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11th November 2010 London, UK

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by David Lidington

Minister for Europe, London

Remembrance

It’s 11 November, Armistice Day. I recorded this video blog in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, standing right beside memorials to Diplomatic staff who have lost their lives to military conflict or to terrorism, whilst in the service of their country.

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19th October 2010 London, UK

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by David Lidington

Minister for Europe, London

Ukraine and Poland

I spent several days travelling last week. My first destination was Kyiv, capital city of Ukraine, and following my engagements there, I travelled to Warsaw, capital of Poland. Watch my latest video blog to find out more about the UK’s relationship with both Ukraine and Poland.

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1st October 2010 London, UK

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by David Lidington

Minister for Europe, London

A day in Edinburgh

On Wednesday 29 September I spent the day in Edinburgh. I visited the Chamber of Commerce, the University of Edinburgh and the Scottish Parliament. Find out more by watching my video blog below. See a full video of the speech I gave at the University of Edinburgh.

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30th September 2010 London, UK

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by David Lidington

Minister for Europe, London

The sentencing of blogger Hossein Derakhshan

Hossein Derakhshan, an Iranian blogger, has been sentenced to 19 and a half years in prison, banned from political and journalistic activities for a further 5 years, and fined €30,000 for exercising his right to express his opinions. The image of Hossein used in the video was sourced from Wikipedia and is being reproduced here […]

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26th September 2010 London, UK

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by David Lidington

Minister for Europe, London

Carrières en Europe

September 26 2010 is European day of languages, and to mark this event, bloggers from across Europe, and beyond, are taking part in Multilingual blogging day. I’m also participating and have published my video blog in French. You can see more multilingual Foreign Office blogs here. For more information on careers for British Graduates see […]

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24th September 2010 London, UK

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by David Lidington

Minister for Europe, London

A video blog from Stockholm

I decided to use video alone for this week’s blog. View the film to find out about my trip to Sweden on the 7th June.                                                                         Updated to say, here’s a link to ‘Getting Europe back to work’, the speech I delivered whilst in Stockholm

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12th August 2010

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by Peter Beckingham

Former governor in Turks and Caicos Islands

Chancellor of the Exchequer and high powered delegation visit Mumbai

Seen from Mumbai the visit by the Prime Minister David Cameron, six Ministers and a large delegation received a great deal of attention in the Indian and British press.  I don’t want to add to the column inches about the visit – the concluding press statements by the two Prime Ministers give a clear summary […]

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21st July 2010 London, UK

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by David Lidington

Minister for Europe, London

Questions please!

I’d like to receive your views and questions about Britain’s policies on Europe. It seems sensible to do this through my blog. Watch the video below to find out more about the issues I’ve been working on, and then submit your questions using the comment function at the bottom of the blog page. I look […]

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4th June 2010 London, UK

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by David Lidington

Minister for Europe, London

24 hours in Brussels

I spent 24 hours in Brussels earlier this week for a packed schedule of meetings.  As a city, Brussels has a somewhat unfair reputation for being rather dull and grey.  I know from previous visits that there are some charming aspects to the place. Sadly on this occasion I saw little more than the inside […]

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