17 new faces: A look at the newest ambassadors on DC’s Embassy …
Oct 11, 2024 · Washington’s newest crop of ambassadors includes five women, two diplomats who have previously served here, and one son of a former ambassador. They represent a variety of countries ranging from the world’s most populous, India, with just over 1.45 billion inhabitants, to one of its smallest—tropical Barbados—with only 282,000.
Private clubs in Washington, D.C. | Washington Diplomat
Jul 3, 2024 · Washington boasts two clubs on the 11 Most Exclusive Private Clubs in America list, created by Los Angeles-based consultancy Club Marketing. One of these, the University Club, about a half mile north of the White House at 930 Sixteenth St. NW, ranks fifth on the list.
Passport DC, set for May 7, to allow local visitors into 50+ embassies
Apr 10, 2022 · Passport DC, a series of programs in May featuring Washington’s diplomatic community and its diverse culture, is returning for the first time since the pandemic began, allowing the public to visit over 50 embassies for the Around the World Embassy Tour on May 7 and immerse themselves in various cultures without leaving the city.
Spotlight: Thousands tour DC embassies during open house
May 10, 2024 · Visitors stamped souvenir passports as they walked around Washington, D.C., during Passport DC’s “Around the World Embassy Tour” event on May 4, in which more than 50 embassies, representing countries from Armenia in West Asia to Zambia in southern Africa, took part.. The aromas of different cuisines filled the air in parts of the U.S. capital, more than they usually do, and D.C ...
Indonesian Embassy launches DC educational, cultural attaché group
May 31, 2022 · Traditional Jaipongan dancers and a performance featuring the angklung—a bamboo instrument played for centuries by the Sundanese people of Java—marked the May 25 inauguration of the Washington Educational & Cultural Attaché Association (WECAA) at the Indonesian Embassy.. Nearly 100 people attended the event, including 56 officials of 45 embassies ranging from Albania to the Philippines.
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Nov 9, 2010 · Italian Embassy promotes G7’s 2025 Ukraine reconstruction conference; The statesmanship of Sweden’s Jan Eliasson; Cypriot ambassador in DC laments half-century of Turkish occupation
Embassy Directory - Washington Diplomat
Putting together a comprehensive and standardized directory of all foreign ambassadors to the United States is a daunting task at a minimum. We have counted 177 embassies in Washington D.C.
Glossary - Washington Diplomat
Nov 9, 2010 · ambassador extraordinaire and plenipotentiary – a diplomatic agent who is the personal representative of the head of one state accredited to the head of another attaché – a civilian or military technical expert or specialist on the mission Back to Top C. chancery – the embassy office building chargé d’ affaires – a diplomatic agent …
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Sweden’s Jan Eliasson is one of the most skilled and respected diplomats of his generation. He soared through the ranks of Swedish diplomacy, from advising prime ministers and foreign ministers, to becoming Sweden’s ambassador to the United Nations, ambassador to the United States and serving as his country’s Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Diplomatic Spotlight January 17, 2024 | Washington Diplomat
Jan 16, 2024 · U.S. Army veteran and legionnaire Wes Lam presented the medallion to the ambassador at an event at the French diplomat’s residence in Washington last year for Sciences Po alumni. Lam attended Sciences Po for one year in 2018-19 as part of a dual degree program run with Columbia University in New York.