Tag: British overseas territories BOT

• Monday, August 14th 2017 - 18:57 UTC

  PM May supports Falklands' self determination; calls on Argentina to meet September joint communiqué

  

  Prime Minister Theresa May reiterated the UK Government’s strong and wholehearted support for the Falkland Islands right to self-determination and underlined UK is seeking a more productive relation with Argentina but cautioned that the full potential of the relationship depends on Buenos Aires meeting the public commitments of the September 2016 joint communiqué.

• Tuesday, July 25th 2017 - 04:17 UTC

  Influential Tory MP proposes BOTs elected representation in Westminster

  

  An influential Tory MP has said that increased devolution powers to the Home countries has made lack of Westminster representation for the Crown Dependencies and the British Overseas Territories a great unfairness, and it is time to end the outdated system of treating them like Colonies.

• Friday, July 14th 2017 - 06:35 UTC

  Minister for exiting EU holds talks with Overseas Territories representatives

  

  UK Minister for Exiting the EU Robin Walker and Foreign Office minister Lord Ahmad met on Wednesday with Overseas Territory leaders and representatives (including the Falkland Islands) to discuss Brexit issues.

• Saturday, July 8th 2017 - 10:30 UTC

  Falklands and seven BOT's at House of Lords' EU committee to discuss Brexit

  

  The House of Lords EU Committee will next week take evidence from representatives of eight of the British Overseas Territories as its scrutiny of the impact of Brexit continues. Among the territories taking part in the session and giving evidence to the committee will be Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Falkland Islands, Montserrat and St Helena.

• Saturday, April 29th 2017 - 09:10 UTC

  Labour manifesto expected to strongly support Falklands' right to self determination

  

  Shadow Foreign Secretary Emily Thornberry has strongly suggested that the Labour manifesto, to be launched on 15 May, will make clear that the disputed Falkland Islands will remain British for as long as those living there want to be, according to Politics Home

• Saturday, April 22nd 2017 - 09:35 UTC

  Falklands: Malcorra cautious about EU's position on the dispute following Brexit

  

  The European Union could reevaluate its position on the disputed Falkland Islands after Britain leaves the bloc, Argentina’s foreign minister said in Brussels, where she attended a meeting with EU negotiators on Mercosur/EU trade discussions.

• Wednesday, March 22nd 2017 - 09:50 UTC

  Initiative in US Lower Chamber to recognize Gibraltar's right to self determination

  

  A resolution calling on the House of Representatives, the lower chamber of the US Congress, to formally recognise Gibraltar’s right to self-determination has been tabled for a third time. The resolution states that the views and rights of Gibraltarians should always be imperative in any discussion of Gibraltar’s status as a British Overseas Territory.

• Wednesday, February 8th 2017 - 10:01 UTC

  Falklands attends UKOTs Brexit implications forum in London

  

  British Overseas Territories representatives, including from the Falkland Islands held a two-day meeting in London to address Brexit implications such as development funds, tariff free fish exports and the right to travel freely through the European Union. The meeting was in the framework of Prime Minister Theresa May's administration initiative to involve all parts of the UK in preparing for the crucial negotiations.

• Wednesday, November 2nd 2016 - 08:03 UTC

  Caribbean BOTs form a group to focus on Brexit at the Joint Ministerial Council

  

  Concerned about how the UK’s departure from the European Union over the next two years will impact their communities, leaders from the British Overseas Territories in the Caribbean have agreed to form a group to focus on the whole question of Brexit, reports the region's media.

• Friday, October 21st 2016 - 07:29 UTC

  Falklands' military exercises trigger protests in Buenos Aires against Macri and UK embassy

  

  Extreme left wing organizations protested on Thursday outside Britain's embassy in Buenos Aires against UK military exercises which are being carried out in the disputed Falkland Islands. The groups also slammed the Argentine government's pursuit of closer ties with the United Kingdom.