New Protocol Deputy Director
Alison MacMillan has succeeded Jackie Barson as the new Deputy Director of Protocol at the Foreign Office. Ms MacMillan joined the Protocol Directorate in October.
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US Embassy in VAT row
An expert on the Vienna Conventions says the dispute between the US Embassy and the Treasury over tax has implications for all missions. The UK…
‘The Iceberg’ cometh
Wandsworth Council has granted outline planning permission for the construction of a new American Embassy nicknamed ‘The Iceberg’ by locals in Nine Elms, Battersea, south…
US Embassy gets listed status
The US Embassy in Mayfair has been granted Grade II Listed status as an example of Modernist architecture. The building, designed by Eero Saarinen, is…
Missions face CC charge hike
Diplomats beware: TFL is watching… London’s diplomats may have to brace themselves for a sharp increase in congestion charge fares from December 2010, as revealed…
Ambassador’s ‘hitman’ jailed
A delivery man, who sparked a diplomatic security alert by threatening to assassinate the Turkish Ambassador, has been jailed for three-and-a-half months. Idris Savas, 37,…
Director of Protocol honoured
Sarah Gillett, the Director of Protocol at the Foreign Office, has been awarded the Companion of St Michael and St George (CMG) in this year’s…
NOTICE: Embassy relocations
CHILE – The Embassy of Chile recently held a reception to toast its new location in Old Queen Street, close to the FCO and St…
Ambassadors can turn their backs on Queen
Forward thinking – ambassadors no longer have walk backwards when leaving The Queen’s presenc In a break with tradition, ambassadors and high commissioners no longer…
Anti-coup protest at embassy
Latin America solidarity organisations recently protested outside the Honduran Embassy against the coup in Honduras. An estimated 40 demonstrators demanded the reinstatement of Manuel Zelaya,…