Tag: United Kingdom

• Tuesday, August 6th 2019 - 10:01 UTC

  British Foreign secretary Raab travels to US, Canada and Mexico to boost trade, ahead of Brexit

  

  British foreign minister Dominic Raab will travel to Canada, the United States and Mexico this week to seek to boost ties with non-European countries ahead of Brexit, his office said.

• Tuesday, August 6th 2019 - 09:41 UTC

  Ice patrol ship HMS Protector and crew readying for polar return

  

  The Royal Navy’s sole polar research, survey and science ship HMS Protector has come through fire, flood, breakdowns and helicopter crashes – all scenarios testing her ship’s company so that she is safe to operate thousands of miles from the UK.

• Tuesday, August 6th 2019 - 08:51 UTC

  British Africa or South America? African Tourism Board welcomes St. Helena

  

  The African Tourism Board declares St. Helena as part of Africa and welcomes Destination Management Company Island Images as their first member on that remote British Island Territory in the Atlantic Ocean.

• Monday, August 5th 2019 - 09:55 UTC

  Falklands farm delegation will visit Uruguay as part of an agriculture exchange

  

  In a joint initiative between the Falkland Islands government and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, an agricultural exchange visit to Uruguay is being arranged for September 2019.

• Monday, August 5th 2019 - 09:01 UTC

  Trump warns UK: drop tax proposal on US tech companies or forget a free trade deal

  

  The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump has told Britain it will not get a free trade deal unless it drops a new tax proposal for major U.S. tech companies, the Telegraph newspaper reported late on Friday.

• Monday, August 5th 2019 - 07:20 UTC

  French inventor crosses the English Channel of a hover board in 20 minutes

  

  French inventor Franky Zapata on Sunday succeeded in crossing the English Channel on a jet-powered hover board he designed, zooming over the Strait of Dover in just over 20 minutes.

• Friday, August 2nd 2019 - 09:50 UTC

  UK's pro-EU Liberals win seat in by election; Johnson's majority ever so frigale

  

  Britain's pro-European Union Liberal Democrats won the parliamentary seat of Brecon and Radnorshire from the governing Conservatives on Friday, a blow to Prime Minister Boris Johnson in his first electoral test since taking office. The vote was triggered when Conservative lawmaker Chris Davies was ousted by a petition of constituents after being convicted of falsifying expenses.

• Thursday, August 1st 2019 - 09:59 UTC

  Argentines are “very easy” to relate to, says Ambassador Kent in BA

  

  Britain's ambassador to Buenos Aires Mark Kent Wednesday said in a live TV interview that Argentines are “very easy” to relate to and highlighted their sense of humour, which he found very similar to that of the people back in his home land.

• Thursday, August 1st 2019 - 09:04 UTC

  Five members of the US Congress on a two-day visit to Gibraltar

  

  A delegation of five members of the United States Congress is in Gibraltar for a two day visit. This follows the trip to Washington by Deputy Chief Minister Dr. Joseph Garcia earlier this year. The visit has been organized through the United Kingdom under the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act (MECEA) scheme.

• Tuesday, July 30th 2019 - 09:56 UTC

  Royal Navy submariners honored for mission to help locate missing Argentine sub ARA San Juan

  

  British submariners have been recognized for their efforts to help Argentina find missing sub San Juan. An eight-strong military team and one civilian were flown to the South Atlantic as part of the massive search effort sparked when the submarine vanished in November 2017. They have earned a commendation from the UK’s second most senior sailor, Fleet Commander Vice Admiral Jerry Kyd.