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25th July 2013 Kingston, Jamaica

by David Fitton

High Commissioner to Jamaica

Jamaica: First impressions

I’m very lucky to be High Commissioner in Jamaica – that’s my over-riding first impression. When I think of the many other places I could have been posted to, this one is hard to beat. I arrived five weeks ago, so “first” impressions are no longer quite correct. I’ve had a bit of time to […]

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25th July 2013 Washington DC, USA

by Major General Buster Howes

Defence Attaché

The Anniversary of the Korean War Armistice

Saturday marks the 60th anniversary of the Armistice that concluded the Korean War.  The Korean Peninsula was divided by American administrators along the 38th parallel following the Japanese surrender in September 1945.   On 25th June 1950, North Korea invaded the South.  The United States of America provided 88 per cent of the 341,000 international soldiers who aided the Republic […]

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25th July 2013 London, UK

by Ben Giddings

It’s not just about tweeting links | Part 2

In my previous post, we looked at creative ways to use digital channels when organising event. Specifically we focused on how digital could help us from the planning stage to the point of promotion. Now, I’m going to continue the theme looking at delivery through to after the event and monitoring your success. Delivery It’s tempting […]

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25th July 2013 Warsaw, Poland

Martin Oxley, Head, UKTI Poland

by Martin Oxley

Director of UKTI Warsaw

A GREAT Mini Day out in Kraków

An early start and a quick walk around Kraków’s main square. Beautiful morning and a GREAT day ahead. The Ambassador’s in town for a series of meetings focused on the GREAT British Polish relationship. The main message coming out of a number of pretty high level meetings was threefold: Kraków is a GREAT tourist destination […]

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24th July 2013

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by Paul Johnston

Ambassador to Ireland

What does the EU do for us?

Many people hold strong views about the Europe Union based on different perspectives about its role , but perhaps we don’t think enough, in the round, about the impact of EU membership and current EU rules and laws on the UK as a whole. Therefore in July 2012 the UK Government launched the so-called “Balance […]

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24th July 2013 Warsaw, Poland

Martin Oxley, Head, UKTI Poland

by Martin Oxley

Director of UKTI Warsaw

GREAT Mini and all that Slag

Bet you are all wondering what all this is about then? Transport infrastructure in Emerging is undergoing a revolution. All the countries in the region are attracting lots of business – that’s easy to understand as there are 100 million consumers in this part of the world. What’s really needed is roads and rail infrastructure. […]

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