Tag: United Kingdom

• Monday, March 9th 2015 - 08:07 UTC

  Transparency International claims BOT are used to launder 'corrupt' money

  

  British territories including Gibraltar are being used by criminals and foreign officials to launder ‘corrupt’ money through the purchase of up market UK properties, according to the respected anti-corruption organization Transparency International.

• Friday, March 6th 2015 - 07:52 UTC

  South Atlantic Air-bridge to the Falklands restricted to certain nationalities

  

  The South Atlantic Air-bridge linking RAF Brize Norton in the UK with the Falkland Islands will no longer fly nationals from a list of countries and although no specific reasons were given, the release underlines that the “Ministry of Defense places the greatest importance on the security of its people, facilities and operations”.

• Friday, March 6th 2015 - 07:32 UTC

  PM Cameron and Peña Nieto discuss agenda of bilateral and global issues

  

  British Prime Minister David Cameron welcomed President Peña Nieto of Mexico to Downing Street on Thursday afternoon as part of his State Visit to the UK.

• Friday, March 6th 2015 - 07:27 UTC

  Chilean researchers invited to UK sponsored Engineering innovation program

  

  The United Kingdom Newton-Picarte Fund supported Chilean researchers to participate in the Royal Academy of Engineering's innovation program. Under the Leaders Innovation Fellowships scheme, 15 Chilean researchers, who are already VIU CONICYT grant receivers, travelled to London and Oxford to attend a 10 day residential program.

• Thursday, March 5th 2015 - 06:23 UTC

  UK/Latam links have seen 36% rise in trade and investment, says minister

  

  Foreign Office minister Hugo Swire underlined the growing links of the United Kingdom with Latin America during the state visit of president Enrique Peña Nieto from Mexico, a country with which he feels a close affinity, and is 'integral to the success of the UK”.

• Wednesday, March 4th 2015 - 22:14 UTC

  Argentina/Chile celebrate Tierra del Fuego mines-free; Rossi claims UK impedes mine-clearance in Falklands

  

  Argentina and Chile defense ministers, Agustín Rossi and Jorge Burgos, attended this week a historic ceremony in which they signed a document declaring Tierra del Fuego free of anti-personal mines. During the meeting minister Rossi blamed the UK for not allowing Argentina to clear the mines in the Falklands/Malvinas Islands.

• Tuesday, March 3rd 2015 - 22:32 UTC

  UK should support the Pacific Alliance

  

  By Hugo Swire of the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office - A year ago I spoke at a summit in London hosted by the Financial Times and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) about how the UK could work most effectively with the ‘Pacific Alliance’.

• Tuesday, March 3rd 2015 - 05:45 UTC

  London Heathrow and Star Alliance win the World's Airport of the Year award

  

  London Heathrow and Star Alliance have won the World’s Airport of the Year at Air Transport World’s (ATW) 41st Annual Airline Industry Achievement Awards, honored jointly for their collaborative work on the new Terminal 2 at Heathrow.

• Wednesday, February 25th 2015 - 03:55 UTC

  “Falkland Islanders feel a strong relationship with Uruguay going back a long way”

  

  British ambassadors in Chile, Brazil and Uruguay, Fiona Clouder, Alex W Ellis and Ben Lyster-Binns, respectively visited the Falkland Islands on a familiarization tour and to try to establish closer links with the Islands.

• Saturday, February 21st 2015 - 04:27 UTC

  Hammond reiterates in Spain: no talks against the wishes of Gibraltar

  

  The British and Spanish foreign ministers sought to highlight a renewed drive toward an ‘ad hoc’ dialogue on Gibraltar this week, but in doing so drew firm red lines that signaled just how difficult that task will prove. The coordinated message was positive and hinted at the possibility of talks ‘in the near future’ if a format could be agreed. But on core issues, there was no change.