Tag: United Kingdom

• Monday, February 24th 2020 - 06:53 UTC

  Leading central bankers, UK, EU and Japan, discuss how to reach the 2% inflation elusive target

  

  Central bankers from the United States, Japan and the euro zone meeting in the desert kingdom of Saudi Arabia this weekend had their own shifting sands to cross – those of elusive inflation.

• Wednesday, February 19th 2020 - 06:39 UTC

  South Georgia readying the wharf to support “Sir David Attenborough”

  

  The island of South Georgia is preparing to support the new British Polar Research Vessel, “Sir David Attenborough” with the construction of a new wharf at King Edward Point, reports the latest editions of the South Georgia Newsletter.

• Monday, February 17th 2020 - 08:55 UTC

  Talks in Geneva for further remains identifications at the Falklands' Argentine military cemetery

  

  Argentina and the United Kingdom are holding talks in Geneva, with the International Red Cross for a new agreement on the identification of soldiers' remains in the Argentine Memorial cemetery at Darwin in the Falkland Islands, where there is still at least one grave with uncertainty as to the name/names of who are buried.

• Friday, February 14th 2020 - 09:55 UTC

  British forces during Falklands' war benefited from CIA Crypto AG decoded messages

  

  The Royal Navy, RAF, and British Army benefited from the CIA's secret ownership of a code-making machine company during the Falklands' War, a new investigation has claimed.

• Wednesday, February 12th 2020 - 11:24 UTC

  Heathrow may fall behind Paris as Europe’s number 1 airport hub

  

  Despite record-breaking start to the year at Heathrow, latest figures show that EU competitor, Charles de Gaulle, is growing at twice the rate and is set to overtake as Europe’s leading hub airport within the next 2 years.

• Tuesday, February 11th 2020 - 07:43 UTC

  Scotland taking steps to hold a referendum on independence, First Minister Sturgeon tells Brussels

  

  Scotland is already taking steps to hold a referendum on independence and believes it is a matter of when rather than if the country separates from the rest of Britain, Scotland's First Minister said on Monday.

• Tuesday, February 11th 2020 - 07:26 UTC

  Scottish salmon farmers face “huge unnecessary burdens” under Brexit

  

  Salmon farmers face “huge unnecessary burdens” and a loss of market share under UK government plans for Brexit. The chief executive of the Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation (SSPO) said firms were being told to prepare for trade barriers with the EU. The industry is also warning that added red tape could see £9m on costs and delays to the departure of fresh fish.

• Friday, February 7th 2020 - 09:45 UTC

  UK expanding fisheries protection to police territorial waters in a no-Brexit trade-deal scenario

  

  The British government is hiring additional ships for the Royal Navy amid growing Brexit tensions - with reports as many as 24 extra boats could be drafted into service. The Times reports that “Ministers are getting ready to triple the number of boats in Britain’s fisheries protection squadron to police territorial waters in the event of a no-trade-deal Brexit”.

• Wednesday, February 5th 2020 - 06:53 UTC

  UK to ban sale of petrol, diesel and hybrid cars from 2035

  

  Britain will ban the sale of new petrol, diesel and hybrid cars from 2035, five years earlier than planned, in an attempt to reduce air pollution that could herald the end of over a century of reliance on the internal combustion engine.

• Tuesday, February 4th 2020 - 07:14 UTC

  Warnings of UK data privacy legislation vacuum, following post Brexit 2021

  

  British people’s data privacy will be “hanging in the balance” after Brexit, former Cambridge Analytica staffer-turned-whistleblower Brittany Kaiser warned as the country leaves the European Union on Friday.