In a wide-ranging Consular Conversation, the consul general recapped the 2024 royal visit by the Dutch king and queen to Atlanta and Savannah, using it as a prism for the way the consulate is deepening trade and investment ties with the region five years after its opening here.
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Gov. Kemp to Visit Germany, Poland on Business Mission
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp is set to visit Germany and Poland next week on a weeklong business mission aimed at shoring up relationships with key partners and driving new investment relationships.
Posted inDiplomacy
Diplomatic Digest: Turnover Within Atlanta’s Consular Corps in 2024
Toward the end of 2024, Atlanta gained a new group of African diplomats, adding three new countries to Georgia’s consular corps and bringing the number of nations with representation in the state to 75.
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Books 2024: A Portrait of Ireland’s 20th-Century Evolution
Having visited Ireland first in 1982 and seeing it repeatedly during the Celtic Tiger years and after, my shorthand description of the changes in Ireland is that, in a generation, Ireland had moved from the status of Portugal, to Switzerland.
Posted inAfrica
Five Countries, Three Continents: Global Atlanta Travels in 2024
Hall Booth Smith P.C. is the presenting sponsor of Global Atlanta’s Europe Channel. Subscribe here for monthly Europe newsletters. Global Atlanta is a decidedly local news platform — with a unique wrinkle. Our […]
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Books 2024: Historical Lessons From Berlin for Today’s Fashion Industry
Fashion is an enormous global industry. It sits at the very crossroads of individual expression and the global ecological consequences of our lifestyle choices. Fashion may be beautiful, but Fashion definitely is political.
Posted inSustainability
Books 2024: How a German Polymath Influenced Global Influencers to ‘Invent Nature’
While reading, I was constantly amazed by the way the glitterati of the time were entranced by Humboldt, who by all accounts simultaneously informed, impressed, bemused (and sometimes annoyed) anyone who came into contact with him.
Posted inUnited Kingdom
Books 2024: Winston Churchill’s Public Service Examined in Memorabilia
What do posters, buttons, china, mugs, carvings, figurines and a wide variety of other collectibles tell us about the late, great statesman? Actually quite a lot.
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Books 2024: Helping Kids Bond With Nature in the Digital Age
This book reminds us that while technology is here to stay, so too are the enduring lessons of nature, community and connection.
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Books 2024: Layers of French Colonialism in Post-World War II Saigon
Hall Booth Smith P.C. is the presenting sponsor of Global Atlanta’s Europe Channel. Subscribe here for monthly Europe newsletters. Book: The Wide World Author: Pierre LeMaitre Reviewed by: Phil Bolton, founder and publisher […]