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Newsline: UK demands Israel pledge on passports’
Britain will not allow Israel to replace an embassy worker expelled from London over the forgery of UK passports allegedly used in the assassination of Hamas terrorist Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, unless Jerusalem pledges never to clone British documents for Mossad operations. British diplomatic officials were quoted by the paper as saying that “the situation is not negotiable.” UK Secretary of Foreign Affairs David Miliband, following the conclusion of the British investigation of the matter, told Parliament on Monday that “we have concluded that there are compelling reasons to believe that Israel was responsible for the misuse of the British passports.” Foreign Minister Lieberman, however, stressed that “we received no proof of Israeli involvement in the assassination.”
Commentary: Ghana Embassy in Copenhagen needs a face-lift
We wish to react to the “GHANA EMBASSY IN COPENHAGEN NEEDS A FACE LIFT” publication which appeared on Ghanaweb on 23rd March, 2010. The visa section accepts cheques and cash for the payment of visa fees. It is therefore not correct that the Embassy accepts only cash for its transactions. Visa applicants outside Denmark pay their visa fees by cheque, the banks charge DKK100 to clear each cheque and the Embassy also charges DKK100 for registered mail to return passports to visa applicants. What this means is that a visa applicant outside Denmark needs to send a cheque of DKK500 for single visa or DKK 650 for multiple visa. In the event of the applicant requesting for express service then an extra DKK200 is added. The writer of the article would have helped the general public and done a great service to the Embassy if the name of the so called friend who paid for multiple visa and was given single visa was made available to enable the Embassy publish the details of the visa application and fees paid. Since the person did not provide his/her name we are unable to verify the claims. But we can assure the writer and the general public that it is not possible for an applicant to pay for multiple visa and then be issued with a single visa. The staff of the Embassy are up to their tasks to help our compatriots and uplift the image of Ghana.
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