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No ambassador wishes to be the person closing down an Embassy. Everyone would like to be the one opening an Embassy. I got both – and on the same posting. ...
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It is not everyday that you get the full attention of three jordanian ministers (Energy, Mega-Projects, Environment) at the same time. But during todays event on renewable energy – wind ...
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Opening remarks, Regional Conference on Family Protection 12th and 13th of April 2010. Held by Public Security Directorate and Family Protection Department of the Jordanian Police with support from the ...
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The new Rifai-government is moving rapidly on many reform issues – focusing mostly on the difficult economic situation that Jordan is facing. On the political reform side the litmus test will be on ...
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I think it is news – not because it is fresh – but because no other to my knowledge has reported on it. Jordan joined as the first of so ...
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Here is something that Jordan could replicate – being a medical hub and focusing on IT – from New York Times today. Denmark Leads the Way in Digital Care By SINDYA ...
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UPDATE: It seems that IAF have issued a new statement on their homepage retracting the one mentioned below. The embassy had a meeting with the IAF earlier today about this ...
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The Climate summit in Copenhagen last weekend was highly dramatic. I sad glued to the screen for from Thursday evening until Saturday morning – thanks to internet TV. Expectations was ...
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The Climate summit in Copenhagen is entering its last 24 hours. It will be a cliff hanger – nobody knows if a serious result will be achieved tomorrow – but ...
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Last night UNRWA “celebrated” its 60th birthday as a temporary relief organization. It was also the official farewell in Jordan to the Commissioner General of UNRWA Karen AbuZayd. Karen has ...
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The negotiations are running ahead full steam at The Climate Summit in Copenhagen. The last couple of weeks have seen a change from a quite sombre mood into a more optimistic ...
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My good friend and colleague James Watt, UK ambassador to Jordan has joined the ranks of blogging ambassadors in Jordan. That makes us two so far – hope I haven’t ...
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where he will meet Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Wen Jiabao, Luis Lula, Philippe Sarkozy, Gordon Brown, Angela Merkel, Saad Hariri and one hundred other Heads of State and Government to help ...
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I have deep respect for the work of investigative journalists. They often work under very difficult circumstances – risking persecution, law suits and harassment. But investigative journalism is indispensable. We have ...
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Looking for answers to some of the most common questions about wind power and how to integrate it into the local energy mix – also when the wind is not ...
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See, the glass is half-full… From Jordan Times today: Seize the energy opportunity By Anders Eldrup All eyes are now on Copenhagen, where the UN Climate Change Conference will take place ...
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Jordan puts its money where its mouth is. As the first Arab country Jordan decided to co-sponsor the annual Anti-torture resolution in the UN last night. During the last 10 ...
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Denmark being the host for the Climate change summit in Copenhagen in December I have been asked to give a brief overview of progress and expectations for a new climate ...
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Welcome to post no. 100 The movie showing in Jordan will have subtitles in Arabic. Many young people in Europe and the Middle East find that sports and arts ...
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We have now only 40 days until the negotiations start in Copenhagen. It is not much, but if all make an effort we will be able to seal the climate ...
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Followers of this blog will know that my country have had its share of bad press coverage. So now to something totally different. Oprah Winfrey recently visited Copenhagen in Chicago’s ...
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I have heard that Ramim should be showing on Sunday November 1st at 18.45 King Hussein Cultural Centre (Ras-al-Ain). It will be the unofficial opening film for the European Film ...
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During the last six months the embassy has been engaged in a nationwide charity distribution of LEGO toys to underprivileged children. Two 40ft containers with in total 1000 big boxes of LEGO ...
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Reporters Without Borders have made their 2009 index of press freedom public. Jordan is 112th on the list – an improvement from last year. Reading the Methodology paper RSF mentions ...
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As part of their Corporate Social Responsibilities the insulin producer Novo Nordisk is conducting free testing for and advice on diabetes today and tomorrow in Amman and on the 21th ...
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This week I had one of those experiences that will stay with me for a long time when remembering Jordan. I really didn’t have the time to go, but a ...
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Here is something interesting to look at on this Blog Action Day on Climate Change. A group of wealthy business people have joined forces under the name Carbon War Room. ...
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Amman celebrates it’s first 100 years as a modern entity – the city itself is much older dating back at least some thousand years B.C. The main celebration event was a big ...
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Tagged: blogging, COP15, Internet, Politics...
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HRH Prince Hassan has joined the blogosphere on Climate Change. El Hassan has contributed to the COP15-blog with an – as usually when he writes – interesting piece with a ...
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“Al-Arab Al-Yawm Newspaper 24.09.2009 Copenhagen Celebrates (Al-Quds), Jerusalem, as the Capital of Arab Culture for 2009 . Copenhagen- Petra: The Danish capital, Copenhagen, is preparing to host the first international ...
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Don’t say that the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs is not Web 2.0 savvy (well, not always but don’t tell). Check out how climate change is affecting the Earth on ...
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By Rami G. Khouri Daily Star staff Saturday, September 19, 2009 The amount and quality of available scientific data on the global impact of climate change, I rediscovered at a ...
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My colleague Jens Ole pointed me to this interesting piece of information. A Danish company is developing a new technique that finally will make water desalination economical viable. By use ...
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There is a new Jordanian star shining in Denmark. Stephanie Naber – selected for the national soccer team – have joined (or do you say been bought by) the Danish ...
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It is hard not to read a daily paper or a magazine without coming across a couple of articles on the COP15 Climate event in Copenhagen this December. With the ...
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The Jordanian Minister of Environment is tweeting away on Climate change YEEEEESSSSSSSS – keep it up Khaled. You can follow Khaled Irani on this feed. Tagged: Energy, Media, Politics...
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It is probably not what you think but a famous quote from a Venezuelan minister – the founder of OPEC – Juan Pablo Pérez Alfonzo – when he described oil ...
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during the last two months? Not much according to Jordan Times and Petra which are the two main stream media I have had the opportunity to follow on-and-off from Denmark. ...
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