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12th October 2010 Chevening, UK
Mis primeras fotos del Reino Unido
Rina Paredes is studying an MSC in SOCIAL POLICY AND DEVELOPMENT at the London School of Economics & Political Science. Thank-you from Chevening to both of you for launching this blog. Foto 1: Nunca tan frío. Tuve excelentes compañeros de asiento en los dos vuelos que tomé para llegar a Londres y, a pesar del […]
12th October 2010 Chevening, UK
Arrival, cultural shock?…and finally: reality
Catherinne de la Torre is studying an MSC in PUBLIC POLICY AND ADMINISTRATION at the London School of Economics & Political Science. Catherinne is from Peru and like our other Chevening blogger from Peru, will regularly appear on these pages. Mi nombre es Catherinne de la Torre, peruana y becaria Chevening para el año académico 2010-2011. […]
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12th October 2010
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Безжальні кордони: Україна, Молдова та Європейський Союз
Яка країна ділить Україну на дві частини? Відповідь – Молдова, країна, яку я нещодавно відвідав, щоб обговорити українсько-молдовські відносини. Молдовське селище Паланка перетинає Одеську область у такий спосіб, що неможливо проїхати з однієї частини України до іншої, не перетнувши територію Молдови. Далі, на північ – регіон Придністров’я, частина Молдови, яка намагається відділитися від цієї країни. […]
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11th October 2010
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EU and Ukraine: What’s happening?
What are the next steps on Ukraine’s integration into the EU? And what on earth does DCFTA stand for? To help answer these questions, the British Embassy is funding a series of seminars on the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement (DCFTA), organised with the help of the European Business Association. The first of these […]
11th October 2010
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Why Odesa drug busts are good news
Why are three huge drug hauls great news for Ukrainein general and Odesa in particular? Because they show how practical law enforcement cooperation between Ukrainian and foreign agencies can bring real results. I recently visited Odesa and had useful talks with Governor Matviychuk and Mayor Hurvits about how to improve the business climate and generate […]
11th October 2010
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Чому конфіскація наркотиків в Одесі є гарною новиною
Чому факти вилучення трьох величезних партій наркотиків означають добру новину для України в цілому та для Одеси зокрема? Бо ці операції наочно демонструють, що співпраця між українськими та закордонними правоохоронними органами приносить реальні результати. Недавно я відвідав Одесу та провів корисні переговори з губернатором Матвійчуком та мером Гурвіцем щодо того, яким чином можна покращити діловий […]
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6th October 2010
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Бункери, «Бітлз» та мода в Києві
Комерційні промоційні заходи зараз мають дуже різноманітну форму і розмах. Тому приємно відвідати «Ательє 1», підземний київський фешн бутік, який, як мене запевнили, визнаний одним із 10 наймодніших магазинів у світі, аби допомогти запустити нову колекцію одягу, що присвячена групі «Бітлз». З нагоди цієї події окремі частини бутіку були оформлені у стилі «Бітлз»: з музикою, […]
5th October 2010
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Opening banks in London – all in a month’s work for one former distinguished Mumbai family
At India’s largest annual banking conference in Mumbai in September, the British Minister for Commercial Services in the Treasury was asked about the development of Islamic banking in England. Lord Sassoon was able to spell out how a number of UK banks had started to offer specific services for Islamic customers. Some overseas visitors to the […]
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5th October 2010
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Ministrul britanic al Justiţiei vizitează România
Ken Clarke, una dintre cele mai proeminente figuri politice din Marea Britanie, soseşte astăzi la Bucureşti. În prezent el ocupă poziţia de ministru al Justiţiei, dar în lunga sa carieră politică a deţinut printre cele mai importante portofolii ministeriale din Regatul Unit. Prima funcţie executivă a fost în guvernul lui Ted Heath, în 1972, şi […]
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5th October 2010
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Reflections on Romania twenty years on
This is not my first time in Romania. I have always had a fascination with central and eastern Europe, and it’s one I share with my wife Linda. When the Berlin Wall came down she and I were students together at Cambridge, and Linda just had to get on the first plane to Berlin to […]