Russia's actions on British Council "reprehensible": British FM

Xinhua News Agency;  January 17, 2008 ;     540 words ...Russia's actions on British Council "reprehensible": British FM...Thursday Russia's actions on British Council were"reprehensible" and "a...legal framework under which the British Council operates -- notably international...

LogicaCMG Awarded GBP20 Million IT Services Contract by the British...

PR Newswire;  January 28, 2004 ;     716 words ......GBP20 million contract with The British Council, the UK's international cultural...Green, Director-General of the British Council, said: This partnership is going to be very important to the British Council in helping to focus on IS/IT...

New British Council director

New Straits Times;  August 31, 2003 ;     261 words ......Straits Times 08-31-2003 New British Council director Edition: 2* GERRY Liston...the position of Director of British Council Malaysia, replacing Dr Tom Craig- Cameron, who will head British Council Pakistan. Liston previously...

A new role for the British Council?

The Independent - London;  September 11, 1997 ;   David Walker;   772 words ...Handbagged hard by Lady Thatcher, the British Council has been striving in recent years...Tories. How will the pounds 430m-a-year British Council fare under Labour, now that Overseas...department under feisty Clare Short? The British Council is not going to get any more, that...

2nd LD Writethru: Russia seeks legal settlement on British Council...

Xinhua News Agency;  January 21, 2008 ;     306 words ......Russia seeks legal settlement on British Council dispute: FM MOSCOW, Jan. 20 (Xinhua...has caused the closing of part ofthe British Council, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said...the legal arguments showing that the British Council in Russia has no legal basis," he...

British Council office in Russia's St. Petersburg suspends work

Xinhua News Agency;  January 16, 2008 ;     237 words ...British Council office in Russia's St. Petersburg...MOSCOW, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) -- The British Council's office in Russia's St. Petersburg...London. Russian employees of the British Council's offices in St. Petersburg and...

EU concerned about Russian demand of closing British Council

Xinhua News Agency;  January 17, 2008 ;     266 words ......concerned about Russian demand of closing British Council BELGRADE, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) -- The...Thursday over Russia's demand on the British Council to close two regional offices in Russia...to closethe regional offices of the British Council in St. Petersburg and Yekaterinburg...

Getronics designs a global VPN for the British Council.

M2 Presswire;  January 16, 2003 ;     584 words ......Getronics designs a global VPN for the British Council(C)1994-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD...offices in 109 countries worldwide. The British Council is the UK's international organisation...communications leap forward for the British Council extending their reach across the globe...

British Council deploys video conferencing to facilitate virtual learning,...

M2 Presswire;  August 3, 2004 ;     787 words ......PRESSWIRE-3 August 2004-POLYCOM INC: British Council deploys video conferencing to facilitate...video conferencing network helps the British Council to achieve its aim to connect people...solutions today announces that the British Council, an international organisation represented...

Treatment of British Council 'not worthy of great country'

The Independent - London;  January 18, 2008 ;   Colin Brown Deputy Political Editor;   249 words ...The offices of the British Council in two cities outside Moscow...Russian pressure against the British Council intensified, leading to members...institutional status of the British Council to personal questions about...

Roundup: Britain slams Russia's plan to close British Council offices

Xinhua News Agency;  December 13, 2007 ;     469 words ......Britain slams Russia's plan to close British Council offices LONDON, Dec. 13 (Xinhua...plan to close regional offices of the British Council is "totally unacceptable," British...parliamentarycommittee. He added that the British Council, as the government's culturalarm...

New home for British Council

New Straits Times;  November 25, 2002 ;   Syida Lizta Amirul Ihsan;   477 words ......Straits Times 11-25-2002 New home for British Council Byline: Syida Lizta Amirul Ihsan Edition...if you go to such libraries as the British Council's, you may find such books which you...10,000 new books were added to the British Council's library collection to cater to children...

British Council Overhauls Web Presence, Expects to Save More Than USD $2.3...

Canadian Corporate News;  September 28, 2004 ;     787 words ......Management (ECM) software, said today that British Council has just completed one of the most...onto one content management system, British Council expects to save USD $2.3 million by...230 offices across 110 countries, British Council is one of the most culturally diverse...

New British Council to have latest facilities

The Malay Mail;  September 13, 2002 ;   Azlan Ramli;   531 words ...THE new British Council centre will boast state-of-the-a...local elements and resources. The British Council also stated that this would be...first and largest. The present British Council, perched on top of Bukit Aman...

British Council chief detained as Russia steps up diplomatic dispute

The Independent - London;  January 17, 2008 ;   Anne Penketh Diplomatic Editor;   621 words ...The head of the British Council's office in St Petersburg was...Labour Party and chairman of the British Council - was stopped by traffic police...to defy orders to close two British Council offices in Russia which were...