2011 February
Rules of the Game
David Davies OBE may not be a diplomat, but he is certainly well practiced in the art of diplomacy. For more than a decade he was Executive Director ...
Britain's Billion Pound Asset
The people of Britain have, in their brains and on their tongues, an asset worth billions of pounds across the globe: the English language. And new ...
Going Private
As Croatia heads towards privatisation, Gregor Famira and Thomas Hamerl specialists with law firm, CMS, weigh up the pros and cons of selling off ...
EU as a Global Player
Comprising 27 nations, the European Union is the biggest trading bloc on earth. Yet there is widespread agreement that it is punching well below its ...
Hacking the Hackers
A few years ago, the fact that people were able to ‘hack’ into computer systems from afar was the stuff of science fiction movies. Unfortunately ...
Strong Europe with the Human Factor
Belgium passed the baton of the Presidency of the Council of the European Union to Hungary in a ceremony held in the Hungarian Parliament on 6 ...
Westminster Reflections
I was looking forward to writing this column – the first of 2011 – with an inside view of Westminster, for the first time since I left the ...
Diplomat Eats at Yauatcha
With winter dragging its heels, February calls for comfort food. Having purged ourselves through January of all our Christmas indulgences, it’s ...
Hotel Verta
Hotel Verta promises to be different. Well, its location certainly is. Situated at the London Heliport in Battersea, the capital’s only commercial ...
Property in Paris
People like Paris. One of the world’s premier tourist destinations, with over 30 million foreign visitors each year, Paris is considered la plus ...
Kosovo's Cause for Celebration
The present-day Republic of Kosovo – a small democracy of over two million people in south-eastern Europe – has been a distinct polity in various ...
The Hideaways Club
Over the past few years the international property market, along with the global economy, has proved itself to be a volatile and uncertain area in ...
Diplomatic Protocol
Up on a remote Oxfordshire hillside lies a small former farmhouse, complete with notable private arboretum. I have been taking a close interest in ...
Banking on It
One of the first principles we learn as children is that of cause and effect: if you misbehave, then there will be consequences. Extrapolate this ...
