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7th December 2011 London, UK

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by David Lidington

Minister for Europe, London

Thoughts from the OSCE Ministerial Council

I commend the Lithuanian Chairmanship in Office which has pursued a challenging agenda for the OSCE this year and I hope this Ministerial Council will both consolidate their excellent efforts and commit to realising future positive change across the OSCE area and beyond. I take a very keen interest in what has been happening in […]

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10th November 2011 London, UK

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by David Lidington

Minister for Europe, London

UK and Netherlands – a common outlook

I was in the Netherlands earlier this week, my second visit as Minister for Europe. The UK and the Netherlands have a strong working relationship; the aim of my visit was to deepen bilateral and multilateral co-operation in the many areas where our views are closely aligned. As well as the important trade relations the […]

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9th March 2011

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by Greg Dorey

Diplomat

Including our friends

The UK is strongly committed to the European Union’s enlargement process. And so on 9 March the UK’s Minister for Europe David Lidington will give a keynote speech on EU Enlargement in the Hague. We are not only convinced about the value of enlargement but have played a leading role in driving it through. We […]

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11th November 2010 London, UK

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by David Lidington

Minister for Europe, London

Remembrance

It’s 11 November, Armistice Day. I recorded this video blog in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, standing right beside memorials to Diplomatic staff who have lost their lives to military conflict or to terrorism, whilst in the service of their country.

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19th October 2010 London, UK

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by David Lidington

Minister for Europe, London

Ukraine and Poland

I spent several days travelling last week. My first destination was Kyiv, capital city of Ukraine, and following my engagements there, I travelled to Warsaw, capital of Poland. Watch my latest video blog to find out more about the UK’s relationship with both Ukraine and Poland.

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1st October 2010 London, UK

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by David Lidington

Minister for Europe, London

A day in Edinburgh

On Wednesday 29 September I spent the day in Edinburgh. I visited the Chamber of Commerce, the University of Edinburgh and the Scottish Parliament. Find out more by watching my video blog below. See a full video of the speech I gave at the University of Edinburgh.

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30th September 2010 London, UK

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by David Lidington

Minister for Europe, London

The sentencing of blogger Hossein Derakhshan

Hossein Derakhshan, an Iranian blogger, has been sentenced to 19 and a half years in prison, banned from political and journalistic activities for a further 5 years, and fined €30,000 for exercising his right to express his opinions. The image of Hossein used in the video was sourced from Wikipedia and is being reproduced here […]

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26th September 2010 London, UK

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by David Lidington

Minister for Europe, London

Carrières en Europe

September 26 2010 is European day of languages, and to mark this event, bloggers from across Europe, and beyond, are taking part in Multilingual blogging day. I’m also participating and have published my video blog in French. You can see more multilingual Foreign Office blogs here. For more information on careers for British Graduates see […]

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24th September 2010 London, UK

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by David Lidington

Minister for Europe, London

A video blog from Stockholm

I decided to use video alone for this week’s blog. View the film to find out about my trip to Sweden on the 7th June.                                                                         Updated to say, here’s a link to ‘Getting Europe back to work’, the speech I delivered whilst in Stockholm

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