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It’s not every day a politician becomes a diplomat, and then decides to switch careers entirely and reinvent herself as an artist. But that’s the path Moldova's Cristina Balan has chosen, and she ...
Lithuania's Jovita Neliupšienė, the EU ambassador to the United States, faces two crises at once: Trump's tariff threats and Russia's war on Ukraine.
Some 250 executives explored business opportunities during last month's Libyan-American Forum for Development and Reconstruction in Washington DC.
Ramadan brought together Washington diplomats, cultural organizations and government sectors for a month of evening iftar feasts.
Daniel García-Peña, Colombia's new ambassador in Washington, talks about evolving bilateral ties under Presidents Trump and Petro.
Freelance journalist Adrienne Ross speaks with Pakistani Ambassador Rizwan Saeed Sheikh during our Jan. 28 event at the country’s embassy. (Photo by Phil Pasquini) A parliamentary democracy, Pakistan ...
Against the backdrop of 16 huge photographs depicting the architectural splendor of Kyiv, some 200 dignitaries gathered Oct. 22 at the Italian Embassy here in advance of a July 2025 meeting in Rome to ...
Sweden’s Jan Eliasson is one of the most skilled and respected diplomats of his generation who soared through the ranks of Swedish diplomacy.
The Biden administration just made a worthy pledge: “The United States is committed to sustaining critical investments in the fundamentals of thriving societies,” the White House stated a few days ago ...
As the conflict between Israel and Hamas rages on in the beleaguered Gaza Strip, with a ceasefire proving to be elusive, Riyad Mansour, the Palestinian Authority’s ambassador to the United Nations, ...
Prominent scientist, diplomat, conservationist, artist and poet Joseph Edsel Edmunds, a former ambassador of St. Lucia to the United States, died July 21 at the age of 89.
Behind the ambassadors who are busy representing their countries, their spouses take on a crucial, but overlooked, role in Washington.