Randall Martin: Closure of visa offices will hurt our economy - The Province
25 May 2012, 6:56 pm
Visa offices at Canadian embassies in Germany, Japan, Iran, Malaysia and Bangladesh were closed this week. Applications to visit or study in Canada will now need to be shipped to other countries for processing. The federal government states that ...

EU helps boost Philippines’ capacity to combat human trafficking - Global Nation
24 May 2012, 7:30 am
MANILA, Philippines—Philippine embassies throughout the European Union (EU) took part in a three-day workshop in Vienna, Italy to boost their capacity to combat human trafficking and illegal recruitment. “This training on the practical implementation ...

Nigeria: Sacked Doctors - Group Wants embassies to Deny Lagos Officials Visa - AllAfrica.com
24 May 2012, 4:45 am
Lagos — A pro-labour civil society coalition, Joint Action Front (JAF) has urged foreign missions in the country to place travel ban on Lagos state public officials and their families for medical travel, until it recalls sack doctors in its employ.

Map of embassies and consulates in UAE - Gulf News
23 May 2012, 7:17 am
We bring you a detailed map showing consular buildings in Dubai and a listing of all the foreign embassies in Abu Dhabi. Click and hold your mouse button on the map to move around the city and use the + and - buttons to zoom in and out. Click on the icons ...

Egypt: Local embassies Announce Results of Elections By Expatriate Locals - AllAfrica.com
21 May 2012, 4:20 am
The results of the presidential elections held by the Egyptian embassies abroad indicate that presidential candidate Dr. Abdel Moneim Abol Fotouh comes in the lead followed by Hamdeen Sabahi. Figures confirmed sharp competition between presidential ...

NATO embassies in Islamabad receive threatening parcels - Presstv
17 May 2012, 12:17 pm
Pakistan’s diplomatic and police sources say several Western embassies in Islamabad have received parcels containing a suspicious powder and a letter that threatens to poison US-led NATO forces in Afghanistan unless they stop killing Taliban militants.

Several embassies receive black powder, threats - Pakistan News Service
17 May 2012, 8:43 am
ISLAMABAD: Several Western embassies in Islamabad received letters on Wednesday containing suspicious powder and threats to poison supplies for NATO soldiers in Afghanistan, officials said. Islamabad police chief Bani Amin told AFP that at least three ...

Western embassies receive threat parcels in Pak’ - Worldnews.com
16 May 2012, 2:20 pm
The Treaty of Brussels, signed on 17 March 1948 by Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, France, and the United Kingdom, is considered the precursor to the NATO agreement. The treaty and the Soviet Berlin Blockade led to the creation of the Western ...

Western embassies receive threat parcels in Pakistan: Police - Daily News and Analysis
16 May 2012, 1:45 pm
Police in the Pakistani capital on Thursday said several Western embassies had received parcels containing a mysterious poisonous powder and a warning against the reopening of NATO supply routes to Afghanistan that were closed nearly six months ago.

Majority of US embassies tweeting for diplomacy, report says - FCW.com
8 May 2012, 4:31 pm
More than two-thirds of U.S. embassies now use Twitter to advance their e-diplomacy efforts, according to a new report by the Sunlight Foundation open government group. Out of 175 embassies reviewed, 121 had official or semi-official Twitter ...