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Civil Service Award winners: Leading the way to better lives for victims of the Troubles There was no shortage of talented individuals and teams recognised in this year’s Civil Service Awards. In this series, CSW talked to some of the winners about their work and how it felt to win. First up is Chris Atkinson, who won the Inspirational Leadership Award for his work coordinating the delivery of long-stalled plans for a payments scheme to help people left with permanent disabilities as a result of conflict in Northern Ireland. He tells CSW about the background to the project Chris Atkinson

Aoun, Hariri Discuss Measures to Break Cabinet Impasse in Lebanon Published December 22nd, 2020 - 07:57 GMT Lebanese launch lanterns in Beirut's Gemmayzeh neighbourhood on December 20, 2020, during the lighting of a Christmas tree in memory of the victims of the devastating port blast in that took place in the capital's port in August. ANWAR AMRO / AFP President Michel Aoun and Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri are set to meet Tuesday in the latest attempt to resolve differences over the formation of a new Cabinet with chances of achieving a breakthrough in the weekslong deadlock ra...

Chris Rampling, British Ambassador to Lebanon In an editorial published on British embassy Facebook page , British Ambassador to Lebanon Chris Rampling who is moving back to the UK at the end of his term , wrote the following OPED in which he decries the lack of responsibility of Lebanese leaders blaming them for the August 4th devastating explosion of Beirut Port ” as home-grown” . He said some things are rotten in Lebanon , calls “Kefala” a disgrace on Lebanon’s reputation, and said freedom of expression has been under pressure, as Lebanon used to be the regio...

Below is the full text of the op-ed: “Lebanon: Parting Thoughts Chris Rampling, British Ambassador Lebanon has changed so much since I arrived, and especially over the last 14 months. My wife and I, and our 2 young children, touched down in 2018 with great expectation. Before coming, I had heard Yasmine Hamdan sing ‘Beirut’ in London and knew I was coming to the most fascinating city on the planet (I still think that). But now Lebanese eyes tell of sadness; their words, of despair. Almost half the workforce is unemployed, and more than half are in poverty, with the UK’s Middle East Mi...