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9th November 2012
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The Poppy Appeal: 90 Years and Counting
A question for Ethiopian readers. Have you wondered why red artificial poppy flowers are being worn by British residents in Addis Ababa or by personalities on British TV recently? Or why every English Premier League football club has red poppies on their uniform? All this bears witness to how much we care about the Poppy […]
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8th November 2012 Warsaw, Poland
Emerging Europe – LIVE @ the CBI – a live blog from the UK’s Voice of Business
8th November – Emerging Europe – Centrepoint – London A packed event right in Central town at the CBI in the Centrepoint Building opposite We will Rock You – and rock you we will indeed. A packed Emerging Europe Conference with a sell out, capacity audience. A great call to arms by Nick Baird, UKTI […]
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8th November 2012
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The Forty Rules of Love
The speaker is a Turkish writer born in France. In addition to Turkey she has lived in many other countries, including the United Kingdom. She reads from her latest novel, The Honour; talks about her writing; then answers questions on subjects ranging from comparisons between Ottoman and modern Turkish literature, through writing techniques, to child-rearing […]
8th November 2012 Dublin, Ireland
Poland, part of Emerging Europe
I am off to London to participate in a week of events selling the opportunity for British business that Emerging Europe represents. Let me begin by defining Emerging Europe. At its core are nine markets, Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia, which together make up the Foreign Office’s Central European […]
7th November 2012 Washington DC, USA
As the clocks go back, US supports veterans
So I am standing on the start line in at 01:50 in the morning wearing a very bright red star-patterned nightshirt, donated by the partner of my colleague in the German Embassy. It’s 38f and pretty chilly. To my left is Captain America and to my right is someone in pajamas and a dressing gown. […]
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7th November 2012 Washington DC, USA
Why We Wear the Poppy
Sunday marks the ninety-fourth anniversary of the Armistice which ended the First World War. The guns on the Western Front finally fell silent at eleven o’clock on the eleventh day of the eleventh month of 1918 after four years of fighting which had claimed the lives of sixteen million and maimed a further twenty million. […]
7th November 2012
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Another British bank in Turkey
This week has brought the exciting news that British bank Standard Chartered is expanding in Turkey. Standard Chartered has bought the bank Credit Agricole Yatrim Bankasi Turk (“CAYBT”), a fully-owned subsidiary of Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank. Announcing the move, the CEO of Standard Chartered for the UK and Europe noted that Turkey was […]
7th November 2012
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Fair + Trade = Fairtrade
Fairtrade – what a great organisation! Since the launch of their ethical lable in 1988 they have advanced to a position in which they support over 1.2 million farmers in over 66 countries – including over 700,000 producers and agricultural value chains in 29 African countries. The UK is the most supportive nation of Fairtrade […]
7th November 2012 Budapest, Hungary
Bond is GREAT Britain
We arranged a screening of the new Bond film, Skyfall, last week. On the same day it premiered here in Budapest. And we invited our closest contacts and friends to share the evening with us. It was great to see members of government, politicians, people from ministries, NGOs and just friends of the Embassy relaxing […]
7th November 2012 New Delhi, India
Spotlight on open calls
From our survey back in June, we know many of you have a strong interest in the finding out about UK-India funding opportunities. So, thought we would write a special ‘Spotlight On’ blog to tell you about the current open calls. Hot off the press, last week the UK’s Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council […]