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27th July 2011
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CHOGM preparations in Perth, Magna Carta in Adelaide
A busy few days, with a trip to Perth to recce for the Commonwealth Heads of Government (CHOGM) meeting which will take place in October. Hosting a meeting for 54 heads of government and HM The Queen is quite a tall order, but we were impressed with the professionalism of Australian plans. It is shaping […]
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26th July 2011
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بدء العد التنازلي
ستستضيف لندن دورة الالعاب الاولمبية واولمبياد المعاقين 2012 بعد سنة واحدة من الآن. سيكون هذا أكبر حدث رياضي في العالم و احتفال رائع بالإنجازات وبالرياضة والصداقة فهو حقا أعظم عرض في العالم. فمدينة لندن مستعدة لهذا الحدث حيث أن البناء في وقته المحدد وضمن الميزانية و الأماكن الأساسية ستجهز إما في موعدها أو قبل موعدها […]
26th July 2011
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The Final Countdown
London will host the 2012 Olympics and Paralympics 1 year from now. The biggest sporting event in the world will be a splendid celebration of sport, achievement and friendship. It really is the greatest show on earth. The city is ready. Construction is on time and on budget with all the major venues on or […]
25th July 2011 Windhoek, Namibia
UK mapping in Namibia
Driving back through the stunning Waterberg region of central Namibia on Friday afternoon, it struck me what a broad range of British activities I had been involved with during the week. I travelled out of Windhoek for the day to visit two groups of young British students working on school community projects with UK educational […]
22nd July 2011 Toronto, Canada
UKHEIU releases guide to UK higher education and partnerships for overseas universities
This is John Preece guestblogging about an excellent new guide from the UK Higher Education International Unit (UKHEIU). As UK science officers, we here at SIN Canada are often approached by Canadian universities for information about how they can collaborate or partner with their British counterparts. Now, UKHEIU has done all our information-finding for us […]
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22nd July 2011
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Herring, hashtagging and Harry Potter
The following is a guest blog by Spencer Mahony, HM Consul & UKTI Regional Director for the South East US, British Embassy Washington. I love my job. One of the reasons I love promoting UK business is because of the variety of my work. Last week was a great example of the different ways in […]
21st July 2011
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Business and Culture
I spent Tuesday in Kecskemet, also known as the “Famous City”, the “City of Tolerance” (on account of the large number of churches in the centre) and, informally, the “Capital of Art Nouveau” – and there are certainly some splendid examples of secessionist architecture there. In addition to meeting the Vice Mayor (photo above), the […]
21st July 2011
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British Embassy Kyiv: if walls could talk
One of the striking things about Kyiv is the mixture of architectural styles across the city. This is true of the Ulitsa Desyatinna, where the British Embassy is a stone’s throw from the golden domes of the (rebuilt) St Michael’s Church and the mighty Soviet-era building that today houses our colleagues in the Ministry of Foreign […]
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20th July 2011
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An exceptional person
If she had lived, we would be celebrating her 90th birthday today. But sadly Hannah Senesh (born Aniko Szenes) was murdered in 1944. Disturbed by the Hungarian education system’s increasing discrimination on religious grounds, Hannah Senesh decided to emigrate from Budapest to the British Mandate of Palestine at the outset of World War II. She […]
20th July 2011
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Kyiv beaches and gas #3
In June 2009 I wrote a blog extolling the virtues of Kyiv’s beaches and noting the challenges Ukraine was then having paying its monthly bills for gas from Russia. I noted the views of the international financial institutions (IFIs) that it would be easier to help Ukraine if the financial arrangements in the gas sector […]