Tag: United Kingdom

• Sunday, June 2nd 2024 - 16:10 UTC

  UK ambassador to Mexico removed following a video that became viral

  

  UK's ambassador to Mexico (and ex to Chile, 2009/2014) has been removed from his post after a video of him jokingly pointing at staff what appears to be a high-powered rifle circulated online, causing controversy.

• Saturday, May 25th 2024 - 10:25 UTC

  Beer and wine in UK pubs and bars short measured, official Standards Institute sample finding

  

  UK pubs and bars seem to have found a way to beat inflation. A report published on Friday by the Chartered Trading Standards Institute (CTSI) found that 70% of the beer and wine it sampled across the UK was being short measured. It calculated that this meant an average beer drinker was losing around £88.40 a year, while a wine drinker was losing around £114.40 per year.

• Saturday, May 25th 2024 - 10:00 UTC

  King and Prince of Wales will attend anniversary of the D-Day Landings

  

  Following on the announcement of U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak who called an early parliamentary election for July 4, Buckingham Palace said that all members of the Royal Family were canceling most public engagements until after the vote to avoid doing anything that might divert attention from the campaign.

• Wednesday, May 22nd 2024 - 15:36 UTC

  UK: Rishi Sunak calls surprise General Election for july in a bid to stabilize Tory support

  

  In an unexpected move, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has announced a snap general election for July, senior sources revealed to The Guardian. This announcement comes amidst claims that inflation is under control and the economy is showing signs of improvement.

• Tuesday, May 21st 2024 - 12:25 UTC

  Brexit and UK's rising costs of implementing customs to EU imports

  

  The UK voted to leave the European Union in 2016 but remained in the bloc's single market and customs union until 2021. When UK withdrew from the EU customs union a new RU/UK Trade Cooperation Agreement (TCA) went into effect.

• Monday, May 20th 2024 - 10:57 UTC

  UK's not too generous attitude towards Overseas Territories higher education students

  

  Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee’s Sub-Committee on the Overseas Territories has published on Monday, written evidence received for its work on the UK Government’s support of education for British Overseas Territories students.

• Monday, May 20th 2024 - 10:52 UTC

  Lula urges UK authorities not to extradite Assange

  

  Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva called on British magistrates not to grant WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's extradition to the United States, which is to be decided upon in London on Monday, Agencia Brasil reported.

• Thursday, May 16th 2024 - 21:46 UTC

  The Times torpedo against preferred bidder for Falklands FIPASS

  

  On Wednesday, Harland & Wolff Group Holdings PLC, the preferred bidder status for the Falkland Islands Port Replacement Project, moved to reassure investors as it responded to what it considers to be a “misleading and inaccurate article published in The Times”, as reported by Alliance News.

• Thursday, May 16th 2024 - 13:30 UTC

  LatinoLife In The Park is now the UK’s largest Latin music festival

  

  Bringing together South American, Spanish and Portuguese communities in London, the LatinoLife in the Park Festival, which spotlights the richness of Latin music and culture, is now the largest event of its kind in the UK. Every year the festivities take place following a vibrant procession of hundreds of dancers and drummers.

• Monday, May 13th 2024 - 10:59 UTC

  Falklands war: “The secret pact between Chile and the United Kingdom”, ex-head of Argentine Army

  

  A former commander in chief of the Argentine Army, 2003 to 2011, and Malvinas Veteran, Martín Balza in a recent column in the Buenos Aires daily Perfil, wrote a column exposing what he described as 'a secret pact between Chile and UK', to help avoid the defeat of the British Task Force in 1982 during the Falkland Islands conflict with Argentina.