Tag: United Kingdom

• Wednesday, February 5th 2014 - 22:59 UTC

  US, the world's largest producer of oil approves licenses to export crude to Europe

  

  The United States government has approved at least four licenses to export crude oil to Europe, for the first time in years, showing how companies are breaking through the limits of the export ban established in the 1970s, according to Reuters which learned about the fact from a Freedom of Information Act request.

• Tuesday, February 4th 2014 - 23:09 UTC

  Deputy PM Nick Clegg in Colombia calls for new drugs policy in the UK

  

  The UK should abandon its current drugs policy because the war on drugs is not being won, Nick Clegg has said. Speaking on a visit to Colombia, the deputy prime minister said different approaches were needed although he did not back full legalization. He also praised President Juan Manuel Santos commitment to the peace process with FARC and welcomed the human rights' policy.

• Saturday, February 1st 2014 - 04:27 UTC

  UK and France tighten defense cooperation and military procurement

  

  The UK and France have agreed to strengthen defense co-operation following a summit at RAF Brize Norton on Friday. A communiqué signed by UK Prime Minister David Cameron and French President Francois Hollande sets out plans for closer ties between the two countries.

• Thursday, January 30th 2014 - 06:01 UTC

  Malvinas claim support from Celac, underlined by Argentine president

  

  Argentine president Cristina Fernandez celebrated the advances in integration achieved by Latin America and the Caribbean, and thanked country members for their support in Argentina's claim over the Malvinas and other South Atlantic Islands sovereignty.

• Tuesday, January 28th 2014 - 19:20 UTC

  Anglo-Colombian defense conference onboard HMS Richmond in Cartagena

  

  The third annual Anglo-Colombian Strategic Defense Conference was held this week onboard HMS Richmond in Cartagena. The Portsmouth based type 23 returning from her Atlantic deployment also supported Defense and Security Industry Day while alongside in the Colombian port.

• Tuesday, January 28th 2014 - 05:45 UTC

  Fears that a drifting Russian cruise vessel, full of rats, could reach UK shores

  

  An abandoned cruise ship allegedly brimming with cannibal rats, which has been drifting in the Atlantic Ocean for around 12 months might end up in the shores of Great Britain. According to experts, the Russian liner Lyubov Orlova that once carried 100 passengers, might drift on the west coast of Cornwall, Scotland, or Ireland.

• Saturday, January 18th 2014 - 06:26 UTC

  Hague tells Scotland that the “UK is stronger and safer together”

  

  Foreign Secretary William Hague has said the United Kingdom is “stronger and safer together” as he outlined the case for Scotland to reject voting for independence. Mr. Hague spoke of shared values between Britain and Scotland and said that remaining united would give the UK greater international “clout” and allow it to be “better able to make a difference in the world”.

• Friday, January 17th 2014 - 06:49 UTC

  Queues and delays at the Gibraltar border reach Parliament

  

  The detrimental effect that border delays have had on tourism and visitor numbers to Gibraltar has been the subject of recent questions in the House of Commons. In a written question tabled before the lower House, Conservative MP Andrew Rosindell requested information from the Secretary of State regarding the effect that the border delays have had over the last four months.

• Friday, January 17th 2014 - 06:30 UTC

  Uruguay police officers training in 'restorative justice' methods in Cambridge

  

  Fourteen police officers from Uruguay are currently attending courses at the Criminology Institute at Cambridge University, as part of their training for the country's Citizens' Security program, implemented with the support from the Inter American Development bank.

• Wednesday, January 15th 2014 - 07:03 UTC

  Obesity problem in UK 'underestimated' and 'hard-hitting' campaigns are needed

  

  Predictions that half the British population will be obese by 2050 “underestimate” the scale of the obesity crisis, a report suggests. The UK is in danger of surpassing predictions of a 2007 report which estimated that 50% of the nation would be obese by 2050, the National Obesity Forum said.