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2nd June 2011 London, UK
Diving and driving
Dave Covey, British Honorary Consul, Koh Samui, Thailand writes: Thailand is renowned for its party atmosphere, its great beaches and fresh seafood. As a former diving co-ordinator on Koh Samui I am well versed with the latter, and can see why so many people want to take advantage of seeing friends and family here. When […]
2nd June 2011 London, UK
Should have, would have, could have, but…
Dean Churm British Consul for Florida, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands writes: You don’t have to venture far in Florida to hear a British accent. With over 400,000 British expatriates living in the “Sunshine State” (as it’s affectionately known here) then it’s a fair bet that some of you will be spending time […]
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2nd June 2011 Bucharest, Romania
See you on the 4th of June!
Guest blogger: Irina Niţă, Director, ACCEPT Association Several years ago I overheard someone talking during a coffee break, at a NGOs conference: ‘ACCEPT makes so much fuss, for what? For the less than 50 gay people who live in Romania!?’ Today there are still journalists who write about ‘hundreds of homosexuals’ living in Romania. Psychologists […]
1st June 2011 Toronto, Canada
May in Canadian science
This month’s SIN Newsletter, covering science and technology news in Canada, is out! Click here to download the PDF version. If you would like to be added to the mailing list and receive it automatically in your inbox, leave a comment below or send us an e-mail. This is John Preece assisting Nicole Arbour on […]
1st June 2011
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Global Engagement and Neighbourhood Solutions
I have just spent three weeks in the United Kingdom, attending our annual conference of ambassadors and talking to a wide range of people about the direction of British foreign policy in this second decade of the twenty first century. What is clear is that there is plenty to do. No country, least of all […]
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1st June 2011
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Our Partnership for Growth
President Basescu will visit London next week for talks with David Cameron. High on their agenda will be economic growth [*ro, PDF brochure 871 KB, new window]. This question is now urgent. Both our countries are emerging from recession, but the recovery is slow. Growth is forecast to be around 1.7% in the UK this […]
31st May 2011 Ottawa, Canada
Andy Hopper Speaks to Innovation from the Re$earch Money Conference in Ottawa
More follow-up from the Re$earch Money conference! Dr. Andy Hopper, Professor Computer Science, University of Cambridge, UK was invited to participate in a panel at the recent Re$earch Money conference, entitled: Pushing the Envelope: Exemplary Practices in Supporting Business Innovation. He spoke to the role the University has played in helping to create and promote […]
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30th May 2011 Ottawa, Canada
Re$earch Money Conference – Storified!
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29th May 2011
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The Beautiful Game
Last night’s Champions’ League final saw some of the best football this year. It flowed, the passing and the tactics were clever and the goals were a spectacular display of individual skill and talent. Barcelona clearly deserved to win playing some superb attractive attacking football. In Amman I saw lots of Barcelona flags and a […]
27th May 2011
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London calling
London was looking beautiful in the sunshine when I travelled there for the annual conference of all our ambassadors earlier this month. The Prime Minister, Foreign Secretary and Chancellor all came to tell us what they expected from our network of embassies around the world. William Hague announced a significant strengthening of our footprint in […]