Tag: Commonwealth countries

• Monday, October 28th 2024 - 08:11 UTC

  Commonwealth leaders concur it is time to discuss slavery reparations

  

  Commonwealth leaders agreed during a Heads of Government meeting in Samoa Friday that it was time to discuss reparations from the United Kingdom for its role in the transatlantic slave trade. ”The time has come for a meaningful, truthful, and respectful conversation towards forging a common future based on equity,” the leaders said in a statement.

• Friday, September 22nd 2023 - 08:09 UTC

  UK favors additional financing to achieve SDGs

  

  British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly announced this week that the UK will push to unlock global finance and help developing countries invest to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

• Friday, September 9th 2022 - 08:16 UTC

  Putin telegram to King Charles III, “I wish you courage and perseverance in the face of this heavy, irreparable loss”

  

  Russian president Vladimir Putin has sent his condolences after the death of the Queen at the age of 96. Despite the tensions over the war in Ukraine, Mr Putin reached out to King Charles III in a telegram.

• Tuesday, March 10th 2020 - 08:03 UTC

  Commonwealth 2020: “Delivering a common future”

  

  On Monday members of the royal family attended a service at Westminster Abbey to celebrate Commonwealth Day. As well as a message from Queen Elizabeth II, the service also featured speeches from heavyweight boxing champion Anthony Joshua and performances by singers Craig David and Alexandra Burke.

• Saturday, April 21st 2018 - 07:12 UTC

  King-in-waiting confirmed as the next head of the Commonwealth

  

  Prince Charles has spent a lifetime waiting to be king. On Friday the 69-year-old heir to the British throne got another position to wait for — he was approved as the next head of the Commonwealth made up of the U.K. and the countries that once were its colonies.

• Monday, April 16th 2018 - 07:50 UTC

  Theresa May looks to boost trade and forge new links with the Commonwealth

  

  British Prime Minister Theresa May will call on the Commonwealth on Monday to boost trade and forge new links, launching a summit of the 53 nations which have become increasingly important to Britain as it leaves the European Union.

• Wednesday, May 24th 2017 - 09:22 UTC

  Gibraltar will switch the EU flag for Commonwealth flag after Brexit

  

  Gibraltar will switch the EU flag for the Commonwealth flag as it seeks to forge “strong and enduring” trade relationships around the world after Brexit, Chief Minister Fabian Picardo said. The Chief Minister was speaking at the opening of a conference focusing on Brexit and the importance of the Commonwealth to the UK and Gibraltar’s futures.

• Monday, May 22nd 2017 - 08:13 UTC

  Gibraltar hosting Brexit conference for Commonwealth parliamentarians

  

  Nearly forty Parliamentarians from eleven Commonwealth countries and territories (including Falkland Islands) are meeting in Gibraltar in order to discuss the impact of the decision taken in the United Kingdom to leave the European Union, among other current issues.

• Friday, March 10th 2017 - 08:03 UTC

  UK calls on 30 Commonwealth countries for a post-Brexit trade network

  

  British trade‎ minister Liam Fox has urged ministers from more than 30 Commonwealth countries to resist “seductive” trade protectionism on Thursday, eyeing the network of mostly former colonies as a way to boost post-Brexit trade.

• Saturday, October 15th 2016 - 10:37 UTC

  Maldives quits the Commonwealth over rule of the law and democracy dispute

  

  Maldives ministry of foreign affairs announced on Friday its decision to quit the Commonwealth of Nations after the organization issued a warning to the country that it could be suspended because of its failure to promote the rule of the law and democracy.