Tag: United Kingdom

• Friday, November 11th 2016 - 08:57 UTC

  Seven percent more Britons traveled to Argentina this year

  

  The flow of British tourists into Argentina until August this year recorded a seven percent increase when measured against data from 2015. Ten percent rise forecast for 2017, accoring to Argentine Minister of Tourism Gustavo Santos.

• Friday, November 11th 2016 - 07:18 UTC

  Trump on the phone with PM May: “UK a very, very special place for me and for my country”

  

  The special relationship between the UK and the US will go from “strength to strength”, Donald Trump has told Theresa May in their first telephone call since his election. The President-elect told the Prime Minister the UK was a “very, very special place for me and for our country”. He set out his “close and personal connections with, and warmth for, the UK”, according to a Downing Street spokesman. Mrs. May stressed the importance of Britain's relationship with the US in the wake of the Brexit vote.

• Thursday, November 10th 2016 - 11:04 UTC

  PM May congratulates Trump and looks forward to working with him

  

  Prime Minister Theresa May has led UK political congratulations for Donald Trump after his US election victory. The PM said Britain and the US had an “enduring and special relationship” and would remain close partners on trade, security and defense.

• Wednesday, November 9th 2016 - 12:58 UTC

  UK wins F-35s global repair and maintenance hub in North Wales

  

  The British Ministry of Defense (MOD) has announced that the UK has been chosen by the F-35 Program Office to be a global repair hub providing maintenance, repair, overhaul and upgrade services for F-35 avionic and aircraft components. Over the lifetime of the program, hundreds of European-based F-35 aircraft will be serviced and maintained in North Wales.

• Wednesday, November 9th 2016 - 09:48 UTC

  Supreme Court will hear UK government's appeal on Parliament involvement in Brexit process 5 December

  

  Britain's Supreme Court said Tuesday it has set aside four days starting on December 5 to hear the government's appeal against a landmark ruling that it must seek parliament's approval to start the Brexit process. All 11 Supreme Court judges will hear the case, which could delay Britain's withdrawal from the European Union, and will deliver their judgment “probably in the New Year”, a court statement said.

• Monday, November 7th 2016 - 08:27 UTC

  UK and OTs agree on Brexit joint council and praise statement lifting trade restrictions on Falklands

  

  UK and Overseas Territories confirmed the principle of equal rights and self-determination plus OTs' right to develop their potential, agreed on the creation of a UK-Territories Joint Ministerial Council on European exit negotiations, and praised the recent UK-Argentina statement on the lifting of trade restrictions on the Falkland Islands.

• Monday, November 7th 2016 - 07:57 UTC

  Falklands initiative to promote safeguarding children, supported by OTs

  

  An initiative from the Falkland Islands to promote more effective collaboration between the British Overseas Territories for safeguarding children was opened for signature at the recent Joint Ministerial Council meeting held at Lancaster House in London.

• Sunday, November 6th 2016 - 14:13 UTC

  Argentina tops list of attractive countries for UK investments

  

  So said British Deputy Foreign Minister Alan Duncan on Friday during the Business Networking Day, a gathering organized by the Argentine-British Chamber of Commerce at the Embassy in London.

• Saturday, November 5th 2016 - 09:49 UTC

  Bank of England raises inflation and growth forecasts, but Brexit uncertainty remains

  

  The Bank of England has raised its near-term growth and inflation forecasts on Thursday following the slide in sterling seen since the U.K.'s decision to leave the European Union. The bank decided Thursday to keep interest rates at the record low level of 0.25% and maintan its quantitative easing (QE) purchase targets at up to £10 billion for corporate bonds and £435 billion for U.K. government bonds.

• Saturday, November 5th 2016 - 07:11 UTC

  UK Defense Secretary confirms 2017 start for Type 26 Frigates

  

  Defence Secretary Michael Fallon announced that the steel cut for the Royal Navy’s new next generation Type 26 Global Combat Ship now will take place in summer 2017, subject to final contract negotiations. The 2015 Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR15) set out the UK Government's commitment to build eight Anti-Submarine Type 26 Global Combat Ships.