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Tag: United Kingdom

  • Tuesday, August 25th 2015 - 20:31 UTC

    Falklands' air defenses bolstered with Saab-built Giraffe AMB radars

    The MoD confirmed in the first quarter of the year it was upgrading Falkland's air defenses including mandating the use of the Giraffe in the update.

    Britain has ordered additional Saab-built Giraffe AMB radars to bolster ground-based air defenses on the Falkland Islands against a possible future threat from Argentina, reports Defense News. The Swedish company announced on 24 August that it had received an order valued at 610 Swedish krona million ($74 million dollars) from the UK Ministry of Defense for the supply of new radars and the upgrade of existing systems.

  • Monday, August 24th 2015 - 11:05 UTC

    UK reopens embassy in Teheran and Iran in London; initially at chargé d'affairs level

    At the ceremony Hammond said the attack in 2011 had been “a low point” but since the election of President Rouhani things had “steadily improved” (BBC pic)

    The British embassy in Iran has reopened, nearly four years after it was closed. Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond attended a ceremony on Sunday in Teheran with Iranian diplomats to mark the reopening while Iran has also reopened its embassy in London.

  • Monday, August 24th 2015 - 08:54 UTC

    Pope Francis and the Malvinas

    Francis’s generosity of word and openness has also made him an easy target for those who want to try and use his global popularity to push a particular cause

    By Jimmy Burns - The snapped moment of encounter projected fast and globally on the world wide web has become as much as a characteristic of the Francis papacy, as his twitter account @pontifex. This is a papacy with a charismatic personality and instinctive communicator at its helm. It is also a papacy advised by media specialists and diplomats that know something about the opportunity offered by the digital age to spread a message with an impact that would have inconceivable just a few years ago.

  • Friday, August 21st 2015 - 11:35 UTC

    Royal Navy's third Astute Class attack submarine ready for sea trials

    Artful can circumnavigate the world submerged, manufacturing the crew’s oxygen and fresh water from seawater as they go.

    Artful, the third of the U.K. Royal Navy’s new Astute Class attack submarines, has arrived at her Scottish base port from where she will carry out sea trials before entering service later this year, the U.K. Ministry of Defense announced.

  • Friday, August 21st 2015 - 05:54 UTC

    Malvinas pic controversy: “Francis spoke with his low tone but strong voice”

    “With his low tone but strong voice he only asked for the United Kingdom and Argentina to sit to dialogue,” said cabinet chief Anibal Fernandez

    Despite the controversy generated by Wednesday picture which showed Pope Francis holding a banner calling for dialogue between the United Kingdom and Argentina over the Falkland/Malvinas Islands, and later a spokesperson's dismissal of the significance of the incidence, the best definition of what really happened seems to have come from Argentina's cabinet chief Anibal Fernandez in his daily media conference, “the pontiff”, he said, spoke with his “low tone but strong voice”.

  • Thursday, August 20th 2015 - 07:30 UTC

    Pope Francis quashes any attempt to foster Falklands/Malvinas dialogue

    Pope's spokesman said the poster was handed during a weekly public gathering when lots of people give him things and “he had no idea what the item was”

    Pope Francis was sucked into Argentina's dispute with Britain over the Falkland Islands after an activist thrust a sign in his hands calling for dialogue between the two countries and President Cristina Fernandez jumped on the opportunity to rekindle the fight.

  • Monday, August 17th 2015 - 07:54 UTC

    Ecuador hits back at the UK over the Assange asylum case in London

    Foreign Office minister Hugo Swire said Ecuador's decision to harbor Assange had prevented the proper course of justice.

    Ecuador has hit back at the UK government over who is to blame for the deadlock in the case of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. The 44-year-old Australian has been living in Ecuador's embassy in London for more than three years to avoid extradition to Sweden, where he faces sexual assault allegations.

  • Friday, August 14th 2015 - 08:45 UTC

    Blair warns Labor faces 'annihilation' if it chooses Jeremy Corbyn as leader

    “Labour party is in more mortal danger today than at any point in the over 100 years of its existence” argued former PM Tony Blair in The Guardian

    Former British prime minister Tony Blair made a dramatic intervention into the debate over the future leadership of the Labor Party this week, warning Labour voters that the party faces “annihilation” if it chooses Jeremy Corbyn as leader.

  • Friday, August 14th 2015 - 08:32 UTC

    UK to protest to Ecuador for harboring Assange; policing the embassy has cost 18.8m dollars

    “Ecuador must recognize that its decision to harbor Mr. Assange more than three years ago has prevented the proper course of justice...” said Swire

    The UK is to make a formal protest to the government of Ecuador over the country's decision to “harbor” Julian Assange, the Foreign Office has said. The Wikileaks co-founder sought asylum at London's Ecuadorean embassy in 2012 to avoid extradition to Sweden.

  • Saturday, August 8th 2015 - 08:22 UTC

    Bank of England keeps rates unchanged; little talk of rise because of China and Greece

    The Bank said a collapsing stock market in China and continuing talks over Greece's debts mean the outlook for global growth was muted.

    UK interest rates have been held at 0.5% again by the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC). Members voted 8-1 to keep rates on hold - the first time for months the decision has not been unanimous, with Ian McCafferty voting for an increase.