It all started with a chance conversation in 2011 that stemmed from a transatlantic trip. Global Atlanta founder and publisher emeritus Phil Bolton was reporting from Belgium when he found out that the Royal Museum of Central Africa in Tervuren would be packing up items from its vast trove of African art and sending them on tour […]
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Diplomatic Digest: Turnover in Atlanta’s Consular Corps During 2020
As 2021 begins, Atlanta welcomes a modified consular corps bolstered by new diplomats who arrived here during the strangest of times and stocked with those likely kept in the city a bit longer by the pandemic. In normal times, diplomats taking up new postings here are welcomed with events — dinners, receptions and the […]
New European Consuls Stress Solidarity As COVID Cases Rise
Amid a resurgence of COVID-19 cases across Europe, three of the newest European consuls general in the South stressed the importance of solidarity and economic cooperation both on the continent and worldwide. Europe’s weekly case load increased more than 30 percent during the week of Oct. 5-11, with several countries responding with new tiered restrictions and curfews […]
Belgian-Owned Firm to Invest $40 Million for E-Commerce Warehouse
Radial Inc., a Pennsylvania company owned by Belgian mail and logistics company bpost since 2017, is investing $40 million to put a new e-commerce fulfillment center in Locust Grove, Ga. The move will create 344 permanent jobs, with more than 1,000 being hired for seasonal work at the facility southeast of Atlanta. Senior Vice President […]
World War II Plays on for Centenarian Honored in Europe for Covert Aerial Missions
World War II may have officially ended 75 years ago Sept. 2, but for centenarian Orrin “Boody” Brown of Opelika, Ala., the conflict plays on in memory. The cast of characters, the few still living, friends killed in action and those who have passed on before him, remain ever young in Mr. Brown’s mind, just as he was […]
Uncertainty Abounds After Trump Proclamation Blocks H-1Bs and Other Work Visas
A June 22 immigration proclamation by President Trump barring many foreign workers’ coming into the U.S. has created upheaval that immigration attorneys say is considerable even by the standards of an administration marked by its antipathy toward expatriates. The president’s orders have consistently tied up courts on issues like (recently) DACA and (earlier in his […]
Departing Belgian, Irish Consuls Share Reflections on Investment, Race Relations and More
Editor’s note: Missed this event? Watch the recording below or attend the World Affairs Council of Atlanta’s upcoming webinar with the same interviewees tomorrow: A Virtual Roadtrip Farewell to the Consuls General of Ireland and Belgium The soon-to-be-departing consuls general of Belgium and Ireland have spent the last four years getting to know the Southeast […]
Belgian Pharma Giant UCB Planning $47.5M Expansion, 100 New Jobs in Smyrna
Belgian pharmaceuticals firm UCB is set to expand its U.S. headquarters in Cobb County through a multi-phase plan that is to generate $47.5 million in investment and 100 jobs on its existing 47-acre campus. Through its incentive program, Smyrna City Council in a virtual meeting May 4 approved a waiver of $180,950 in building permit and recording fees associated with the first phase […]
European Investors Struggle to Access Pandemic Relief in U.S.
As European firms operating in the United States face disruptions to their supply chains from home, they also seem to be less able to benefit from resources that could help their American competitors more quickly recover from a pandemic-induced recession. European subsidiaries are huge employers in the U.S., with a substantial multiplier effect for the […]
EU Ambassador: Coronavirus Is Proving European Solidarity, Testing Global Unity
Editor’s note: Atlanta’s European consulates and chambers have joined together to host a “Europe Day” webinar featuring local diplomats and business leaders as well as the head of the trade delegation at the EU delegation to the U.S. The free event starts at 10 on Thursday The COVID-19 pandemic, which slammed the European Union before turning its […]
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