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Tag: United Kingdom

  • Tuesday, August 23rd 2016 - 10:02 UTC

    “Time to recover Falklands/Malvinas dialogue”

    Nicholas Ridley, Thatcher's trusted minister who was to meet Martinez de Hoz for a salmon run in Scotland

    Discussions between the UK and Argentina in 1980 referred to the Falkland Islands dispute have been reconstructed by an Argentine researcher bringing together recent documents from Britain's National Archives and the memoirs of two prominent members of the military government of the time in Buenos Aires, Finance minister Jose Alfredo Martinez de Hoz and the ambassador in the UK, Carlos Ortiz de Rozas.

  • Saturday, August 20th 2016 - 05:29 UTC

    UK strongly supports innovative solutions for the Chilean mining sector

    The Commercial Section of the British Embassy Santiago supported the Small and Medium Scale Mining Conference, Medmin, held on Monday 8 August in Santiago.

    The British Embassy in Chile participated at the mining conference Medmin to strengthen the importance of British innovative solutions for the mining sector in a country which is highly dependent on minerals and is the world's leading exporter of copper.

  • Friday, August 19th 2016 - 13:08 UTC

    UK health officials call on university students to vaccinate against Meningitis

    Young people going on to university or college are particularly at risk of meningitis and septicemia because they mix with so many other students

    Health officials in the United Kingdom have reported a progressive increase in cases of the deadly bacterium, Meningitis W (MenW), prompting calls for university students to get vaccinated. Cases of MenW have been increasing year-on-year, from 22 cases in 2009 to over 200 cases in the past 12 months, according to Public Health England.

  • Wednesday, August 17th 2016 - 21:34 UTC

    Chile hosts international conference of teachers of English as a foreign language

    The British Chilean Chamber of Commerce promoted tools offered by member companies of its Education Committee.

    The 14th International Conference of IATEFL (International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language) was held in Santiago de Chile on 22 and 23 July at Universidad San Sebastian with the attendance of 800 current and future teachers of English.

  • Tuesday, August 16th 2016 - 20:59 UTC

    Chevening Scholarships open to applications from Argentina

    The scholarship offers financial support to study for a master’s degree at any UK university and to become part of an influential global network of 46,000 alumni.

    The United Kingdom Chevening Secretariat is accepting applications for 2017/2018 Chevening Scholarships from 8 August until 8 November 2016, announced the British Embassy in Buenos Aires. Chevening Scholarships are awarded to individuals with demonstrable leadership potential who also have strong academic backgrounds.

  • Monday, August 15th 2016 - 06:39 UTC

    Falklands/Malvinas: Malcorra confirms new dialogue with UK in a raft of issues

    “We have a relation with the UK that goes beyond the Malvinas issue” but also a deep disagreement and president Macri has told this to ex PM David Cameron

    Argentina is at the beginning of a new dialogue on the Malvinas issue with the current UK government and this includes air links, hydrocarbons, identifying Argentine graves remains in Falklands, a possible meeting of the two countries' leaders in China, but none of this will happen overnight or make media headlines, anticipated foreign minister Susana Malcorra.

  • Saturday, August 13th 2016 - 09:05 UTC

    UK embassy in Uruguay announces opening of applications for Chevening scholarships

    Chevening Scholarships are UK government’s global scholarship program, funded by the FCO and partner organizations, such as ANII in Uruguay.

    The United Kingdom embassy in Montevideo has announced the opening of the application period of the Chevening Scholarships, which must be done before 8 November 2016. Chevening Scholarships are the UK government’s global scholarship program, funded by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) and partner organizations, such as ANII here in Uruguay.

  • Thursday, August 11th 2016 - 17:53 UTC

    Falklands discards air links with Argentina and iterates London pledge to support hydrocarbons development

    A copy of the letter sent by PM Theresa May to president Mauricio Macri as reported in the Argentine press

    The Falkland Islands government has made a public statement pointing out that the UK Government has been open and transparent with FIG about how it would like to improve the bilateral relationship with Argentina but ”has made it clear that this will not include negotiations on the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands.”

  • Thursday, August 11th 2016 - 04:52 UTC

    Falklands air links and oil talks between UK and Argentina confirmed by Malcorra

    Malcorra in a press conference confirmed that she discussed the issues of air links and oil with Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond in London

    Foreign minister Susana Malcorra confirmed on Wednesday that Argentina and the United Kingdom are holding talks, “moving to a more productive phase” which includes making progress towards new “air links between the Falkland Islands and third countries” plus the removal of “restrictive hydrocarbons measures”.

  • Wednesday, August 10th 2016 - 03:49 UTC

    UK with a Great Pavilion will be present at Uruguay's main agriculture show

    One of the highlights of this year will be the focus on agricultural technology with a series of lectures by British and Uruguayan experts.

    With just a month to go until Uruguay's main agro show, Expo Prado, the British Embassy in Montevideo announces that for the third consecutive year it will be present with a Great Pavilion focused on business, education, culture, tourism, gastronomy and entertainment. British brands such as JCB Machinery, Polo Club clothing, FCR-DAS who specialise in quality management certification, fire extinguishers from Noblex, Brompton and other bicycles courtesy of Muvin will all be taking part.