Envoys remember Mandela
Tributes to Nelson Mandela outside South Africa House Flags at embassies across London were lowered to half-mast as diplomats joined long queues of mourners outside…
Tributes to Nelson Mandela outside South Africa House Flags at embassies across London were lowered to half-mast as diplomats joined long queues of mourners outside…
Embassies may not be able to rely on state immunity to avoid claims brought against them by locally-employed staff, following a landmark ruling by the…
US Ambassador Matthew Barzun breaks ground with the help of former US Ambassador to the UK Robert Tuttle and key members of the project The…
One less flag will be lining London’s Grosvenor Square after the Indian developer Lodha Group bought the Canadian High Commission’s property for £306 million. This…
The Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps Mr Charles Gray CMG will be resigning his post. Mr Gray has served as HM Marshal for five years…
After a decade in which ‘might was right’ the art of diplomacy has made a comeback in 2013, according to a poll of diplomats. Nearly…
The global outlook has improved over the course of 2013, but ongoing conflicts and a weak economic recovery mean these gains could easily be reversed,…
Diplomats were also asked to assess how well Britain was doing, relative to last year. Half the respondents felt conditions in the UK had improved,…
England may have become an Islamic caliphate without the Magna Carta were it not for a wise Moroccan king, it was revealed at a celebration…
Andrew Elliot (Home Office) and Rowena Moffatt (ILPA) debated the new measures to reduce the impact of immigration in the UK. With the lifting of…