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15th June 2011
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ما رأيك في العرض حتى الآن؟
قبل عدة سنوات كان هناك برنامج تلفزيوني كوميدي محبوب جدا. و في منتصف البرنامج كان أحدهم الممثلين يسأل : "ما رأيك في العرض حتى الآن؟" فيصرخ الآخر:" زبالة!" و لكن أدرك أن الشخص قد لا يفهم الفكاهة إذا لم يحضر البرنامج. و لكن هذه العبارة التقطت لتستخدم في المزاح الشعبي. فبعد أربعة أشهر […]
15th June 2011
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What do you think of the show so far?
Many years ago there was a television show with two well-loved comedians. Half-way through the programme one would ask “What do you think of the show so far?” The other would shout “Rubbish!” You had to be there to appreciate the joke, but it is a catch-phrase that has stuck in popular banter. So after […]
15th June 2011
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Ambassadors in high heels #2
How much should an ambassador know about Louboutins? My recent blog Ambassadors in high heels prompted some interesting comments (eg from one female British diplomat: “there is no doubt that when I joined up as a young woman in the 1970s the expectation was that I would marry and leave”, but… “I have never not […]
14th June 2011
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Celebrating The Queen
This Thursday 16 June, the British Embassy in La Paz will hold its annual Queen’s Birthday Party to celebrate the ascension to the throne of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. It is an opportunity for the embassy to thank the many Bolivians, British, and people of other nationalities who help us in our work over […]
14th June 2011 Ottawa, Canada
SIN podcast: Paolo Marcazzan talks fuel cells with Gregory Offer
Our Science and Innovation Officer at the British Consulate-General in Vancouver, Paolo Marcazzan, recently attended the 2011 Hydrogen and Fuel Cells International Conference, coordinated a research visit and interviewed Dr. Gregory Offer of Imperial College London. You can listen to the podcast below, and click [Read More] to read what Paolo had to say about […]
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10th June 2011 Toronto, Canada
Equinox Summit: Energy 2030
This is John Preece guestblogging about the recent Equinox Summit, a week-long forum of the Waterloo Global Science Initiative with a mandate (this year) to bring about a clean, secure global energy future. Scientists, engineers, policymakers and other experts discussed a wide range of scenarios, producing a summary communiqué [PDF] with a comprehensive briefing to […]
10th June 2011
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Tech City offers tech investment opportunity
The following is a guest blog by Tony Hughes of UKTI, London Tony Hughes, Director, Focus Innovation for UK Trade and Investment, was in Washington this week and attended an event at the Embassy hosted by UKTI in partnership with creative media companies, Disruptathon and Millennial Media. Tony, one of the speakers at the evening […]
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10th June 2011
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An excellent Ukraine-British Combo
It’s a good feeling to speak first and have not one but two people speaking after you say something which dovetails perfectly with your opening remarks. This happens on my first day back in Kyiv after a stay in the UK, when I host an event at the residence to mark the planned opening of […]
9th June 2011 London, UK
Lack of progress is harming Bosnia and Herzegovina
This week I made my first visit to Sarajevo, where I met members of the Presidency, the Speaker and members of Parliament as well as young people involved in the arts, business and civil society. I was there to underline our concern at the lack of political progress since the general elections last year. We […]
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9th June 2011
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"Working together on non-traditional security challenges"….
…is the slogan of the Asia-Europe meeting (ASEM) now taking place in Godolo Royal Palace. Minister of State Jeremy Browne is representing the UK and has spoken about live foreign policy issues (the Arab Spring, Iran, Afghanistan, Burma and North Korea) and global economic developments (the rising significance of Asian economies to global prosperity, reform […]
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