Tag: Foreign Office

• Saturday, November 22nd 2014 - 05:30 UTC

  UK reacts to 'Malvinas are Argentine' signs on public transportation

  

  The UK has objected to Argentine congress decision that public transportation should carry signs expressing the country's claim over the Falkland Islands. A law passed by the Argentine Congress says vehicles must declare “Las Malvinas son Argentinas”, or the “Malvinas are Argentine”.

• Thursday, October 30th 2014 - 06:51 UTC

  Falklands: MPs visit scheduled for the second week of November

  

  Two UK MPs Yvonne Fovargue (L) and Guy Opperman (C) will be visiting the Falkland Islands from 13 to 18 November, accompanied by Falklands government representative in London, Sukey Cameron MBE.

• Friday, September 12th 2014 - 06:46 UTC

  Falklands Islands' minefield priority areas are named as bidders visit

  

  Four minefield clusters have been pinpointed as priority areas for the next clearance phase in the Falkland Islands. Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) Advisor for minefield issues Alistair Craib confirmed this week that Priority 1 is Minefield 59 on either sides of the MPA Road near Wall Mountain and Mount Harriet.

• Wednesday, July 16th 2014 - 00:59 UTC

  Euro-skeptic tainted cabinet with Philip Hammond as Foreign Secretary

  

  British Prime Minister David Cameron pushed through his biggest government shake-up since coming to power in 2010, promoting Euro-skeptics to senior roles ahead of a national election in May next year, among them former defense minister and prominent Euro-skeptic Philip Hammond.

• Saturday, June 28th 2014 - 10:43 UTC

  Swire on a five-day visit of Costa Rica, Guatemala and Colombia

  

  Foreign Office minister Hugo Swire was on a five day visit to Costa Rica, Guatemala and Colombia this week, following recent elections in both countries and with the purpose of expanding political and trade relations.

• Tuesday, January 14th 2014 - 00:00 UTC

  Foreign Office stretched “almost to the limit”, warns Parliament: “a more realistic approach needed”

  

  The Foreign Office is being stretched “almost to the limit” as it attempts to cut spending at a time of international turbulence while having to cope with additional demands such as the London Olympics, MPs have said.

• Thursday, December 19th 2013 - 06:25 UTC

  UK claims Argentina escalating Falklands dispute to divert public opinion from economic problems

  

  Britain accused the Argentine government on Tuesday of revving up a dispute over the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands to try to divert public opinion attention away from the country's severe economic problems.

• Tuesday, November 26th 2013 - 09:17 UTC

  Overseas Territories meeting begins in London with a speech from Minister Simmonds

  

  The annual Overseas Territories Joint Ministerial Council (JMC) which brings together political leaders from the Overseas Territories and UK Ministers takes off in London on Tuesday, hosted by the FCO Minister for the Overseas Territories Mark Simmonds MP.

• Tuesday, September 17th 2013 - 06:45 UTC

  Falklands receives visit of lawmakers from Panama’s National Assembly

  

  A group of Panama National Assembly members has arrived in the Falkland Islands for a week long visit. The party is headed by Foreign Affairs Commission president Dalia Bernal and includes Yaniel Abrego, president of the Education Commission, lawmaker Renaul Dominguez and Jorge Gantes legal advisor of the Foreign Affaris Committee.

• Wednesday, July 31st 2013 - 05:12 UTC

  Insulza meets Hague and presents report on the Drug Problem in the Americas at Chatham House

  

  Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), José Miguel Insulza, on Tuesday presented in London the Report on the Drug Problem in the Americas during a forum organized by Chatham House in which political authorities and experts in the issue took part.