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11th November 2014 Budapest, Hungary

by Jonathan Knott

Former British ambassador to Hungary, Budapest

Remembrance Day 2014

I’ve blogged before about Remembrance Day: the day when we in the UK remember those who have died defending our country and our values.  Every year at this time we honour and remember them and their sacrifice. But this year our commemoration has been particularly poignant since 2014 is the centenary of the start of […]

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7th November 2014 Budapest, Hungary

by Jonathan Knott

Former British ambassador to Hungary, Budapest

"BUREUCRATIA" in Budapest – the Labyrinth of EU Regulation

Guest Blog by Katalin Szilágyi, Senior Economic Policy Officer at the British Embassy.   Budapest, 10 November 2014   One year has passed since the Prime Minister’s Business Taskforce presented its findings on Cutting EU Red Tape. Since then, the UK Government has been working hard, with partners in European capitals and in Brussels, to […]

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4th August 2014 Budapest, Hungary

by Jonathan Knott

Former British ambassador to Hungary, Budapest

"Innovation is GREAT: Regional Automotive and Aerospace Workshop" – Exploring the business potential in Central and Eastern Europe

One of my main professional targets as the Business Champion of Emerging Europe is to help increase the flow of trade between the UK and Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). Our economists reckon that there’s a potential of 20 billion Euros of business to be done if we could just get Central and Eastern European businessmen […]

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