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15th October 2010 Islamabad, Pakistan

by Adam Thomson

British High Commissioner to Pakistan

Water

Today is Blog Action Day, an annual event that unites the world’s bloggers in writing about an important issue that affects us all.  This year’s topic is water. This is a crucial matter for poor Pakistan.  Tragically, the country has too much water right now as it struggles to recover from unprecedented and devastating floods.  […]

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1st October 2010 Ottawa, Canada

Final Team Introduction: Nicolina Farella

Uh, testing… testing.. is this thing on? Hello blogland. It’s Claire in Toronto. Nicole is off on some well deserved holidays, so I’ll be manning (womaning?) the SIN Canada blog for the next couple of weeks. Today, we’re finishing up our team introductions with Nicolina Farella, Science Officer Extaordinaire, based in Montreal. As you will […]

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24th September 2010 Ottawa, Canada

More of the S&I Canada Team: Gill Wallace

No team introductions would be complete (and really there is still one more to go after this ;P) without the introduction to the very important, but perhaps somewhat unsung role of the S&I Assistant!   Our assistant Gill is fabulous!  Working on a part-time basis (2 days a week – Mondays and Wednesdays), she keeps on top of all […]

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22nd September 2010

Robin Twyman

by Robin Twyman

Consul for Business and Government Affairs

Scotching tariffs

Whisky is the UK’s top agriculture export – £3.2bn-worth of whisky flowed out of the UK in 2008, accounting for just under a quarter of the UK’s agriculture exports (see Agriculture in the UK 2009). And the US was the top export market, sipping £421m worth of the stuff in 2009, a whopping 13% increase […]

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15th September 2010

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by Nigel Baker

Ambassador to the Holy See (2011-2016)

Visit of Pope Benedict XVI to Britain

Pope Benedict XVI will visit the United Kingdom from 16 – 19 September. This will be the first ever official Papal Visit to the United Kingdom – the last visit by Pope John Paul II in 1982 being purely pastoral. He will be visiting both as a Head of State, and as the head of […]

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13th September 2010 London, UK

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by David Lidington

Minister for Europe, London

Discussions with Pierre Lellouche

Earlier this week I went to France for meetings with Pierre Lellouche (French Minister with responsibility for European affairs). We discussed a wide range of issues of common importance, such as defence cooperation, but also Europe’s relationships with China, India and Turkey. In between our meetings I recorded a video blog. Watch it and find […]

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20th August 2010 Ottawa, Canada

More team introductions: Claire Hastings

On to more team Science & Innovation Canada intros!  Continuing with my Toronto theme, let me introduce you to our Science & Innovation Associate, Claire Hastings. Photo by Frank Wimart Claire is a lovely person with a sparkling personality.  She’s bubbly, intelligent, fun to be around, and VERY knowledgeable about all things FCO and UKinCanada […]

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