Tag: United Kingdom

• 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.

• Saturday, July 27th 2019 - 09:55 UTC

  Falklands' constitution under review; MLA Edwards invites written opinions

  

  Falkland Islands Member of the Legislative Assembly, Roger Edwards is calling on Falkland Islanders to help with a review of the Falklands Constitution. It is vital that Falkland Islanders express their thoughts on the laws and principles that protect their rights. MLA Edwards said the deadline for submitting written evidence to the Select Committee, regarding the Constitutional Review, has been extended to the 31st of August.

• Saturday, July 27th 2019 - 09:40 UTC

  HMS Forth on a routine visit to Gibraltar

  

  HMS Forth arrived on Friday morning to Gibraltar Naval Base for a routine scheduled visit. The Portsmouth based ship is the first of the Royal Navy's next-generation of Offshore Patrol ships.

• Friday, July 26th 2019 - 11:00 UTC

  Royal Navy begins escorting UK flagged ships sailing the Strait of Hormuz

  

  Great Britain’s Ministry of Defense announced that British Royal Navy will protect UK-flagged ships traveling through the Strait of Hormuz, as tensions soar in the Persian Gulf over tanker detentions.

• Thursday, July 25th 2019 - 09:37 UTC

  Johnson/Macri, a ten-year friendship since they were mayors of London and Buenos Aires

  

  The Argentine media is pointing out that Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Argentine president Mauricio Macri first met when they were mayors of London and Buenos Aires, --and full of ambitions--, and have since had a cordial standing personal relation. The first meeting took place at the Davos summit, Switzerland, in January 2009, and according to witnesses the chemistry was immediate.

• Thursday, July 25th 2019 - 08:09 UTC

  Boris, the last Prime Minister of the United Kingdom?

  

  By Gwynne Dyer - It has been suggested that Boris Johnson (who becomes the prime minister of the United Kingdom, UK) is what you would get if Donald Trump had been educated at Eton and Oxford. Maybe, although there is a great gulf between Trump’s bombastic self-promotion and Johnson’s self-deprecating, rather shambolic persona.

• Thursday, July 25th 2019 - 07:41 UTC

  Standing ovation in Parliament as Theresa May left Commons for the last time as prime minister

  

  British lawmakers gave outgoing Prime Minister Theresa May a standing ovation as they applauded her out of the House of Commons chamber after her final, at times emotional, appearance as leader on Wednesday.

• Thursday, July 25th 2019 - 07:20 UTC

  UK preparing for the hottest Thursday on record

  

  Temperatures continue to soar around the UK as forecasters anticipate what could be the hottest day on record. The Met Office said the highest temperature reached so far on Wednesday was 33.7C at Cavendish in Suffolk.

• Thursday, July 25th 2019 - 05:08 UTC

  Johnson names cabinet: Sajid Javid, finance; Raab. foreign secretary, Priti Patel home secretary

  

  New Prime Minister Boris Johnson sacked most of Britain's cabinet on Wednesday as he took office vowing to get a new divorce deal with the European Union or leave without one by Oct 31. The former London mayor has pledged to break the political deadlock that has left Britain in crisis and forced his predecessor Theresa May to delay Brexit twice.