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Montevideo, July 13th 2025 - 04:05 UTC

Tag: United Kingdom

  • Tuesday, January 19th 2016 - 04:38 UTC

    Macri and Cameron are scheduled to meet thirty minutes at the Davos conference

    PM David Cameron congratulated Macri on his election victory and the two leaders according to Argentine sources, spoke on the phone for several minutes.

    Argentine President Mauricio Macri will fly this Tuesday to Davos, Switzerland, to attend the annual World Economic Forum, during which he has a full agenda of interviews and meetings with business moguls and political leaders, including Prime Minister David Cameron, US Vice president Joe Biden, Frech PM Manuel Valls and Mexican president Enrique Peña Nieto. among others.

  • Saturday, January 16th 2016 - 10:05 UTC

    St Helena and its new airport get ready for tourism take-off

    A view of Jamestown and the St Helena in the bay

    The Guardian Weekly has published a piece on prospects for St Helena with the opening of its international airport, most probably next May, and which is expected to turn the mid Atlantic's island economy, particularly with tourism, since none less that Napoleon Bonaparte spent his last years until his death, almost two centuries ago.

  • Saturday, January 16th 2016 - 07:32 UTC

    UK confident of positive side for Gibraltar of Spanish royal family visit to UK

    British Ambassador in Madrid, Simon Manley, also highlighted the existing co-operation between the law enforcement agencies in Spain and Gibraltar.

    The visit by the Spanish Royal family to the United Kingdom, scheduled for March, will celebrate and strengthen the ties between both countries. This according to the British Ambassador in Madrid, Simon Manley, who highlighted the existing co-operation between the law enforcement agencies in Spain and Gibraltar.

  • Friday, January 15th 2016 - 07:31 UTC

    Departing Spanish minister joins Argentine bandwagon claiming 'Malvinas dialogue'

    The Pope holding the Malvinas dialogue poster. His secretary said the sign was put in his hands by Argentine visitors to the Vatican

    Spanish Foreign Secretary Jose Manuel Garcia Margallo has delivered what could possibly be his last comment on Spain’s claim to Gibraltar’s sovereignty in his current role. The official has jumped on the bandwagon of a new Argentine platform seeking international support for the return of the Falkland Islands and urging UK to agree to bilateral talks over Gibraltar’s sovereignty.

  • Thursday, January 14th 2016 - 06:24 UTC

    Gibraltar logged 431 Spanish vessels' incursions into territorial waters

    Figures released by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office show that a total of 431 incursions were logged by British officials last year.

    The number of unlawful incursions by Spanish state vessels into British Gibraltar territorial waters rose last year compared to 2014. But the number of serious incidents tailed off in the final months of 2015 against the context of diplomatic efforts to increase cooperation at sea, according to a report published in the Gibraltar Chronicle.

  • Wednesday, January 13th 2016 - 04:49 UTC

    Falklands' lawmaker in Guyana meets president Granger and talks self determination

    UK High Commissioner Greg Quinn; President David Granger, MLA Ian Hansen and Ms. Ormond, PR and Media Manager, Falkland Islands Government

    Falklands' lawmaker Ian Hansen currently visiting Guyana met with President David Granger to familiarize himself with local politics and secure Georgetown's views on the Islands' right to self determination.

  • Monday, January 11th 2016 - 11:42 UTC

    PM Cameron hopeful of reaching a deal on EU referendum with Brussels in February

    PM Cameron reiterated his desire to campaign for the UK to remain in a reformed EU, but said he would rule nothing out if his demands were refused.

    Prime Minister David Cameron says he is “hopeful” of reaching a deal with European leaders in February that will allow him to hold the UK's EU referendum. The prime minister said the in-out vote “would follow” if agreement was reached on his reforms at next month's summit. He also said he would stay on as PM even if he ended up on the losing side.

  • Thursday, January 7th 2016 - 08:30 UTC

    Spain calls for dialogue on Gibraltar and Falklands; UK reiterates support for self determination

    “In common with Argentina, Spain seeks bilateral dialogue with the UK to find a definitive solution to both issues that impact on the territorial integrity of Argentina and Spain”.

    The United Kingdom has reiterated that the sovereignty of Gibraltar is not a matter for discussion or negotiation with Spain. This follows a call by the Spanish Foreign Ministry for a resumption of bilateral dialogue with the UK over Gibraltar.

  • Tuesday, January 5th 2016 - 08:12 UTC

    Ascension Island to become a marine reserve as big as the UK, in 2017

    “Ascension has been at the frontiers of science since Charles Darwin went there in the 19th Century,” said Charles Clover, chairman of the Blue Marine Foundation

    The British Overseas Territory of Ascension Island is set to become a marine reserve almost as big as the UK, the British government has announced. Using a £300,000 grant from the Bacon Foundation, the UK government will close 52.6% of the south Atlantic island's waters to fishing. In the rest of the waters there will be a monitored tuna fishery.

  • Tuesday, January 5th 2016 - 07:09 UTC

    Celebrate Shakespeare in his 400th year

    Shakespeare played a critical role in shaping modern English and helping to make it the world’s language.

    By David Cameron - This year’s 400th anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare is not just an opportunity to commemorate one of the greatest playwrights of all time. It is a moment to celebrate the extraordinary ongoing influence of a man who – to borrow from his own description of Julius Caesar – “doth bestride the narrow world like a Colossus.”