Kiwi diplomat was a Russian spy, says NZSIS, author and historian
8 Jan, 2021 04:00 PM
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Kiwi diplomat Paddy Costello was most likely a Russian spy, the NZ Security Intelligence Service has said. The statement follows questions from the Herald after a new book and, separately, the findings of a hallmark academic study said there was now evidence putting beyond reasonable doubt the allegation Costello was a Soviet spy.
In response to questions from the Herald, the NZ Security Intelligence Service has now for the first time stated that Costello most likely was working with the intelligence services of the USSR .
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The group of twelve students from Saint Lucia who were approved for university studies in Cuba formally received their scholarships at a ceremony held at the Embassy of Cuba.
The activity was conducted in three separate groups to comply with the regulations established to avoid Covid-19.
The selected students will study Architecture, Nursing, Medicine and their specialties.
Accompanied by their parents, the young Saint Lucians received the Student Ticket assigned to begin the scholarship and also signed the Code of Ethics for Foreign Students at Centers of Higher Education in Cuba.
Ambassador Alejandro Simancas welcomed them and told them about the history of the bilateral relations and their level of excellence.
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‘The time is past when a female ambassador was thought extraordinary’: Her Excellency Mary Tinney
Publication 21 December 2020
By Dr Ann Marie O Brien
Born in Scotland in 1924, Mary Tinney spent most of her childhood in Carlingford, Co. Louth and then as a border in St Louis Convent, Monaghan Town. Tinney was an outstanding student and accomplished musician; she studied French and German in UCD, securing a gold medal for oral proficiency in both languages. It is unsurprising given her linguistic skills and academic achievements that she was successful in the Department of External Affairs open competition examinations in 1948. Tinney was just the third woman to enter the department through this process.