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Montevideo, May 13th 2026 - 03:28 UTC

Tag: United Kingdom

  • Monday, December 16th 2013 - 16:31 UTC

    Falklands/Malvinas controversy: Argentine Senator rejects Oxford invitation and honors

    Senator Cabral Arrechea will not accept invitations from a country that has 'troops occupying Argentine territory'

    An Argentine national senator publicly rejected an invitation to attend a special business and academics conference in Oxford arguing he could not participate in an event coming from a country “which has troops occupying part of our motherland territory”.

  • Saturday, December 14th 2013 - 06:34 UTC

    UK Armed Forces minister shows the flag in Gibraltar waters

    Minister Francois (R) with Chief minister Fabian Picardo

    UK Minister for the Armed Forces said that a very, very long and continued presence in Gibraltar, with no defense cuts for the foreseeable future and full support of sovereignty were the key ingredients in the UK message he brought to the Rock. Before meeting Gibraltar authorities the minister took a tour of British Gibraltar waters with the Royal Navy.

  • Saturday, December 14th 2013 - 06:26 UTC

    Bank of England concerned about potential for a UK housing market bubble

    Chairman Carney speaking at the Economic Club of New York

    Bank of England governor Mark Carney has said he is concerned about the “potential” for a UK housing market bubble, but will tighten lending requirements if necessary. Meanwhile, a survey suggested house prices will continue “surging ahead”.

  • Friday, December 13th 2013 - 18:06 UTC

    UK dengue fever health warning for Britons traveling to the Caribbean

    The total number of dengue cases in England in 2012 was 343, as compared with 223 in 2011

    The United Kingdom has issued a new health advisory for Britons travelling to the Caribbean following a surge in the incidence of dengue fever in England. The steep rise in British cases of the mosquito-borne disease has forced the health agency Public Health England (PHE) to warn travelers to be on the alert for signs of the illness after visiting the Caribbean.

  • Friday, December 13th 2013 - 12:18 UTC

    Spain not sure about success in legal challenge of Gibraltar waters

    García-Margallo said sovereignty is “a conversation for grown-ups”

    Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel García-Margallo has expressed confidence that Madrid would win a legal case over jurisdiction of Gibraltar’s isthmus, though he was less certain about success in any challenge over the waters. He said the isthmus was not ceded to Britain under the Treaty of Utrecht and “illegally” occupied, but that Spain had yet to decide whether to “legally reclaim it or not”.

  • Thursday, December 12th 2013 - 06:39 UTC

    London conference on Pacific Alliance; UK granted observer status

    British Minister for Latin America, Hugo Swire wants closer relations with the Alliance

    Over 150 representatives of British companies and businesses attended the conference on the Pacific Alliance (Chile, Peru, Colombia and Mexico) organized by the British Foreign & Commonwealth Office and the Financial Times. The Alliance is considered one of the newest and most promising political and economic blocks is emerging from Latin America.

  • Sunday, December 8th 2013 - 22:08 UTC

    Praise for Falklands world-wide diplomacy

    FIA Chairman Alan Huckle, a former governor of the Falklands, and MLA Roger Edwards lay the wreaths for the Association and the Falkland Islands Government

    Falkland Islanders have been praised for their international campaign of diplomacy explaining their democratic credentials to the world and proclaiming their overwhelming referendum vote for self-determination and retaining their links with the United Kingdom.

  • Saturday, December 7th 2013 - 05:56 UTC

    UK considers drawing a historic parallel between Gibraltar and Spain's Ceuta and Melilla

    Both enclaves border Morocco but are constitutionally part of Spanish metropolitan territory, said Minister Lidington

    The British Government drew a historic parallel between Gibraltar and Spain’s north African enclaves in a parliamentary response this week. While recognizing that Ceuta and Melilla had a different constitutional relationship with Spain, Europe Minister David Lidington said the enclaves and Gibraltar both stemmed from “a distinct set of historical circumstances.”

  • Friday, December 6th 2013 - 23:31 UTC

    Despite strong signs of recovery, Bank of England leaves interest rates unchanged

    Governor Carney: sufficient confidence ”not just that the glass is half full, but that it will be filled.’’

    The Bank of England held interest rates at a record low once more this week in spite of mounting optimism over the UK recovery. A flurry of encouraging signs on the UK economy has fuelled expectations for growth to pick up to around 1% this quarter.

  • Thursday, December 5th 2013 - 18:55 UTC

    UK and Germany support small scale renewable energy project in Chile

    Ambassador Benjamin with the Chilean ministers

    The UK is supporting and helping finance the development of a 20 million-dollar small scale renewable energy project in Chile. The project will be financed from the joint UK-Germany NAMA (Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Action) Facility and Chile's is only one in four of 47 projects worldwide that applied for this funding and reflects the quality of the Chilean application.