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26th March 2013
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Reforma proceselor de migraţie
Prim Ministrul britanic David Cameron a prezentat ieri viziunea Guvernului britanic asupra reformei procesului de migrație. Aş dori să subliniez câteva idei principale: În primul rând, Prim Ministrul a reconfirmat faptul că restricțiile de muncă aplicate lucrătorilor români şi bulgari vor fi ridicate la sfârșitul anului 2013: “Începând cu 1 ianuarie 2014 românii și bulgarii […]
26th March 2013
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Managing Migration
The Prime Minister David Cameron has set out his thinking in a speech yesterday on how best to manage migration in the UK. I’d like to underline several points from his speech. Firstly, David Cameron reaffirmed that transitional controls on Romanian and Bulgarian workers will be lifted in 2014. He said “from the beginning of […]
26th March 2013 London, UK
FCO travel services check-in to GOV.UK | GDS
Sara Bowley outlines our new travel services on GOV.UK: “This morning we fully welcomed the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) on to GOV.UK…
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26th March 2013
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British Consulate helps with safe blood for Turkey
What is red, liquid and knows no nationality? The answer of course is blood – something none of us can live without. For many years the Turkish Red Crescent has been running a social responsibility project to encourage people to donate blood. It is called the “Safe Blood Supply Programme”. I was delighted this year […]
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25th March 2013 San Francisco, USA
Energy Storage Technology in the UK and California
It’s something we depend on every day – when we power up our phones and laptops, use a domestic hot water tank, or turn on a flashlight – but energy storage technology also has a role to play at a much larger scale. As I found out recently, the ability to store energy in the […]
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25th March 2013 Geneva, Switzerland
Habemus Resolutiones
The session is over, the resolutions are all adopted and UN blue smoke has finally risen through the holes in the Council ceiling. After weeks of lock down without food, daylight or other things that make us happy, the Council delegates can start to think about a return to normality. But for those afflicted by […]
25th March 2013 London, UK
Completing the moving to GOV.UK
Our consular services and worldwide pages are now on GOV.UK, the last major part of our move to the single government website. This has been a substantial exercise, involving around 250 sites and tens of thousands of pages of content. It has involved close work over six months between the Government Digital Service and FCO, […]
25th March 2013 New Delhi, India
Giant leap forward for Indo-UK Industrial R&D
A whirlwind 3 day trip to the UK resulted in an exciting development – a UK India Programme of Co-operation (POC) on joint industrial research has been signed (see our earlier press release). This is an agreement between India’s Department of Science and Technology (DST) and the UK’s Technology Strategy Board (TSB) to support innovative […]
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25th March 2013
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An introduction to the UK and the OECD
My first video blog gives an insight into what the OECD does and the role of the UK Delegation. Have a look to find out a bit more about our top priorities as a Delegation, and how we’re working with the OECD. The UK and the OECD – an introduction Transcript of video blog I’m Nick […]
25th March 2013 Dushanbe, Tajikistan
In Search of Oxus Treasure – Trip to Takhti Sangin
The following is a post by Bahodur Sheraliev. In the extremely beautiful spot where the Vakhsh and Pyanj rivers flow together and give birth to the Amu Darya lie the ruins of the Takhti Sangin temple. Once a crossroads of the old silk routes, this previously dynamic and developed settlement is nowadays a place where […]
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