in Australia
There are an estimated 1.1 million Brits in Australia. Every year around 60,000 of them renew their passports. The way that the application process works changed this week. It’s part of a wider transfer of responsibility for issuing passports overseas from the Foreign Office to HM Passport Office – an Agency of the Home Office […]
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10th January 2014
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British Investment in Ethiopia
The development of Ethiopia’s private sector is still at an early stage, following the ravages inflicted by the former communist regime. Gradually foreign direct investment (FDI) is helping to make up the gap which has been created in the economy, while the local private sector strengthens and matures over the age. The Government of Ethiopia […]
10th January 2014 Toronto, Canada
Global SIN Conference 2013: A summary from Twitter
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10th January 2014
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Turkey: an economic miracle?
Who is referring to Turkey as one of “The next economic giants”? The answer is Jim O’Neill, the British economist famous for inventing the term “BRIC” – for Brazil, Russia, India and China – in 2001 as the next big thing in the world economy. Since then, these economies have grown strongly. Now […]
10th January 2014 Dushanbe, Tajikistan
Embassy Year in Review and a Look Ahead to 2014
The Following is a post by Robin Ord-Smith, Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Tajikistan. January seems an appropriate time to look back to 2013 and give the Embassy and state of the bilateral relationship an End of Term report. And to look forward to 2014 and make some New Year resolutions as well as some predictions and […]
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8th January 2014
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Jordan on the Security Council
The New Year saw the usual spate of cartoons about the departure of the old year and the arrival of 2014. For Jordan, the New Year brought the start of the country’s two-year stint on the United Nations Security Council. This role brings major new responsibilities. But what does it mean in practice? What can […]
7th January 2014 Budapest, Hungary
Looking Forward, Looking Back
I can’t quite believe that 2013 has passed already. 12 months has gone by like they were 12 weeks. It’s a good sign that it’s been a fun and busy year. And over the holidays I thought, briefly, about all that had happened. Not a scientific or well researched review of the year – just […]
7th January 2014 Brasilia, Brazil
The Importance of Social Movements on Women’s Rights and their role in Politics and Creative Informal Economy – guest blog by Célia Sacramento
Located in the state of Bahia, Salvador is a Brazilian city whose population is mostly composed of afro-descendants. These afro-descendant women have always had a distinct position either as head of the household or working informally. It is reasonable to say that they were the first individual entrepreneurs in Brazil. For a long time, […]
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6th January 2014 Havana, Cuba
Seven wishes for 2014
A new year brings the opportunity to reflect on the past twelve months and look forward to the future. It’s a time to make resolutions and plan for the coming year. Here are my seven wishes for Cuba in 2014. 1. More measures are introduced that unleash creativity, innovation and entrepreneurism. Cubans are great people, amongst […]