23rd September 2010
Who is the greatest diplomat of all time? Metternich – master of the Congress of Vienna? Titulescu, the engineer of ‘entente’? Or perhaps Kissinger who took Nixon to China? No. The greatest diplomat of all time is Cupid. This cheeky cherub has done more for the cause of international relations than all the worlds’ diplomatic […]
20th September 2010
Today is an important day for the relationship between Romania and the UK – for several reasons. We have the first visitor from the new government in London arriving in Bucharest this evening. To find out more about the visit I’ve recorded a video message which you can find below, together with a transcript, in […]
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16th September 2010
Our very first weekend in Romania was a long one. The UK has a “bank holiday” on the last Monday in August so the Embassy was closed, giving us the chance to avoid the heavy traffic and drive up to Brasov on Sunday, back on Monday. Specifically we wanted to show our three girls – […]