26th February 2013 Bucharest, Romania
Entrepreneurship is one of those key words business people bring up a lot these days. And it is easy to understand why. Jobs for the ever-increasing unemployed youths, creativity, innovation, and competitive edges that can bring more dynamism to Romania’s business landscape – these are just of a few of the arguments that are put […]
31st December 2012 Bucharest, Romania
The British Embassy joined forces with Bucharest’s leading homeless charity Casa Ioana on Thursday 20th December to serve food to the homeless of Bucharest. On a sub zero and snowy December morning at the main train station in Bucharest, volunteers from the Embassy worked together with the staff from Casa Ioana. The team served …
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9th October 2012 Bucharest, Romania
Today I would like to present the story of yet another great Briton in Romania, as told by Peter Thomas, Head of Political Team in the British Embassy in Bucharest: Fifth in our series of Great Britons in Romania is Sally Wood-Lamont, President of the Romanian National Paralympics Committee and founder of the Lamont Centre, a […]
5th September 2012 Bucharest, Romania
This week I invited Cristina Bazavan, blogger and friend, to guest blog about the Paralympic Games. Cristina has just returned from the Games in London so she can tell us more about the unseen side of the people, the places and the emotions she experienced. Let’s find out more! Check Cristina’s blogs in Romanian. Find […]
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21st August 2012 Bucharest, Romania
The following is a guest blog by Sally Wood-Lamont, President of the Romanian National Paralympic Committee. The Romanian Paralympic team are currently at their Pre-Paralympic Games training camp in Knowsley, Liverpool. The cycling team, with athletes Eduard Novak, currently world champion in both the road and track events with Torok Imre a fellow cyclist from […]
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9th August 2012 Bucharest, Romania
Today I invited our colleague Ian Saunders to share with us his interview with Captain Stan Platt OBE, founder of Light Into Europe, which currently sources and trains guide dogs for the blind. This is the fourth in our series of blogs about Great Britons in Romania. Stan’s first experience of Romania was shortly after […]
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7th August 2012 Bucharest, Romania
The following is a guest blog by Rhys Osborne, Head of Registry at British Embassy Bucharest Last Friday I spoke at a Reception held to officially send-off the Romanian Paralympic Team heading to London in the coming weeks for the 2012 Paralympic Games. The reception, arranged by Sally Wood-Lamont, President of the Romanian Paralympic Committee […]
28th May 2012 Bucharest, Romania
As part of our preparations for the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics, we have another guest blogger today. Rhys Osborne, Head of Registry at the British Embassy in Bucharest, kindly shared his impressions about a recent event supported by the Embassy. Last week I took part in an event hosted by Fundatia Inocenti. Established in […]
21st May 2012 Bucharest, Romania
I invited a special lady to guest star on my blog on this very special day. Today we mark 100 days to go until the opening of the Paralympic Games, so there is no better time to meet the extraordinary Paralympic team then directly from Sally Wood Lamont, the President of the Romanian Paralympic Committee!
30th April 2012 Bucharest, Romania
So you’ve checked the embassy’s call for interns here and you have decided to apply for an internship at the British Embassy! If you are an undergraduate or graduate student with an economic/political background interested in EU economy/ political affairs, you are about to step into one of the most competitive and dynamic job markets […]
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