Tag: United Kingdom

• Saturday, February 1st 2020 - 08:30 UTC

  “We must stand up for Europe, otherwise at some point we won’t have it any more”

  

  Britain’s departure from the European Union shows the bloc must deliver for its citizens and its leaders must stand up for the project or else risk it failing, the head of the European Union’s executive, Ursula von der Leyen, said on Friday.

• Saturday, February 1st 2020 - 08:27 UTC

  Boris Johnson confident that “we can turn this opportunity into a stunning success”

  

  Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Brexit offers Britain an opportunity for “renewal and change” as he called on the divided nation to pull together in an address ahead of its split with the European Union.

• Friday, January 31st 2020 - 10:26 UTC

  Debate triggers in EU as to how the €12-billion hole left by UK will be filled

  

  When Britain leaves the European Union at midnight on Friday (Jan 31) the bloc loses the second-biggest net contributor to its budget, leaving a €12-billion (US$13-billion) hole in its finances.

• Friday, January 31st 2020 - 10:10 UTC

  Bitterly divided Britain abandons European Union; Johnson message calling for unity expected

  

  Britain this Friday, 31 January ends almost half a century of integration with its closest neighbours and leaves the European Union, starting a new - but still uncertain - chapter in its long history.

• Thursday, January 30th 2020 - 20:14 UTC

  Brexit: Falklands makes public UK's “absolute commitment to BOT's safety and prosperity”

  

  EU funding for British Overseas Territories organisations and the impact of Brexit on business and travel are all subjects covered in a Brexit update from the Minister for the Commonwealth, the UN and South Asia this week, according to the transcript published by the Falkland Islands weekly “Penguin News”.

• Thursday, January 30th 2020 - 11:30 UTC

  Brexit approved: What about travel to the UK?

  

  The travel and tourism industry in the UK and the rest of the European Union has been bracing for this moment. The UK formally will leave the European Union (EU) at 23:00 on Friday, 31 January. However, the UK will immediately enter an 11-month transition period. Flights, boats and trains will operate as usual.

• Thursday, January 30th 2020 - 08:59 UTC

  Argentina/Falklands fisheries talks: what happened and what can be expected

  

  Last week there was intense diplomatic activity regarding the Falkland Islands: the meeting of the Fisheries Subcommittee to be held in Buenos Aires on Monday 20 was suspended; the ambassadors before Great Britain and before the international organizations in Geneva, Renato Sersale di Cerisano and Carlos Foradori, were displaced and the secretary of Matters Related to the Falkland Islands, Daniel Filmus, made his presentation in New York in the Decolonization Committee, urging that a negotiation instance be promoted from the UN.

• Thursday, January 30th 2020 - 08:44 UTC

  Margaret Thatcher’s secret dealings with the Argentine military junta that invaded the Falklands

  

  By Grace Livingstone (*) – Former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher is often lauded in the UK for standing up to the Argentine military junta during the Falklands War, but declassified British documents show that her government had far more cordial relations with this regime than her wartime rhetoric suggests. The following article was published by Daily Maverick, a South African online newspaper.

• Wednesday, January 29th 2020 - 08:30 UTC

  Johnson defies US and grants Huawei a limited role in UK's mobile network

  

  Prime Minister Boris Johnson granted Huawei a limited role in Britain's 5G mobile network on Tuesday, frustrating a global attempt by the United States to exclude the Chinese telecoms giant from the West's next-generation communications.

• Thursday, January 23rd 2020 - 20:10 UTC

  UK ready to depart the EU: Queen Ascent to Boris Johnson's Brexit deal

  

  Queen Elizabeth II signed off on Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Brexit deal, paving the way for the United Kingdom to depart the European Union next week. After passing the final hurdle of obtaining the Queen's approval on Thursday, the Brexit bill is officially law, and the country is expected to exit the EU on Jan. 31.