Tag: British overseas territories

• Friday, February 22nd 2019 - 08:31 UTC

  Equal marriage controversy reaches BOTs: 5 out of 14 reluctant to approve the initiative

  

  A report from the UK Parliament’s foreign affairs committee has called on the government to extend equal marriage to the British Overseas Territories. Although equal marriage was legalized in England and Wales in 2013, and Scotland in 2014, the laws did not automatically extend to the British Overseas Territories, which include Bermuda, the Falkland Islands and Gibraltar.

• Thursday, November 1st 2018 - 08:28 UTC

  Middle income BOTs hit by natural disasters could have access to OECD aid

  

  British overseas territories hit by natural disasters could get access to foreign aid under plans agreed by the richest nations, according to a report from the BBC. Some Caribbean islands damaged last year by hurricanes did not get official development assistance because their national incomes were too high.

• Monday, October 15th 2018 - 08:29 UTC

  East Falkland, among most plastic contaminated shores in South Atlantic Islands

  

  The amount of plastic washing up onto the shores of remote South Atlantic islands is ten times greater than it was a decade ago, according to new research published in the journal Current Biology. Scientists investigating plastics in seas surrounding the remote British Overseas Territories, including East Falkland, discovered they are invading these unique biologically-rich regions. This includes areas that are established or proposed Marine Protected Areas (MPAs).

• Monday, September 17th 2018 - 09:18 UTC

  RFA Mount Bay in the Caribbean, ahead of tropical storm Isaac

  

  The United Kingdom has deployed a team of specialists to the Caribbean to help mitigate the impact of impending storms threatening British Overseas territories. According to Defense Secretary Gavin Williamson, 87 engineers, medics, maritime experts and other specialists have joined the regular crew of RFA Mounts Bay, which is the mobile hub of the British relief effort.

• Monday, September 17th 2018 - 08:07 UTC

  Falklands at UK key party conferences, six months ahead of Brexit

  

  Falkland Islands Members of the Legislative Assembly Mark Pollard and Stacy Bragger are travelling to the UK to attend Labor and Conservative Party Conferences. This is a special year for British politics given the ongoing Brexit debate, and countdown to UK leaving the European Union on 29 March 2019.

• Saturday, May 12th 2018 - 06:58 UTC

  MP Craig Mackinlay demands right for Gibraltar to elect an MP to Westminster

  

  Brexit must make us think anew and refresh Gibraltar’s relationship with the UK. It is time for the Rock to have a Member of Parliament, writes MP Craig Mackinlay (*) The Overseas Territory that now sits in a unique constitutional position post-Brexit is Gibraltar.

• Friday, September 16th 2016 - 08:31 UTC

  Falklands celebrates International Day of Democracy

  

  Falkland Islands MLA Michael Poole on behalf of the Legislative Assembly said the following on International Day of Democracy:

• Wednesday, November 25th 2015 - 07:21 UTC

  UK expects new Canadian government will continue to support Falklands

  

  The UK government is looking forward to working with the new government of Argentina and hopes the people of the Falkland Islands will not suffer the bellicosity shown by the current administration, said Foreign Office minister Hugo Swire in Parliament.

• Wednesday, November 25th 2015 - 00:18 UTC

  UK and insurance industry committed to ensure compliance with illegal fishing regulations

  

  The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) and the Marine Management Organization (MMO) co-hosted a workshop on ensuring global compliance with illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing regulations, demonstrating the UK’s continued lead in the fight against illegal fishing.

• Friday, June 19th 2015 - 06:02 UTC

  Thatcher secret documents on Falklands' war reveal her anxiety over casualties

  

  The Mail on line revealed on Thursday a secret handwritten account of the Falklands War by Margaret Thatcher. The 128 page, 17,000 word handwritten memoir of the 1982 conflict reveals for the first time her anxiety on the eve of battle and her joy at winning back the Islands from Argentina.