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27th October 2010
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Major Met Police – Romanian Police operation on child trafficking
The Metropolitan Police has announced that 28 children have been taken into police protection and seven adults have been arrested in the largest phase of “Operation Golf” – a joint investigation by the Romanian and British Police with a large child trafficking operation which was being run including in the Romanian village of Ţăndărei. This […]
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25th October 2010 Chevening, UK
What if everyone can be super?
Lishia Erza, a recent Chevening alumnus from Indonesia, shares the findings of her dissertation. Lishia will write again shortly about next steps, and she will ask for your help; My project was about how genetic science promotes (or threatens) social justice in Britain. To give you a bit of a background, let’s start with a […]
25th October 2010
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Київська культура: кращі гітаристи та письменники
Незадовго до свого приїзду до Києва один мій обізнаний друг дав мені книжку «Смерть і пінгвін» українського письменника Андрія Куркова. Вона захоплююча, хоча й не обов’язково є точним довідником про стан справ у сьогоднішній Україні. Коли я приїхав до України, я дізнався, що мої попередники презентували англійські переклади кількох романів пана Куркова у резиденції. Цього […]
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25th October 2010
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Британський міністр у справах Європи відвідав Київ та Варшаву
У своєму записі від 13 жовтня я писав про приїзд Девіда Лідінгтона, Міністра Великої Британії у справах Європи, до Києва. У тому записі я навів посилання на інтерв’ю та статтю пана Лідінгтона про Велику Британію та Україну. Девід Лідінгтон опублікував відео-блог про свій візит до Києва та Варшави. Ви також можете переглянути фотографії з візиту […]
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23rd October 2010
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Human rights at the heart of Europe
Liberty, democracy, respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms and the rule of law underpin the EU – these are core values shared by member states. And it is no surprise therefore that human rights are a critical element in the EU’s foreign relations, exchanges with other countries, development policy and work in international institutions […]
22nd October 2010 New York, USA
Promoting BritishAmerican business & inspirational work in Iraq
The British Consulate-General hosted a gallery of academic talent this week as the UK-US Higher Education Summit met at New York University. The aim of the summit is to promote closer cooperation between institutions on both sides of the Atlantic; with the US and UK universities world leaders in their field, while also meeting universities in emerging economies. Ambassador Nigel […]
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22nd October 2010 London, UK
Turkey’s accession to EU
The UK supports Turkey’s accession to the EU. Ahead of my visit to the annual Bosphorus conference to support Turkey’s accession I spoke to Turkish news agency Anatolia. See the interview on video:
22nd October 2010 Chevening, UK
LSE Orientation – Academia and Apartment
The third blog from Catherinne de la Torre from Peru – Periodo: del 27 de setiembre al 02 de octubre del 2010 A diferencia de la semana anterior, esta resulto bastante más movida tanto por las inducciones de la universidad, del programa de maestría y de todos los servicios que la universidad ofrece; así como […]
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22nd October 2010 Chevening, UK
LSE, Sidney Webb House, goodbyes and registration
Catherinne de la Torre continues her blog; Periodo: 20 al 26 de setiembre del 2010 Esta semana inicio mucho más pausada que la anterior, sucede que nos encontrábamos muy cansados. Entre la preparación de un viaje de esta magnitud, que de por si demanda de mucha energía, y el proceso de aclimatación, estábamos agotados. De […]
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20th October 2010
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Brainiacs, dwarf planets, podcasts and tweets in Kyiv
What do brainiacs, dwarf planets, podcasts and tweets have in common? They’re the top four new words added to the Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. I am speaking at the Ukrainian launch of the 8th Edition at the Hyatt in Kyiv, and the room is packed with several hundred English language teachers from all regions of […]
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