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1st December 2011
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Climate Change: Protecting Creation
At the Angelus in St Peter’s Square on Sunday 27 November, Pope Benedict XVI made a special appeal in support of an agreement at the Durban Conference on Climate Change. The Pope said: “Tomorrow in Durban, South Africa, work begins at the UN Convention on Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol. I hope that all […]
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1st December 2011
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Hail the Paralympians!
3 December is the International Day of People with Disability. I celebrated it a few days in advance with a reception at the Residence for Romania’s paralympic athletes who will be going to London next year. Romania is sending its biggest ever team to the Paralympic Games in London. Whereas in Beijing there were only […]
30th November 2011
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St Andrew’s Day in Mexico
Guest blog by Justin McKenzie Smith * “Today, 30 November is St Andrew’s Day, Scotland’s national day. It also marks the start of a series of wonderful Winter Festivals in Scotland which light up the dark nights of this special season. You can read more about St Andrew’s Day and the winter festivals on the Gateway […]
30th November 2011
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Tech City, an opportunity for Mexican entrepreneurs
Guest blog by Matthew Whiteley* ‘Innovation’ is the buzz word that rattling around business receptions, articles and blogs throughout the UK and the US, as it is innovation – ideas that are turned into goods or services for which people are willing to pay – that will keep the UK and the US economically competitive. But […]
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30th November 2011 Ottawa, Canada
A Maritime blitz
There’s a guest video on the blog today – Jonathan Dart, our Consul-General in Toronto and the head of the UK Trade and Industry network in Canada. We’ve being doing a bit of a blitz in the Maritime Provinces. Jonathan’s been at Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia, talking tidal energy and marine research; and then […]
30th November 2011
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EU help for Ukrainian borders
Last year I wrote a blog about three big seizures of cocaine in Ukraine. So I was interested when the EU Border Assistance Mission (EUBAM) held a seminar on counter-narcotics recently for Ukrainian and Moldovan law enforcement agencies. The seminar took place in the EUBAM HQ in Odesa and involved 18 Ukrainian participants from the […]
29th November 2011 Chevening, UK
Memories of a Canadian scholar: My Chevening Experience
Our latest Chevening Conversations blog is by Canadian alumnus Shahreen Reza, who studied for an MPHIL in Modern Society and Global Transformations at the University of Cambridge. Shahreen blogs about the initial Cambridge experience from a Canadian perspective. When we first arrive we’re all terribly homesick. Suddenly the grit and grime of the city of Toronto felt divine. […]
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29th November 2011 Toronto, Canada
McMaster Health Forum tackles global health
The McMaster Health Forum Stakeholder Dialogue on global health, Addressing Health and Emerging Global Issues in Canada, took place in May, and SIN Canada supported the expert participation of Dr. Sudeep Chand of Chatham House (the Royal Institute of International Affairs). The Forum materials were released last month, so we are finally able to report […]
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29th November 2011
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London 2012: counting down with prizes
What could be better than meeting famous Ukrainian Olympians Serhiy Bubka and Valeriy Borzov? With 242 days to go until London 2012, I was delighted to welcome them, plus six winners of our Online Olympic Quiz, to the embassy on 28 November. I won’t say too much here because you can read all about it […]
29th November 2011
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Brilliant British education #9
I always seem to be talking about education in these blogs. That’s partly because the UKhas some of the best universities in the world as well as a schools sector which attracts people from all over the planet. But it’s also because many educational establishments are actively and successfully promoting British education right here in […]