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Montevideo, July 10th 2025 - 07:47 UTC

Tag: United Kingdom

  • Friday, November 13th 2015 - 07:24 UTC

    Falklands' Remembrance Sunday commemorations on a soft rain day

    Governor Colin Roberts, and MLA Mike Summers on behalf of the Falkland Islands government laid wreaths at the Cross of Sacrifice

    The Falkland Islands commemorated Remembrance Sunday on a damp day with a soft rain that added to the poignancy and quiet of the ceremony held in the capital Stanley, while in London the Falklands' government representative laid a wreath at the Cenotaph.

  • Friday, November 13th 2015 - 01:44 UTC

    Armistice Day marked by UK services worldwide

    Minister of State for the Armed Forces, Penny Mordaunt MP was among at the ceremony which recalls 11 November, 11:00 AM, Armistice

    United Kingdom servicemen and women around the world have joined the nation in marking two minutes’ silence at 11:00 on Armistice Day, November 11. Armistice Day marks the moment - at the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month when the First World War Armistice was signed more than 90 years ago in a railway carriage stationed in the Forest of Compiègne in Northern France.

  • Wednesday, November 11th 2015 - 08:36 UTC

    PM Cameron outlines UK's conditions to remain in the EU

    Cameron has promised to put the issue to a referendum by the end of 2017, and his aides suggest that he might do so as early as next June.

    Prime Minister David Cameron on Tuesday formally laid out Britain’s conditions for remaining in the European Union, seeking changes in his country’s relationship with Brussels that he is betting are substantial enough to win over a majority of British voters but modest enough for the rest of Europe to swallow.

  • Monday, November 9th 2015 - 08:38 UTC

    Major exhibition of the Antarctic legacy of Sir Ernest Shackleton and Frank Hurley at the RGS

    The RGS exhibition ‘The Enduring Eye: The Antarctic Legacy of Sir Ernest Shackleton and Frank Hurley’ opens on November 21th.

    A major new exhibition on Shackleton’s Endurance Expedition will open at the Royal Geographical Society (RGS), London, on 21 November, with an off-shoot exhibition coming to South Georgia early in 2016. The exhibitions are inspired by the glass plate negatives taken by Endurance expedition photographer Frank Hurley, according to the latest edition of the South Georgia Newsletter

  • Saturday, November 7th 2015 - 07:08 UTC

    Falklands/Malvinas soldiers' remains: Argentine delegation meets Red Cross chief

    In Geneva, Daniel Filmus reiterated President Cristina Fernández 2012 request for the Red Cross to collaborate in the identification process of the remains.

    Argentina's Foreign Ministry Secretary for Malvinas affairs Ambassador Daniel Filmus, and Argentine ambassador before international organizations in Geneva, Alberto D'Alotto, met on Thursday with the President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Peter Maurer, to address the issue of identifying the remains of 123 soldiers Argentine fallen during the South Atlantic conflict in 1982 and buried in the Argentine cemetery at Darwin, in the Falkland Islands.

  • Friday, November 6th 2015 - 07:49 UTC

    Malvinas war Argentine film screened to Falklands veterans at embassy

    Ex-combatants Dougie Brimson, Jeremy McTeague, Alicia Castro, Edgardo Esteban, Stuart Russell, Dave Charlie Brown and Geoff Johnston.

    British veterans of the 1982 Falklands/Malvinas conflict met with Argentine ex-combatant Edgardo Esteban at the Embassy of Argentina in London where an Argentine produced film about the war was screened.

  • Wednesday, November 4th 2015 - 06:45 UTC

    Falklands lawmaker meets Red Cross chief to discuss identification of Argentine soldiers remains

    The Argentine cemetery in Darwin holds 123 graves marked “An Argentine soldier known only by God”

    The President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Peter Maurer, met on Monday with representatives of the authorities of the United Kingdom and of the Falkland Islands to discuss a process seeking to identify the remains of a number of unidentified Argentine soldiers buried at Darwin cemetery in Falklands/Malvinas Islands.

  • Tuesday, November 3rd 2015 - 10:03 UTC

    HSBC profits up following massive cut of jobs and sale of assets

    The bank announced thousands of job cuts in June, along with asset sales, as part of cost-cutting measures to improve returns to shareholders.

    Lower costs from regulatory fines have contributed to higher profits for HSBC. Pre-tax profit at Europe's biggest lender jumped 32% from a year ago in the third quarter, beating analysts' expectations. Profit reached $6.1bn, up from $4.6bn in the same period a year earlier and above forecasts of $5.2bn.

  • Tuesday, November 3rd 2015 - 06:10 UTC

    Baroness Anelay marks Day to end impunity for crimes against journalists

    “A free media plays a vital role in a functioning democracy” said the Baroness in her message.

    Minister of State of the Foreign Office, Baroness Anelay marks International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists and remembers the threat facing journalists. “A free media plays a vital role in a functioning democracy” said the Baroness in her message.

  • Saturday, October 31st 2015 - 09:40 UTC

    UK and Brazil committed to exchange of EU/Mercosur market access offers by end of 2015

    JETCO meeting was headed by Sajid Javid, UK Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, and his Brazil counterpart Armando Monteiro (L)

    The United Kingdom and Brazil reaffirmed on Friday their support for the success of the European Union/Mercosur Association agreement negotiations in the framework of the eighth meeting of the UK-Brazil Joint Economic and Trade Committee (JETCO) which emphasizes bilateral cooperation and initiatives.