Tag: British overseas territories

Wednesday, June 4th 2025 - 14:44 UTC
Falkland Islands welcome UK’s strategic defence review and ongoing security commitment

The Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly has welcomed the UK Government’s newly released Strategic Defence Review, highlighting it as a key affirmation of Britain’s enduring defence obligations toward its Overseas Territories.
Thursday, December 19th 2024 - 09:48 UTC
UK “absolutely resolutely committed to the sovereignty and self-determination of Gibraltar and the Falklands”

“We are absolutely resolutely committed to the sovereignty and self-determination of Gibraltar and the Falkland Islands,” said Stephen Doughty MP and Minister of State for the Overseas Territories on a question from a fellow Labour MP, Portsmouth North, Amanda Martin during the Wednesday Parliament session.
Saturday, October 5th 2024 - 20:46 UTC
Falklands and Gibraltar confident in UK's commitment to self determination and peoples wishes

The recent deal between UK and the Republic of Mauritius on sovereignty over the Chagos archipelago, and the future of their people, has triggered the aspirations of nationalist groups in Spain and mainly in Argentina, claiming sovereignty over Gibraltar and the Falkland Islands.
Wednesday, July 31st 2024 - 23:55 UTC
Falklands new Acting Governor sworn in, Adam Pile OBE son of a war Veteran

Falklands Government House announced on Tuesday July 30 that the Deputy Director for the Overseas Territories Directorate of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, Adam Pile OBE, has been sworn in as the Acting Governor of the Falkland Islands and Acting Commissioner of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.
Monday, May 20th 2024 - 10:57 UTC
UK's not too generous attitude towards Overseas Territories higher education students

Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee’s Sub-Committee on the Overseas Territories has published on Monday, written evidence received for its work on the UK Government’s support of education for British Overseas Territories students.
Wednesday, March 27th 2024 - 11:06 UTC
Improving education in Britain’s Overseas Territories

By Alicia Kearns

When we talk about education in the UK it’s easy to forget that around the world there are numerous British Overseas Territories (OT) that are also busy educating young people for the future.
Friday, December 15th 2023 - 08:12 UTC
UK and Overseas Territories, “a modern partnership for a stronger British family”

The Government of the United Kingdom, and democratically elected Governments of the British Overseas Territories of Anguilla, Ascension, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, Montserrat, Pitcairn Islands, St Helena, Tristan da Cunha, and Turks and Caicos Islands met on 14 to 15 November 2023 to decide the following Joint Declaration.
Thursday, November 16th 2023 - 10:00 UTC
Falkland Islands Government delegation engages in key talks at Joint Ministerial Council

A delegation from the Falkland Islands Government (FIG), led by the Hon. Teslyn Barkman MLA, participated in the Joint Ministerial Council with Leaders and Representatives of the UK Overseas Territories and the UK Government this week at the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office in London, FIG informed in a press release.
Friday, November 10th 2023 - 10:35 UTC
UK “must expand the Blue Belt” in Overseas Territories to shield the Antarctic from Chinese industrial fishing

By Sir Oliver Heald (*) The UK’s Blue Belt Programme for ocean conservation in our Overseas Territories is one of the Conservative Party’s biggest environmental achievements of the past thirteen years.
Saturday, October 7th 2023 - 06:36 UTC
Sir Lindsay Hoyle: “Why I became a champion and advocate for the British Overseas Territories”

By Sir Lindsay Hoyle, Speaker of the UK House of Commons

From the Pitcairn Islands in the Southern Pacific Ocean to the British Indian Ocean Territory almost 10,000 miles away, the British Overseas Territories (OTs) all have one thing in common – they are British.