Tag: United Kingdom

Monday, August 14th 2017 - 07:13 UTC
Opportunities to strengthen the UK-Argentina relationship

By British Ambassador Mark Kent (*) A few days ago I completed my first year as British Ambassador to Argentina. During this time, I have had the fortune to meet the people of the country, visit some of its cities, try its food, attend events and learn about its way of life.
Saturday, August 12th 2017 - 10:57 UTC
British government and Scotland exchange threats over Brexit legislation

The legislation to formally remove the UK from the European Union will not be changed by Westminster, a senior member of Theresa May’s Cabinet has said despite threats from Scotland's SNP ministers to refuse consent for the Bill as it stands.
Friday, August 11th 2017 - 12:19 UTC
Ex top officer calls Brexit a “catastrophe”; proposes a new party “The Democrats” with the Remainers

UK government ministers have been put under pressure by David Davis’s former chief of staff at the Brexit department after he asked a serious of pointed question about how leaving the EU will affect their patches. James Chapman, who also worked for George Osborne and as political editor of the Daily Mail, has revealed his belief that Brexit would be a “catastrophe”.
Friday, August 11th 2017 - 08:16 UTC
Falklands' Argentine cemetery clandestine photos: Red Cross has all the facts and identity of the alleged individual

”Everything was caught on camera and there is an ongoing investigation,” the International Red Cross has confirmed, referring to the controversy in July when images of the Argentine cemetery in the Falkland Islands were reproduced in the Argentine press.
Wednesday, August 9th 2017 - 15:15 UTC
Australia recalls 73 Commonwealth experience and offers UK advice on Brexit: don't be gloomy

Britain is “a bit gloomy” about Brexit and can achieve success outside the European Union, Australia’s high commissioner to the UK has said. Alexander Downer said the UK could be “cautiously optimistic” about achieving a new free trade deal with the EU, and could forge a new and successful economic policy if it pursued the right path domestically.
Tuesday, August 8th 2017 - 20:08 UTC
UK big business lobby calls for a Brexit “transitional, interim or bridging” deal

Britain should consider pushing back the 2019 Brexit deadline as the simplest way to managing all the trade deals and other arrangements for leaving the European Union, business leaders urged on Friday.
Tuesday, August 8th 2017 - 18:37 UTC
Eggs with finopril scare in Europe: minimum risk in UK say authorities

A very small number of eggs contaminated with a toxic insecticide reached the UK earlier this year. Some of the eggs, which originated from the Netherlands, were also found in France, the country's agricultural ministry said.
Tuesday, August 8th 2017 - 08:54 UTC
Royal Mint will supply Argentina with 150 million Peso coin blanks

UK’s Royal Mint will supply Argentina with 150 million peso coins, after the institution won a contract to assist with the minting of a new coin series. Announced on social media by UK chancellor Philip Hammond, the mint will work closely with its Argentine counterpart – Sociedad del Estado Casa de Moneda – to produce blanks for the new coin series.
Tuesday, August 8th 2017 - 08:14 UTC
Corbyn condemns “violence by all sides”, but avoids criticizing Maduro

Jeremy Corbyn has condemned the “violence done by all sides” in the Venezuela conflict but stopped short of criticising president, Nicolas Maduro.
Tuesday, August 8th 2017 - 01:14 UTC
Spain will not condition a Brexit deal to Gibraltar, but remains firm in its sovereignty claim of the Rock

Spain will not risk a Brexit deal by making Gibraltar’s sovereignty a condition in the talks, the country’s Foreign Minister said in an interview on Sunday. Speaking to the conservative newspaper ABC, Alfonso Dastis said Spain would not accept any agreement that undermined its position on Gibraltar, but would not use the Brexit talks to push its sovereignty aspirations over the Rock.