Compiling our calendar each week, we at Global Atlanta have a pretty good idea how the city’s international affairs organizations, language institutes and binational chambers have been affected by the sudden […]
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Atlanta Posts New Resources on Covid-19, Including Multilingual Health Information
The City of Atlanta has published a slew of new information related to Wednesday’s shelter-in-place order and the broader fight against the Covid-19 pandemic, including loan assistance for businesses and health […]
Posted inBusiness, Diplomacy, Travel
Survey: Most Dutch Firms in Southeast Harmed by Travel Ban
It wasn’t the most scientific of surveys, but the Netherlands-American Chamber of Commerce Southeast’s simple poll of member companies revealed clear results: Most Dutch firms in the region will suffer from […]
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How to Access Consular Services Amid the Coronavirus Outbreak
Note: Last updated March 31 at 3:56 p.m. with the Israeli Consulate General’s Covid-19 Town Hall, set to take place April 2 at 3 p.m. on its Facebook page here. […]
Posted inSlovakia
Interview: Slovak Ambassador Explores Partnerships in Cars, Workforce and Beyond
When it comes to knocking on doors in the South’s industrial hubs, it helps to know something about making cars. By that measure, Slovakia, the central European nation of nearly 6 […]
Posted inBusiness, Culture, Diplomacy, Education
Putting a French Twist on Atlanta’s Push to Brand Itself as a ‘City of Peace’
While speaking at a reception for the French ambassador to the U.S. held in Atlanta the evening of Feb. 24, Andrew Young recalled Martin Luther King Jr.’s insight that the […]
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Ambassador Visit to Celebrate Georgia-Cote D’Ivoire Cooperation
While the legacy of colonialism in Africa has left divisions between countries with official European languages, the evolution of common markets and globalization are bringing them closer together, Amini Kajunju, […]
Posted inConsular Conversations
Interview: How Atlanta’s Mexican Consulate Works to Promote Trade, Tourism and Cultural Ties
Editor’s note for newsletter subscribers: This article was written based on a conversation that occurred in February 2020; the content is current as of that date — before the coronavirus […]
Posted inBahamas, Consular Conversations, Education, Nonprofits
Bahamas to Pay Forward Dorian’s Recovery Lessons, Deepen Tech Ties With Southeast
When Hurricane Dorian concluded its onslaught on the Bahamas in September, the country was left to face unprecedented destruction. The islands of Abaco and Grand Bahama lost more than 13,000 […]
Posted inBusiness, Diplomacy, Trade
China’s Infrastructure Spree on Trial at Latin America Conference in Atlanta
China was not one of the 23 countries represented at an Atlanta conference bringing together American chambers of commerce, or AmChams, from around the Western Hemisphere this week. Still, it […]