Tag: Sweden

9th December 2016 Science and Innovation Network

Michael Moody

Michael Moody

Second Secretary

Standing on the shoulders of giants

Once a year, the global scientific community is honoured and celebrated during the Nobel Prize Award ceremony in the Swedish capital of Stockholm.  Sweden has been the birthplace of some of the world’s leading researchers, including the Nobel Prize founder and inventor of dynamite, Alfred Nobel.  Sweden also boasts some of the world’s leading research […]

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10th December 2015 Stockholm, Sweden

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by Daniel Cartridge

Head of Science & Innovation Nordics

Celebrating Success in Stockholm – the Nobel Prizes

On arrival at Stockholm Arlanda airport is a large sign welcoming visitors to the Swedish capital.  Nothing unusual in that of course.  But what makes this sign different is exactly who the sign is welcoming.  Holidaymakers back from Thailand?  Weary business people from the US?  Neither.  The sign says ‘Welcome Students and Researchers.’ Anyone who […]

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13th October 2014

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by Paul Johnston

Ambassador to Ireland

Challenges and Opportunities for Europe

A new Swedish government has taken office. A new European Commission is about to. It seemed to me a good time to set out some thoughts on some of the big priorities facing the UK, Sweden and our EU partners over the coming months. Here’s a translation of the article I wrote for Saturday’s Dagens […]

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4th September 2014

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by Paul Johnston

Ambassador to Ireland

IT Startup communities in Stockholm and London: Never Mind the Gap

Last November I was in London with the Crown Princess and Prince Daniel. They visited Cambridge University, an inner-city London school, the Google Campus and Tech City in East London. It was the latter visits which inspired my Swedish counterpart in London and me to think about a follow-up event focusing on how the flourishing […]

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9th May 2014

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by Paul Johnston

Ambassador to Ireland

Two Elections, One Day, One Europe

Britain and Sweden see eye to eye on the implications of the Ukraine crisis. Here’s a translation of the article I wrote for Swedish national newspaper Dagens Industri today. In less than three weeks’ time, the people of Ukraine go to the polls in Presidential elections that will determine the future direction of their country. According […]

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7th November 2013

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by Paul Johnston

Ambassador to Ireland

A Royal Return Visit

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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4th September 2013 Beirut, Lebanon

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by Tom Fletcher

Former British Ambassador to Lebanon

Ambassador 2020

I’ve posted before about Naked Diplomacy and why diplomats must ride the digital tiger. Last week I was scheduled to join Foreign Minister Bildt for a Q&A session on innovative diplomacy with Sweden’s ambassadors. I was looking forward to learning from them, as the first Foreign Ministry to put all their envoys on Twitter. But […]

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3rd June 2013

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by Paul Johnston

Ambassador to Ireland

Europe: UK and Germany Partners in Reform

Some once said that football was a game where England played Germany over 90 minutes and extra time and then the Germans won on penalties. Which is an inelegant way of saying that the UK and Germany are very much together on the reform team in the EU, with Sweden on side as well, of […]

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19th April 2013

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by Paul Johnston

Ambassador to Ireland

A memory of Lady Thatcher

As I prepared for an interview on ExpressenTV on the night of Lady Thatcher’s funeral, I read through the entries in the Embassy’s condolence book. Many Ambassadors, representing countries from across the world had come to the Embassy to pay their tributes, as had members of the British community and Swedish citizens. What struck me […]

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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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