Tag: Mark Kent

Friday, December 4th 2020 - 18:13 UTC
Kirsty Hayes to be the next United Kingdom Ambassador to Argentina

The United Kingdom has appointed on Friday Mrs Kirsty Isobel Hayes as the future Ambassador to Argentina in succession to Mr Mark Kent. The British embassy in Buenos Aires will welcome Hayes in September 2021.
Friday, September 4th 2020 - 09:50 UTC
Argentina and UK agree on new stage of Humanitarian Plan to identify fallen combatants in the Falklands

UK and Argentina exchanged notes on Thursday in order to advance to a new stage in the Humanitarian Project Plan, which between 2017 and 2019 enabled the identification of 115 Argentine soldiers who died in the Falkland Islands during the 1982 conflict.
Thursday, August 13th 2020 - 06:24 UTC
Ambassador Kent praises UK/Argentine cooperation in combating Covid-19

This is a clear example of the kind of cooperation needed to battle the Covid-19 pandemic globally, UK Ambassador Mark Kent said following the Wednesday announcement of the agreement for the production in Argentina of the vaccine currently being developed by the AstraZeneca lab and the University of Oxford.
Thursday, May 21st 2020 - 08:49 UTC
Controversy in Argentina over a new bank bill with the image of a brilliant doctor with Nazi connections

Argentina's Jewish community has expressed outrage at the decision to print a banknote bearing the likeness of a doctor who expressed support for Nazi ideology and even backed Josef Mengele's experiments on Jewish prisoners in Auschwitz.
Tuesday, March 24th 2020 - 08:55 UTC
Covid 19 testing: Argentina offers to help Falklands, which has no identified cases yet

Argentina on Monday said it had reached out to Britain`s ambassador in Buenos Aires to offer material support to the inhabitants of the Falkland Islands hit by the coronavirus outbreak.
Monday, February 24th 2020 - 07:13 UTC
UK interested in partnership with Argentina to develop the railway system

Ambassador Mark Kent said the United Kingdom wants to be a partner of Argentina in such areas as the development of railways, following a meeting of a British trade mission with the head of the country's Railways infrastructure Administration, ADIFSE, Ricardo Lissalde.
Wednesday, August 7th 2019 - 09:30 UTC
Applications for Chevening Scholarships to study in the UK open until 5 November

The British Embassy has announced that applications for Chevening Scholarships to study in the UK are open until 5 November 2019.
Tuesday, May 21st 2019 - 09:57 UTC
Argentine business delegation to UK after trade and investment opportunities

A delegation of Argentine officials and businesspeople is travelling to the UK to strengthen trade and investment relations as part of efforts from the private sector, Argentine-British Chamber of Commerce, (ABCC), and both countries governments to promote closer economic and financial ties.
Thursday, May 16th 2019 - 09:58 UTC
“Malvinas Veterans are increasingly recognized for their valor and courage”

The Argentine Army Chief of Staff said he perceives a greater recognition from society towards Malvinas veterans, and this recognition, with time, is increasing. Lieutenant General Claudio Pasqualini made the statement at Wednesday's traditional meeting of the Buenos Aires Rotary Club, which on this occasion had another special guest at his table, British ambassador Mark Kent.
Tuesday, March 5th 2019 - 10:54 UTC
Falklands trip: “strongest experience of my life; it opened my head in several aspects”

“An incredible experience, the strongest of my life, it opened my head in several aspects”, said Nicolás Aguiar, the Argentine 24 year old international-relations student who spent a week in the Falkland Islands as a guest of the local government.