28th March 2011
Bucharest, Romania
The Little People Association has been working for the past decade with children who are battling cancer in Romania. The work initially started in one oncology centre in the North of Romania. Our daily activities provided an escape from the treatment procedures that a young child or teenager had to endure – board games, movie […]
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28th March 2011
Bucharest, Romania
For those who have seen Tarantino’s Reservoir Dogs, the colour code is hopefully a familiar reminder of the iconic 1990s movie. For the less avid film fans, the British Embassy is looking for 10:10 agents to act as our private eye squad and spot places/things across Romania that are energy wasters. We have just launched […]
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28th March 2011
Bucharest, Romania
This Saturday was a special day for the city of Bucharest and for other places around the country that joined the “Let’s do it Romania” eco-initiative. A great opportunity to help our hometown get a facelift, the clean-up campaign gathered an impressive number of enthusiasts, including five British Embassy staff (photo below). Check our Facebook account […]
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28th March 2011
Bucharest, Romania
It’s been a while since my last posting, but have now come back with a vengeance! Despite the torrid summertime, there is so much going on, both in the embassy, with preparations to welcome the new ambassador designate on fast track, and outside of it, with many British people travelling to Romania to help make […]
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28th March 2011
Bucharest, Romania
Today I had the opportunity, together with other colleagues in the Embassy, to attend a lunchtime presentation on peace-building and conflict prevention held by PATRIR’s Kai F. Brand-Jacobsen. Kai has been working on conflict prevention since he was a teenager and now, after many years and many projects across the globe, has developed a very coherent […]
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28th March 2011
Bucharest, Romania
Hello everybody, Swapping from green work to floods to e-fraud, I thought I would draw your attention to some useful info I picked up from the British Embassy in Ukraine on how to avoid Mass Market Scams. Have you been victims to such scams or on-line fraud?
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28th March 2011
Bucharest, Romania
The British cabinet has launched an e-government initiative asking Facebook users to have a say on how government could make savings in public spending. What do you think about this initiative? Do you have any ideas to share with us? Looking forward for your comments,
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28th March 2011
Bucharest, Romania
A powerful statement from one of my role models, leadership educator John Maxwell. I was one of the approximately 1,000 people who attended his leadership seminar in Bucharest last Wednesday, 23 March. A rare opportunity to see (and shake hands with!) the author of many of my favourite books on personal development. I hear often […]
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21st March 2011
Bucharest, Romania
The British Embassy official Facebook channel has reached over 1,000 friends since its launch last September. This is great news to us, the Communications team, and to the other embassy colleagues. We are grateful for your interest in our work, and for your contributions and comments. Let us know what your favourite topics are, and […]
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