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Raluca Bragarea

Head of Communications, Bucharest

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23rd June 2014 Bucharest, Romania

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by Raluca Bragarea

Head of Communications, Bucharest

Securitate & apărare: Londra apreciază perspectiva regională a Bucureștiului

Un blog semnat de Însărcinatul cu Afaceri Esther Blythe Astăzi (luni 23 iunie) găzduim o vizită importantă, cea a reprezentanţilor Grupului de prietenie româno-britanică din Parlamentul de la Londra. Parte dintr-o suită de evenimente devenite deja tradiţionale pentru relaţia bilaterală, activitatea grupului de prietenie parlamentară a fost sărbătorită în mod special anul trecut prin prezenţa la […]

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5th June 2014 Bucharest, Romania

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by Raluca Bragarea

Head of Communications, Bucharest

Great Britons in Romania: Victor Watkins, Wildlife Advisor, World Society for the Prevention of Animals

Our new post in the ‘Great Britons in Romania’ is authored by Peter Thomas,  the head of the political section in the embassy. The post is dedicated to a Briton who has made an important contribution to conserving Romania’s wildlife heritage. In May,  I had the pleasure of representing the British Embassy at the official […]

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8th May 2014 Bucharest, Romania

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by Raluca Bragarea

Head of Communications, Bucharest

Great Britons in Romania – BRIAN DOUGLAS

Today’s guest blogger is Kent Bolton, Hon. Secretary/Treasurer, RCHF (UK) and Hon. Treasurer for the sister foundation in the Netherlands, Stichting RCHF, who tells the story of one of the British volunteers making a difference in Romania. Here is his account: Brian Douglas first traveled to Romania in early 1994, delivering much needed aid, including […]

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15th April 2014 Bucharest, Romania

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by Raluca Bragarea

Head of Communications, Bucharest

What makes Great Britain GREAT – views from the kids

In today’s guest blog, my colleague in the communications section, Catalina Neagu, talks about the embassy’s involvement in the ‘Scoala altfel’ program. Last week, we hosted the students from School 79, grade VI A, as part of the ‘Scoala altfel’ program. They had a chance to talk about what it means to be a diplomat, […]

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4th March 2014 Bucharest, Romania

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by Raluca Bragarea

Head of Communications, Bucharest

Investing in Romania’s Future

We have invited our colleague in the Political Section Cora Motoc to tell us more about the educational programmes that  the OvidiuRo NGO runs in Cluj and about the embassy’s involvement in their projects.  Romania has 4.89 million school-age people (3-23 years old), out of which only 3.73 million are actually enrolled. This means that […]

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13th February 2014 Bucharest, Romania

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by Raluca Bragarea

Head of Communications, Bucharest

I am volunteer

Today’s guest blogger is one of our former embassy colleagues and a dear friend, Cosmina Grigore, who now volunteers for Little People Romania. This year, the embassy decided to support their campaign to mark the International Day Against Cancer (4 Feb) and the International Childhood Cancer Day (15 Feb). Read Cosmina’s story: I’ve always wanted […]

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4th September 2013 Bucharest, Romania

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by Raluca Bragarea

Head of Communications, Bucharest

Guest blogger Charley Ottley, writer and presenter of ‘Wild Carpathia’

I am thrilled to have Charlie Ottley as a guest blogger to share his thoughts on filming “Wild Carpathia” and on discovering the fragile beauty of Romanian landscape.  Before its European premiere tomorrow, here’s a glimpse at the second episode “From the Mountains to the Sea”.  While Wild Carpathia 2 is screening in Romania and across the […]

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25th April 2013 Bucharest, Romania

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by Raluca Bragarea

Head of Communications, Bucharest

Focus group on Europe: the take from Chevening alumni

This afternoon I will be conducting a focus group with a number of Chevening alumni from a variety of professional backgrounds (press, law, trade, political) to discuss how they perceive UK as a partner in the EU. I look forward to a two-hour long discussion, and hope at the end of it we come up […]

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16th April 2013 Bucharest, Romania

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by Raluca Bragarea

Head of Communications, Bucharest

Shared experience on human rights between Romania and the UK

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office launched yesterday the 2012 Annual Human Rights and Democracy Report, which details our efforts to promote human rights during 2012. I’ve invited Iulian to tell us more about the rights of the disabled and the joint work that could be done between Romania and the UK on this issue: My name […]

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20th March 2013 Bucharest, Romania

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by Raluca Bragarea

Head of Communications, Bucharest

Restart: Chevening Alumni network

I invited our colleague Ian Saunders to tell us more about our network of Chevening alumni and scholars with whom we reconnected recently. Ian, you have the floor! Attended by nearly 60 fellows and scholars and hosted by the Ambassador at his residence the gathering was a night of pleasant mix of networking and socialising. Among our […]

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About Raluca Bragarea

I joined the British Embassy in 2004, and have ever since enjoyed one of the most diverse and challenging jobs as a professional communicator, from partnering up with MTV Romania…

I joined the British Embassy in 2004, and have ever since
enjoyed one of the most diverse and challenging jobs as a professional
communicator, from partnering up with MTV Romania to promote the UN
anti-poverty agenda to handling Prince Charles’ press conference on a
hill top in picturesque Transylvania. One of the highlights working for
the Foreign and Commonwealth Office has been the introduction of an
internship scheme in the Embassy; we bring along students from various
backgrounds to help us deliver our objectives while they get a unique
opportunity to learn hands-on about diplomacy.
I am a former TV journalist, specialising in foreign affairs, and a
Fulbright scholar. I hold a Master of Arts in Information and
Communication Studies with California State University at Chico.
I am a major cafe latte fan and like to collect hand-painted icons.
My other hobbies include travelling and watching movies with friends,
particularly Quentin Tarantino’s. The latest memorable film I watched
was District 9, a superb science fiction with a social twist – anybody
seen it?

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