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Tag: United Kingdom

  • Friday, April 22nd 2016 - 07:25 UTC

    Queen Elizabeth II 90th birthday celebrations illuminate UK and Commonwealth

    The Queen lights the first of more than 900 beacons that followed across UK and overseas

    Queen Elizabeth II lit on Thursday the first of more than 900 beacons lighting up across the UK and overseas as part of her 90th birthday celebrations. Prince Philip, the Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall then joined the monarch at a private dinner in Windsor Castle. Earlier, cheering crowds lined the streets in Windsor as the Queen took part in a walkabout.

  • Wednesday, April 20th 2016 - 06:15 UTC

    Bank of England says it has a duty to talk about the Brexit referendum

    BoE governor Carney said the vote was the biggest risk to the UK's financial stability and pointed out that uncertainty was already hitting the growth outlook.

    It is the Bank's duty to talk about the European Union referendum risks, argues the Bank of England governor Mark Carney, dismissing accusations the Bank is too political. The referendum takes place on 23 June and has become highly controversial.

  • Monday, April 18th 2016 - 10:12 UTC

    Brexit referendum campaign took off on Friday, ten weeks ahead of June 23

    The Leave campaign's biggest name -- charismatic London mayor Boris Johnson -- will lead its “Brexit blitz” with rallies on the weekend in northern cities.

    Campaigning in Britain's Brexit referendum officially started on Friday, ten weeks ahead of a vote that will hand Britons their first chance to have their say on Europe since 1975. With opinion polls suggesting the British public are deeply divided on whether to stay in the EU, the Leave campaign's biggest name -- charismatic London mayor Boris Johnson -- will lead its “Brexit blitz” with rallies on the weekend in northern cities.

  • Monday, April 18th 2016 - 10:00 UTC

    Labour leader Corbyn will vote for Remain and Reform in the Brexit referendum

    “A vote to stay in is in the best interests of the people of this country” said Corbyn who revealed he had held “lengthy conversations” with European leaders

    British opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn this week made his most impassioned plea for Britain to stay in Europe, saying the socialist case for the EU had dispelled his long-held suspicion of the bloc. Labour leader Corbyn, who voted against EU membership in a 1975 referendum, said he was now a supporter of the protections it offered workers, consumers and the environment.

  • Saturday, April 16th 2016 - 09:00 UTC

    Malbec Day celebrations this weekend in London's Camden Market

    WOFA Mobile Wine Bar will be located at Camden Market; the idea is to bring Buenos Aires San Telmo and the bustling streets of Palermo Soho, to London.

    This year in addition to retail promotions, Wines of Argentina and the Argentine Embassy in London are celebrating Malbec Day (April 16) with a weekend of promotion and sales “estilo argentino” (Argentine tradition) in Camden Market, one of the coolest and trendiest destinations in London.

  • Friday, April 15th 2016 - 05:22 UTC

    IMF and World Bank target Brexit: 'the most serious downside risk' for the global economy

    “We have clearly elevated Brexit as more of a serious downside risk to our forecast for global growth,” IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde said

    A British exit from the European Union would pose “serious downside risks” to an already slowing global economy, the head of the International Monetary Fund said on Thursday.

  • Tuesday, April 12th 2016 - 21:56 UTC

    Career diplomat Kralikas named head of Malvinas Islands Under Secretary

    Ms Kralikas is a lawyer and career diplomat which has held several overseas posts

    Career diplomat Maria Teresa Kralikas has been nominated head of the Malvinas Islands Under Secretary in the Argentine Foreign Ministry. Ms Kralikas is a lawyer and until now was one of the ministry's Under Secretariats.

  • Friday, April 8th 2016 - 08:05 UTC

    Cameron finally admits he owned shares in an offshore trust, which he sold in 2010

    On Wednesday, Downing Street issued a statement saying Mr. Cameron his wife and children did not benefit from offshore funds

    British Prime Minister David Cameron has said he and his wife Samantha owned shares in an offshore trust set up by his late father, before selling them for £30,000 in 2010. The PM has faced questions over Blairmore Holdings, an offshore company set up by his late father, Ian, and finally on Thursday he old ITV News he had paid all UK taxes due on the profits he made from the sale of the shares and said the firm had not been set up to avoid tax.

  • Friday, April 8th 2016 - 05:07 UTC

    MP Rosindell blasts 'direct rule' for BOTs as 'unnecessary and unjust'

    “I feel it would be both unnecessary and unjust to impose direct rule and force BOTs to raise their tax rates”, and leaving other nations and their OTs untouched.

    A UK member of Parliament has come out strongly in support of the British Overseas Territories praising their economic success and the right of their peoples to govern and decide their own future. MP Andrew Rosindell, Chairman of the BOT and Crown Dependencies all party Parliamentary groups described suggestions from some senior figures in Westminster calling for 'direct rule' over BOT's as unnecessary and unjust, based on a complete misunderstanding of the situation.

  • Thursday, April 7th 2016 - 08:49 UTC

    Britain's choice: economic security with the EU, or a leap into the dark

    Leaving the single market would also hit our service industries hard – and this is where our economy faces the biggest risk.

    By PM David Cameron - Prime Minister David Cameron wrote an article on the UK's economic security within the EU for The Telegraph. Imagine a world where a British airline wasn’t allowed to fly between Rome and Paris; where British farmers were slapped with a tariff if they wanted to export more beef to Europe; and where great British telecoms companies and car manufacturers faced new barriers when trying to sell their goods and services to customers in Europe.