It was a pleasure to welcome the team from Pernod Ricard, a major employer and investor in Scotland, for a positive discussion on supporting Scottish exports to the EU.

Edinburgh is the world's festival city - hosting an amazing five simultaneous Edinburgh Festivals in August 🎭 From dramatic theatre and ground-breaking cinema to side-splitting comedy and your favourite authors – there's something for everyone. Read more 👇 edinburghfestivalcity.com

First Minister John Swinney hosted a reception at Bute House to celebrate the contribution festivals make to Scotland. @ScotGov is committed to protecting our world-class festivals and enhancing their vital role in the Scottish culture sector.

Pleasure to see Flemish General Rep to the EU Matthias de Moor today, before he heads to Poland to lead Flanders in Poland and the Baltic States Thanks Matthias for everything you've done for Scottish-Flemish relations over the last 3 years. We look forward to welcoming your successor to Scotland House.

Emerging economies are increasing demand for services like education. With our world-leading universities, Scotland can meet these needs - with students from more than 180 countries studying here in 2021-22. Read more on our international engagement 👇 gov.scot/publications/s…

Would you like to come face to face with one of Scotland's most famous historical figures? To mark the 750th anniversary of his birth, researchers have created the most accurate 3D reconstruction of Robert the Bruce to date. Read more 👇 blog.historicenvironment.scot/2024/07/the-ma…

The AIG Women’s Open begins today in St Andrews 🏌🏿‍♀️ For the first time in over a decade, the event returns to the historic Scottish town known as the home of golf. Find out more about the final major of the year 👇 aigwomensopen.com/st-andrews-2024

Scotland’s global identity is grounded in relationships and people-to-people links. The 2022 Anholt-Ipsos Nation Brands Index ranked Scotland as a top 20 country for reputation. Find more on our reputation and influence in our International Strategy 👇 gov.scot/publications/s…

What would a trade agreement with the EU do for us? ✅speed up food imports/exports ✅restore EU market access ✅streamline pet movement Minister Jim Fairlie MSP SNP, Andrew Muir MLA & Welsh Government Rural Affairs discussed a shared goal of removing trade barriers with the EU. ℹ️gov.scot/publications/e…

Through supporting businesses @ScotEnt helped unlock £2.15 billion in planned exports and secured over 16,700 jobs in the year to March 2024. Read more on the economic development agency's annual results 👇 scottish-enterprise-mediacentre.com/news/scottish-…

The 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Government has published a paper on the benefits of a comprehensive sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) agreement between the UK and EU. This would reduce trade barriers, boost jobs & business growth, and support biosecurity. Read more: gov.scot/publications/e…

Clara Ganslandt European External Action Service - EEAS 🇪🇺 Claude Véron-Réville Thank you Clara for all the cooperation and joint work with Scottish Government Brussels & Scottish Government Very best wishes and we look forward to working with claude

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The #ProgrammeForGovernment underlines Scottish Government commitment to: - support negotiation of a Food & Drink / Veterinary Agreement, ensuring 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 exporters can reach 🇪🇺 markets & reducing red tape; and; - advocate for rejoining EU programmes such as Erasmus+ and Creative Europe. #PfG

Pleasure to welcome Welsh Government Director of International Relations, Andrew Gwatkin & Head of Wales in Europe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇺🇦, Eleanor Vaughan to Scotland House. Great discussion on shared economic interests and how we work with EU partners 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿