This site is maintained by the British Foreign and Commonwealth office (FCO). It provides free access to materials from the British government about the political and economic situation in the region and British foreign policy towards the DRC Congo. It includes recent press releases, statements by the Foreign secretary, Foreign Office advice and links to related webcasts of parliamentary debaates....

This site is maintained by the British Foreign and Commonwealth office (FCO). It provides free access to materials from the British government about the political situation in the region and British foreign policy towards the Middle East. This includes coverage of Israel, Palestine, Gaza Strip and the West Bank. It includes recent press releases, statements by the Foreign secretary, Foreign Office...

Tim Montgomerie observes that the FCO now stands for Foreign and Commerce Office. David Cameron is determined to conduct British foreign policy in our economic interest. And, in that spirit, he is off to charm India in the hope of gaining access to that enormous emerging market – last week’s magazine has exhaustive coverage of the trip. Tim also claims that the Foreign Office won’...

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has admitted failing to complain to the Pakistani government about claims from British nationals they were tortured there.

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has urged British citizens in Georgia to "leave as soon as possible".

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has attacked Russian recognition of the breakaway Georgian regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia.

This is an interesting example of a government department using web 2.0 technology to interact with citizens. The site is powered by Yoosk. It enables members of the public to send questions about British foreign policy to the Foreign and Commonwealth office. These are posted online and citizens can vote on those they want answered. Video films of responses to the questions by senior Foreign offic...

The Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) has chosen the MEDIAFREEDOM platform to deliver live and on-demand content from Westminster.

Having been acquitted, he was sacked. But he is suing. Here is his statement: Derek Pasquill, the Foreign Office Official who was acquitted of six charges of making disclosures damaging to international relations under s.3 of the Official Secrets Act 1989, has been dismissed by the FCO. The criminal proceedings were dropped when the Judge was told

The Foreign Office has kindly responded to my Telegraph piece from last week, which suggested that they could do more to confront the religious cleansing sweeping the Middle East. In an extended version of a letter he has sent to the paper, the Foreign Office minister Alistair Burt says that his department is doing plenty: ‘Concrete examples include: Iraq, where the Prime Minister and Foreig...