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	EU Milestone for Three Eastern European Nations Since the start of the New Year, a string of events have trumpeted the arrival of the European Union’s freshest faces, Bulgaria and Romania, which officially became members on Jan. 1. Meanwhile, although not a new member, Slovenia, joined the celebrations with its own EU milestone: the country’s official conversion to the euro...Read More
	10 Years of ‘J’ at 16th and Q This year the District of Columbia Jewish Community Center (DCJCC, or the “J”) celebrates the 10th anniversary of its location at the corner of 16th and Q Streets. Seeing the DCJCC through those 10 years, as well as the 10 before them, has been Arna Meyer Mickelson, who’s served as the institution’s executive director since 1987...Read More
	New U.N. Secretary-General Makes the Rounds Shortly after holding his first press conference—in which he pledged to “get our house in order”—new U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon headed over to Washington to greet President Bush and make the rounds on the D.C. social and political circuit...Read More

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	I Left My Heart in San Francisco She may have left her heart in San Francisco but Democrat Nancy Pelosi, the first female speaker of the House, brought 600 of her closest friends to the Italian Embassy’s sit-down dinner, hosted by Italian Ambassador Giovanni Castellaneta and his fashionable wife Lila on Jan. 3...Read More
	Ecuador Joins Fight Against Human Trafficking With the visibility created by the country’s first lady, Maria Beatriz Paret de Palacio, Ecuador is combating the dramatic increase in human trafficking by creating a free national hotline featuring 600 phone operators trained by police to provide assistance 24-7 to trafficking victims...Read More
	Poland Remembers Martial Law Fighters Every once in a while, there is an embassy event that is unforgettable. That was the case in Poland’s tribute to all those brave Poles and their comrades who fought against the imposition of martial law and Soviet tanks moving into Warsaw 25 years ago on Dec. 13, 1981...Read More
	Honoring IDB President Moreno Former Colombian Ambassador Luis Alberto Moreno, now president of the Inter-American Development Bank, will also be the Latino Student Fund’s special honoree for this year’s gala on March 9...Read More
	Colombia’s Young Ambassadors Colombian Ambassador Carolina Barco recently welcomed Washington-area adopted Colombian children and their new families into her residence to learn more about their native country and its cuisine...Read More
	Russia’s Orthodox Christmas Celebration New Year’s and Orthodox Christmas on Jan. 7 are savored holidays in Russia, so to celebrate, Russian Ambassador Yuri Ushakov and his wife Svetlana welcomed Washington’s Russian children and their parents to the Russian Embassy on Jan. 12 for their annual Christmas tree extravaganza...Read More