All change, please
European citizens from 28 countries have cast their votes and now the process begins to elect the person who will head the next European Commission….
Author: Embassy Team
Consuls need pandemic plan – expert
The world needs to prepare better for pandemic flu, a top global health expert urged at a Consular Corps meeting. Professor Peter Piot, who discovered…
Ecuadorian FM to visit Assange
The Foreign Minister of Ecuador, Ricardo Patino, has accused Britain of abusing the human rights of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange by refusing to give him…
FCO language skills needed
The UK risks losing credibility if more senior diplomats are not fluent in a range of languages, the Commons Foreign Affairs Committee has warned. MPs…
Embassy Consular Conference 2017 Review
With globally mobile citizens and rising insecurity, never has the job of a consul been more challenging. Consuls from nearly 100 missions gathered at the…
Consuls attend Custody Conference
Record numbers of consuls attended the recent Foreign Nationals in Custody Conference hosted by HM Prison Service, a sign that the issue of foreign nationals…
Dpaal | Christmas Party
DPAAL Vice President Esther Corral (Spain), Elizabeth Stewart, Gavin Serkin (Frontier Funds), Bangladesh High Commissioner Hannan, Maria Monteiro (Portugal) and Mrs Shelina Afrozae Christmas with…
Dominica | Commonwealth Secretary General Welcome
Acting High Commissioner Charles introduces Secretary General Scotland The new head of the Family Heads of Mission and friends of the Commonwealth gathered at the…
LEARN votes for winning logo
The London Education And Research Network (LEARN) has a brand new logo after staging an international competition in which embassies were asked to invite their…
BVI representative wins WDS Scholarship award
The Scholarship Committee at the Academy of Diplomacy and International Governance and the Women in Diplomatic Service have selected Ms Siobhan Flax, from the British…