In a wide-ranging interview, Lithuanian Economy and Innovation Minister Edvinas Grikšas talks growing trade, work with the EU, the push for diversification, and boosting domestic defence industries.
Ten of the European Union’s 27 member states have yet to ratify the free trade deal that was inked in 2017.
The path forward for democracy promotion is being reimagined in face of U.S. cuts to agencies that drove initiatives for decades.
Colombian Defence Minister Pedro Arnulfo Sánchez says the fight against international crime requires global solutions.
In a wide-ranging interview, Johannes Winkel talks a renewed Canada-German relationship, Trump shocks, European security, and the future of free trade.
Irish Taoiseach Micheál Martin remarked that a new scholarship named for John de Chastelain will ‘help foster peace and reconciliation worldwide.’
In a wide-ranging interview, U.K. High Commissioner Rob Tinline discusses his country’s renewed relationship with Canada, what happens next on trade, and the decision to recognize a Palestinian state.
Both Canada and Germany are ‘challenged’ by the Trump’s administration’s ‘new understanding’ of transatlantic relations, says Norbert Lammert.
A smaller crowd than usual gathered at Lornado to celebrate Independence Day, as sliders, corn dogs, and California wine was served to members of the Ottawa bubble.
U.S. envoy Pete Hoekstra says he is ‘not very sympathetic’ to the pain Canadians feel over Trump’s annexation threats as he looks to the future.
In a wide-ranging interview, new Motswana High Commissioner Mpho Churchill Mophuting talks about a deeper relationship with Canada, Ottawa’s Africa strategy, and peacekeeping.
Greek Ambassador to Canada Ekaterina Dimakis says Ottawa is ‘reluctant’ to hand over a list of Canadian producers of feta cheese prior to CETA being in place.
‘Sometimes [Europeans] don’t appreciate how deep this goes,’ German Ambassador Tjorven Bellmann says of Canada’s reaction to the American threats.
In a wide-ranging interview, new Malaysian High Commissioner Shazelina Binti Zainul Abidin talks about the wait for a new government, trade diversification, and Canada’s G7 presidency.
High Commissioner to Canada Muhammad Saleem denied that Pakistan has interfered in the Canadian electoral process despite a reference in the Foreign Interference Commission’s final report.
New Italian Ambassador Alessandro Cattaneo talks Canada’s G7 presidency, CETA ratification, and Ukraine.
In a wide-ranging interview, Lithuanian Ambassador Egidijus Meilūnas talks diplomatic dreams, support for Ukraine, and territorial integrity.
New Ambassador Hanna-Leena Korteniemi says CETA is a ‘standing speaking point’ for Finland to its EU counterparts.
In a wide-ranging interview, Danish Ambassador Nikolaj Harris talks defence spending, Ukraine, Arctic security, and trade.
‘We would like Hassan Diab to be extradited to France to serve his sentence, but we don’t interfere in that,’ says Israeli Ambassador Iddo Moed.
In a wide-ranging interview, Tjorven Bellmann and Matthias Lüttenberg talk a new type of ambassadorial arrangement, the war in Ukraine, NATO co-operation, and allegations against India.
Plus, Danish Ambassador Hanne Fugl Eskjær ends her posting.
Anxiety over the future of the Canada-U.S. relationship is top of mind for Canadians with whom U.S. Ambassador David Cohen speaks in his travels across the country.
In a wide-ranging interview, outgoing Irish Ambassador Eamonn McKee talks about his time in Ottawa, Irish history in Canada, and an energized bilateral relationship.
‘I’ve had the pleasure to represent the country that I love in another country that I love,’ Sabine Sparwasser says ahead of her departure as Germany’s ambassador to Canada.
