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22nd September 2011

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by Greg Dorey

Diplomat

Conservation in Practice

I was in the Pauline-Carmelite Monastery at Sopronfalva this morning. Lovingly and beautifully restored through the vision of Gabor Kovacs (KOGART), it is now a hotel, conference facility and meditation centre. It’s an excellent example of how a cultural heritage conservation project can be integrated into a local community. But today the monastery was the […]

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21st September 2011

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by Robin Twyman

Consul for Business and Government Affairs

I will remember Massachusetts

“To be honest, the first things that come to mind when I think of Massachusetts are Sam Adams ale, the Kennedys, the Red Sox, the original Tea Party….and the Bee Gees (“feel I’m going back to Massachusetts”, sung at notes too painful for me to reach).  But having spent two days this week in Boston, […]

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19th September 2011 Ottawa, Canada

Science Salon 3: Cognitive Neuroscience with Dr. Adrian Owen

On Wednesday August, the Science & Innovation Network (SIN) at the British High Commission in Ottawa (BHC) hosted our third Science Salon (See the following for Salons 1 and 2), featuring Dr. Adrian Owen, and in collaboration with the Canada Excellence Research Chairs Program. Dr Owen is one of the Canada Excellence Research Chairs (CERC […]

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15th September 2011

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by Robin Twyman

Consul for Business and Government Affairs

Understanding the famous Triangle

The following is a guest post by Spencer Mahony, HM Consul & UKTI Regional Director for the South East US. There are many famous triangles in the world: the golden triangle in India, which takes in Delhi, Agra (home to the Taj Mahal) and Jaipur; the golden triangle of Oxford, Cambridge and London which has […]

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15th September 2011

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by Nigel Baker

Ambassador to the Holy See (2011-2016)

Anniversary of Pope Benedict’s Visit to Britain

The Papal Visit to the United Kingdom last year, exactly one year ago this week, was an extraordinary moment in the relationship between my country and the Holy See. It was the first State Visit by a Pope, and in the Prime Minister’s words “an incredibly moving four days for our country”. It emphasised the […]

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15th September 2011

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by Greg Dorey

Diplomat

Democracy

Today  is International Day of Democracy. In the UK we believe that democracy rests on respect for every individual in society, regardless of race, religion, gender, sexual orientation or other status. In fact this forms an indivisible part of our foreign policy. Through the work of the FCO we support not only electoral processes but […]

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8th September 2011

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by Greg Dorey

Diplomat

Paralympics are coming home

This morning I looked up at our Paralympic countdown clock, which is attached to the front of our Embassy, and realised that it is less than a year to the start of the biggest parasport event in the world. Today the UK hosts International Paralympic Day for the first time in Trafalgar Square in London; […]

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8th September 2011

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by Greg Dorey

Diplomat

Boring but important

The last one was agreed in 1977, in very different circumstances. This morning I signed a Double Taxation Treaty between the UK and Hungary, on behalf of the British Government. Why is that important? Several reasons. It protects against the risk of double taxation where the same income is taxable in either of our countries […]

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7th September 2011

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by Leigh Turner

Ambassador to Austria and UK Permanent Representative to the United Nations and other International Organisations in Vienna

Tweeting in Kyiv

For the last few months, I have been using Twitter to tweet about new blogs and occasionally to tweet or retweet (RT) on other subjects of interest about the UK and Ukraine.  As a result I now have a number of followers on Twitter including members of the public, students, diplomats, business people and opinion […]

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31st August 2011 New York, USA

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by Danny Lopez

British Consul-General, New York

An August Welcome

New York Consul-General Danny Lopez’s First Month It is hard to describe the excitement I felt when I was first informed that I’d been selected to be the next British Consul-General in New York. I spent two years living in the Big Apple in the early 2000s working for Barclays Bank, and I very much […]

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