Smash hit
US EMBASSY LONDON PHOTO The location was Southwest London and tennis legend Martina Navratilova was on court, but this was not Wimbledon but Roehampton where…
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Foreign Office increases overseas network
The expansion of Britain’s diplomatic network has been welcomed by foreign diplomats in London and in overseas capitals. Britain will open five new embassies –…
Top UK Ambassadors in major reshuffle
The shake-up of senior UK envoys – which will see changes at the top in missions in Brussels, Paris and Washington – are a clear…
Arab spring prompts u-turn on BBC World Service funding cuts
The Foreign Secretary has pledged to reverse planned cuts to the BBC World Service after uprisings in the Arab world prompted a “rethink”. In a…
FCO should import good ideas from other foreign ministries
MPs have called on the Foreign Office to look beyond the UK for better ways to practise diplomacy in a competitive global environment. A report…
London’s open for business…
Bridget Rosewell In his Budget the Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, referred to the importance of maintaining London as a world centre of financial…
Renewable Energy in dock
City of London officials joked with economic attachés arriving at the Old Bailey for a seminar on renewable energy that the historic Central Criminal Court…
Foreign students still welcome
International students remain “integral and important” to British universities a gathering of education attachés was told by Universities UK CEO Nicola Dandridge. Speaking at the…
UKBA gears up for the Olympics
The UK Border Agency is mounting the largest entry-clearance operation in history during the 2012 Olympics, which will include the first-ever fingerprinting of visa national…
Talk on foreign prisoner policy
Mr John Townley, Deputy Head of Cross Border Transfer at the Foreign National Offender Policy Section of the Ministry of Justice, gave an informative talk…