18th December 2013
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The Religious Freedom Project of the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs at Georgetown University organised an important conference in Rome last week on the theme of ‘Christianity and Freedom’. A number of distinguished British academics took part. One of the questions asked was what more are governments doing to stop religious persecution […]
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7th November 2013
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One of the highlights of my time so far in Stockholm was the visit by The Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall in March 2012. Just over 18 months later, The Crown Princess and Prince Daniel are visiting London this week. The themes for the visits are very similar: young people, technology, climate change, […]
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3rd December 2012
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The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester were in Rome on 30 November and 1 December. They were here to celebrate the work, teaching and history of the British Pontifical Colleges. They visited the Pontifical Scots College on St Andrew’s Day, where they unveiled a plaque commemorating Henry Stuart, Cardinal York; commemorated the English Martyrs and […]
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28th July 2011
New York, USA
Guest blog by Sir Alan Collins, Consul-GeneralThe last month has been pretty typical of my four and half years as Consul-General in New York: almost every engagement has provided evidence that the relationship between the UK and US is special and essential. 27 July, my final day as Consul General and Head of UK Trade […]
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3rd May 2011
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Royal Weddings don’t come round very often. So when they do, it is worth trying to do something special. The wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton in London last Friday deserved a special party and we were keen to celebrate it with Jordanians. So we launched a competition for engaged couples to come and […]
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1st May 2011
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Passers-by were rather surprised today to find a traditional British street party happening outside the British Embassy in Budapest – complete with bunting, balloons (red, white and blue, naturally) and British, Indian and other foods. It’s not something you often see in Hungary…. And it was of course to mark the marriage of Their Royal […]
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30th April 2011
Chevening, UK
Graciela Arrieta, a 28 year old lawyer and Chevening scholar from Peru, has been living in Scotland since January 2011, where she is studying for a Masters in Mining Law and Policy at The Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy at the University of Dundee; The Royal Wedding is without doubt the […]
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8th April 2011
Toronto, Canada
The Royal Society released an interesting report at the end of March, entitled Knowledge, networks and nations: Global scientific collaboration in the 21st century. Global scientific collaboration is excatly what the Science and Innovation Network is all about, and this report makes for encouraging reading. Here’s a quick summary: The scientific world is becoming increasingly […]
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16th February 2011
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Last night the Embassy was full of tour operators, agencies and attraction owners from Hungary and the UK, but also from Austria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Poland, Serbia and Slovakia. They had spent the day in a seminar and tailored meetings organised by Visit Britain – the organisation that markets Britain overseas and develops the […]
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29th December 2010
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The traditional and the modern are about to come together at beautiful Godollo Palace, the venue for most of the Ministerial meetings under the Hungarian EU Presidency. I had not been to the Palace for some 20 years, when it was in ruinous condition. But last Friday the diplomatic corps were invited by Foreign Minister […]
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