Tag: United Kingdom

• Thursday, April 4th 2019 - 08:48 UTC

  Mrs. May and Corbyn further constructive talks scheduled for Thursday

  

  The British government and the main opposition were to hold further crisis talks on Thursday after MPs voted in favour of a Brexit delay that would avoid Britain crashing out of the EU on Apr 12.

• Wednesday, April 3rd 2019 - 18:19 UTC

  Jersey, Guernsey and Isle of Man clash with Commons over financial transparency

  

  Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man are not represented in the House of Commons, yet MPs are being asked to change laws in the islands. Some have warned the move could spark a constitutional crisis, and even calls for independence. So can MPs actually force the laws - making company ownership information public - on the Crown dependencies?

• Wednesday, April 3rd 2019 - 09:34 UTC

  “Malvinas Islands will finally be Argentine, through diplomacy”

  

  “The Malvinas Islands will finally, through diplomacy, be Argentine”, said Argentina's Defense minister Oscar Aguad on Tuesday at the main ceremony on the start of the 37th anniversary of the South Atlantic conflict with the United Kingdom.

• Wednesday, April 3rd 2019 - 09:07 UTC

  Spanish sailor forcibly recruited in 1982 demanding his Malvinas veteran pension

  

  Fernando Otero is the only Spaniard recognized by Argentina as a veteran of the 1982 war between the South American nation and the United Kingdom for sovereignty over the Falkland Islands, but his case could set a precedent for another 21 forgotten compatriots.

• Wednesday, April 3rd 2019 - 08:45 UTC

  Macri: Argentina's claim on the Falklands/Malvinas is “legitimate and irrevocable”

  

  Argentina's historic claim on the Falkland Islands is “legitimate and irrevocable,” President Mauricio Macri said on Tuesday, April 2nd. at a ceremony marking the 37th anniversary of the 1982 South Atlantic conflict with Britain.

• Wednesday, April 3rd 2019 - 08:40 UTC

  May will ask EU for another Brexit delay, and offers to work with Corbyn to break parliament logjam

  

  Prime Minister Theresa May said on Tuesday she would ask the EU to delay Brexit again to avoid Britain crashing out of the bloc next week, signaling she could accept a closer relationship with Europe to break months of political deadlock.

• Wednesday, April 3rd 2019 - 08:33 UTC

  Spanish bank cautious about Brexit but confident of solid growth in Latin America

  

  Spanish bank Santander is expected to take a cautious stance on its British business in a strategy update on Wednesday, seeking to reassure investors after its aborted recruitment of former UBS banker Andrea Orcel as CEO.

• Tuesday, April 2nd 2019 - 07:28 UTC

  Brexit: Parliament rejects all alternatives; Tuesday urgent cabinet meeting; new vote on Wednesday

  

  Members of Parliament on Monday once again failed to find a majority on any alternative Brexit plan before them, leaving Britain's chaotic path towards leaving the EU mired in uncertainty less than two weeks before its departure date. Brussels has set Britain an Apr 12 deadline to agree to the divorce terms Prime Minister Theresa May has struck with the bloc, find an alternative or crash out of the European Union.

• Monday, April 1st 2019 - 08:27 UTC

  The Revoke Article 50 petition (to halt Brexit) has passed six million signatures

  

  The petition calling on the UK Government to halt the Brexit process has passed six million signatures. The Revoke Article 50 petition, due to be debated by MPs this Monday, is the best-supported proposal in the history of the House of Commons and Government’s e-petitions website.

• Monday, April 1st 2019 - 08:14 UTC

  UK and Chile honor a shared naval hero: Admiral Thomas Cochrane

  

  The First Sea Lord and head of the Chilean Navy have renamed a building inside Portsmouth Naval Base in tribute to a shared naval hero. Admiral Sir Philip Jones and special guest Admiral Julio Leiva Molina unveiled on Sunday the HQ Portsmouth Flotilla as the Cochrane Building.