24th November 2011 Bucharest, Romania
British philanthropist Graham Perolls and his superb team at Casa Sperantei have been supporting Romanian charity sector for almost two decades now. As British Ambassador Martin Harris commented recently, Casa Sperantei is a British strategic investment in humanness. Graham is sharing with us details of his latest project aimed at helping terminally-ill patients in Bucharest […]
11th October 2011 Bucharest, Romania
Guest blogger: Colonel Giles Orpen-Smellie, the British Defence Attaché, on his contribution to the visit by the NATO Parliamentary Assembly to Bucharest It was a pleasure to be able to address the British Parliamentary delegation, led by Sir Menzies Campbell MP, a former leader of the British Liberal-Democrat Party, who visited Bucharest over the weekend […]
2nd September 2011 Bucharest, Romania
I was in London last week for a packed one-day training to understand how the Foreign Office supports the overall work of the British Government to take forward the growth and prosperity agenda. Commercial diplomacy is a newly coined concept yet diplomats have always been looking out for business potential in their host countries, whether […]
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27th June 2011 Bucharest, Romania
European leaders meeting in Brussels last week agreed that the regulatory burden on SMEs needs to be further reduced, something that the UK has very strongly argued for in its agenda for growth. The European Commission will therefore undertake to assess the impact of future regulations on micro enterprises and to screen the acquis to […]
16th June 2011 Bucharest, Romania
As economic recovery and competitiveness are at the heart of the European agenda, the British Embassy plans to run a media training programme on this heavyweight issue in the autumn. The idea is to bring a senior British business journalist to Romania to share from his/her experience in reporting and commenting about the challenges and […]
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2nd June 2011 Bucharest, Romania
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 […]
18th May 2011 Bucharest, Romania
An exhilarating week for me, with plenty of networking during and on the margins of the Leadership Conference and opportunities to interact with other colleagues, locally-employed by the Foreign Office, from all around the world. I was impressed with the support that the Foreign Office received from the Prime Minister who gave recognition to the […]
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18th April 2011 Bucharest, Romania
The Foreign Office’s annual gathering of heads of mission, called the FCO Leadership Conference, will be dedicated this year to diplomatic excellence. I am privileged to attend this key event in May and to have a first-hand account of what the Foreign Secretary, top British diplomats from missions all across the world, and other colleagues think about […]
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28th March 2011 Bucharest, Romania
A film of many stars, with great actors and a truly inspirational storyline, “The King’s Speech” has been running across cinemas in Romania for a few weeks already. It is great to see its international impact, and recognition by a very demanding industry. I really enjoyed it and laughed much more than usual! I heard […]
28th March 2011 Bucharest, Romania
Every now and then something happens and the debate about integration of the Roma minority in Romania is reignited. In 2010 it was the repatriation of several hundred Romanian Roma from France. Last year the attention of media, civil society, other Member States and the European Commission has turned once more to this subject. So […]
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