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  • Foreign Office statement on attack in Kenya

    The Foreign Office has issued a statement on the attack on two British Nationals in a resort north of Lamu, Kenya.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • PM attends September 11 memorial service

    Prime Minister David Cameron has attended a memorial service in London to mark the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks

    Foreign Secretary William Hague has commemorated the victims of the terrorist attacks in the United States on 11 September 2001, and of other global acts of terrorism since.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Tanzania ferry disaster

    Minister for Africa Henry Bellingham: "On behalf of the British Government, I would like to extend my deepest sympathy to those affected and their families.”

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • PM condemns Israeli Embassy attack

    Prime Minister David Cameron has made a statement on the overnight attack on the Israeli Embassy in Egypt.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • FCO Minister statement on violence in Blue Nile, Sudan Kordofan

    Minister for Africa Henry Bellingham: "I call on the Government of Sudan and the Sudan People’s Liberation Army in Blue Nile immediately to halt all fighting"

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Protecting the national environment and ensuring sustainable development for the Pacific Islands

    Foreign Office Minister Jeremy Browne today declared the UK’s intention to join the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP).

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Foreign Office history podcast remembers the 1991 coup and collapse of the Soviet Union

    In the latest episode of the History podcast series, British Ambassador to the Czech Republic, Sian MacLeod, remembers her first posting as a young diplomat to Moscow.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Minister for Europe to address "unacceptable" EU Commission budget proposals

    Minister for Europe David Lidington said that the UK finds the Commission budget proposals "unacceptable" as EU Ministers plan to discuss the issue in Brussels on 12 September.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • This week at the Foreign Office

    A look at the work of the Foreign Office and its embassies overseas this week.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • September 11th Remembrance

    The British Embassy in Washington commemorates the citizens from over 90 countries who perished in the 9/11 attacks.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Foreign Office launches film in build-up to Paralympic Games

    Presented by wheelchair basketball player Ade Adepitan, the film looks at the birth of the Paralympic movement in the UK and preparations for the London 2012 Games. Tickets for the Paralympics went on sale today.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Exploring commercial opportunities for British business in Iraq

    Foreign Office Minister Lord Howell welcomed the Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister H.E Rowsh Nuri Shaways to the Foreign Office on 9 September.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • 50 days to go to Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting

    Lord Howell: Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Perth could be a ‘defining’ moment.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • RAF aircraft target a former regime compound in Libya

    Royal Air Force aircraft yesterday participated in a long-range mission, targeting a military vehicle depot at a former regime compound located near Sebha.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • RAF Brize Norton resumes repatriation duties

    Sergeant Barry Weston of 42 Commando Royal Marines was killed by an improvised explosive device while leading a patrol in the Nahr-e Saraj district…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Army engineers exercise in Cyprus

    The four-week exercise aims to develop REME troops’ basic infantry skills in the challenging environment and terrain of Cyprus, with temperatures…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Ofsted report into welfare and care of recruits published

    The third annual Ofsted report on the effectiveness of welfare and duty of care for recruits and trainees in Armed Forces initial training was published today.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Opening remarks by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rt Hon George Osborne MP, at Chatham House, Challenges for the global economy

    Opening remarks by the Chancellor of the Exchequer.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Speech by David Gauke MP, Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury, at the Cross Atlantic and European Tax Symposium

    Speech by the Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government