Blueprint for green embassies
French Embassy Secretary General Bruno Aguesse, First Counsellor Olivier Lacroix and Ambassador Sylvie Bermann at the Sustainable Embassies Seminar held at the Ambassador’s Residence on…
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Bolivia first Embassy World Cup champs
Bolivia trounced fierce rivals Germany 2-1 in a hotly-contested final of the first-ever Embassy World Cup football tournament. Held under floodlit skies in Battersea Park,…
Embassies’ Congestion Charge debt nears £100m mark
London’s diplomatic missions owe £95m in unpaid Congestion Charge fees and fines according to figures released by Transport for London, leading to renewed calls to…
Spain appointed President of IMO Assembly
Outgoing Secretary General Koji Sekimizo congratulates incoming Secretary General Kitack Lim and Assembly President Federico Trillo Spanish Ambassador Mr Federico Trillo was appointed President of…
Planning for an emergency
David Varney As the list of cities that have suffered a terrorist attack grows longer, now is a good time for diplomatic missions to upgrade…
COP21: ‘Turning point for humanity’ says French Ambassador –
The climate change deal struck at the COP21 talks in Paris was “a turning point for the future of humanity” France’s Ambassador to London Sylvie…
Envoys welcome UK Syria strikes
Diplomats in London have welcomed the vote by the UK Parliament to extend military action into Syria but said strikes alone would not be enough…
Immigration Bill 2016
A new Conservative government was elected in May with a mandate to bring migration down to sustainable levels. Alicia Ioannou of the Home Office gave…
Resettling Syrian refugees
With Europe reeling under the refugee crisis, Samantha Hill of the Home Office outlined the UK asylum policy to resettle Syrian refugees The UK’s Justice…
Cloud ahead for legalisation?
Andrew Hamilton, of the FCO Legalisation Office, had his head in The Cloud as he outlined radical suggestions for a less bureaucratic legalisation model. Using…