Tag: United Kingdom

• Friday, December 8th 2017 - 00:38 UTC

  British Embassy in Buenos Aires celebrated centenary of ambassador's residence

  

  The British Embassy in Buenos Aires celebrated the first 100 years of the Ambassador’s Residence, a building that is on Argentina’s national heritage list and regarded as one of the most beautiful British diplomatic residences in the world.

• Friday, December 8th 2017 - 00:13 UTC

  The Queen commissions UK's new aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth

  

  Queen Elizabeth II has commissioned the UK’s new aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth into the Royal Navy. The Queen spoke at a ceremony in Portsmouth’s naval base on Thursday morning, attended by Her Royal Highness Princess Anne, Defense Secretary Gavin Williamson and military chiefs.

• Thursday, December 7th 2017 - 07:31 UTC

  Rajoy expresses support for Mrs. May efforts and progress in Brexit negotiations

  

  Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said he expected Britain and the European Union to progress soon into the next phase of Brexit negotiations, despite Prime Minister Theresa May’s problems in getting the political backing at home to move ahead.

• Thursday, December 7th 2017 - 07:16 UTC

  UK public pessimistic about Brexit: 52% believe a bad deal lies ahead and are critical of negotiations

  

  More than half of British people now think the country will get a bad Brexit deal, according to a new survey. A report by polling expert Professor John Curtice suggests the UK public, including those who voted Leave in the EU referendum, has become more critical of the way negotiations are being handled and more pessimistic about the consequences of Brexit.

• Wednesday, December 6th 2017 - 10:23 UTC

  Poll shows that 49% of Irish republic favor a united Ireland

  

  A new poll has found just under half of the Republic's voters want a united Ireland. The results revealed on Irish television Live on Monday night showed 49% in favor, 29% against, and 22% of respondents saying they 'Don't Know'.

• Wednesday, December 6th 2017 - 09:12 UTC

  Two men charged in London with terror offenses including a plot to kill PM May

  

  Two men were charged Tuesday in London with terror offenses over an alleged plot to kill British Prime Minister Theresa May, according to British government officials. Both will appear before a court Wednesday in the British capital in connection with what officials say was a conspiracy to launch a suicide-knife attack on Downing Street, the official home of the prime minister.

• Tuesday, December 5th 2017 - 07:53 UTC

  EU-UK Brexit talks stalled on Ireland; PM May's coalition partners torpedo an understanding

  

  Despite hopes of a major breakthrough on Brexit, talks between the United Kingdom and European Union (EU) have stalled, in large part over discussions about the Irish border. When British Prime Minister Theresa May arrived in Brussels on Monday to meet European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, there were indications a major breakthrough on stage one of Brexit was imminent.

• Tuesday, December 5th 2017 - 07:26 UTC

  Malvinas relatives of soldiers buried at Falklands Darwin cemetery are informed on the Red Cross report

  

  Two groups of four families of Malvinas fallen combatants will be informed on Tuesday of the results of the identification of Argentine soldiers buried in the Falklands Darwin cemetery, contained in the report delivered last Friday by the International Committee of the Red Cross.

• Monday, December 4th 2017 - 08:56 UTC

  Hard Brexit puts at risk the Good Friday Agreement, Tony Blair tells BBC

  

  The Good Friday Agreement is “at risk because of Brexit” after the UK leaves the EU, former prime minister Tony Blair has told the BBC. UK and Irish membership of the EU was “central” to the 1998 deal, he told BBC Radio 4's The World This Weekend. Free movement on the border had been key to reaching an agreement, he said.

• Monday, December 4th 2017 - 07:27 UTC

  Tusk warns UK on post-Brexit offer: “if unacceptable for Ireland, is also unacceptable for EU”

  

  The EU will refuse Britain’s demand for talks on a post-Brexit transition and future trade pact if Ireland is not satisfied with London’s offer on border arrangements with Northern Ireland, European Council President Donald Tusk said this weekend.