Tag: United Kingdom

• Thursday, November 24th 2022 - 13:07 UTC

  Scotland will not give up and targets a 'de facto independence referendum' next general election

  

  “A tough pill to swallow,” admitted Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon on Wednesday saying the Scottish National Party, SNP, respected the unanimous ruling of the UK Supreme Court that Scotland does not have the power to hold a referendum.

• Thursday, November 24th 2022 - 09:48 UTC

  UK Supreme Court says no to “Scexit” referendum without Westminster's ok

  

  Britain's Supreme Court issued a unanimous ruling confirming Scotland will not be able to hold a second independence referendum without the British government's approval.

• Wednesday, November 23rd 2022 - 10:56 UTC

  Echoes from Qatar World Cup: hooligans replace English flag by an Argentine Malvinas-claim

  

  Argentine fans and followers of the national football team participating in the World Cup 2022, in Qatar were involved in a hooligan incident which demanded the intervention of local law enforcement officers after the English flag was forcibly replaced by an Argentine Malvinas-claim colors.

• Wednesday, November 23rd 2022 - 10:50 UTC

  Argentina objects to the presence of Prince Anne in the Falklands, “a discourtesy” complains Carmona

  

  From Buenos Aires, Argentina objected to the presence of Princess Anne in the Falkland Islands during her six-day visit, with a brief release.

• Tuesday, November 22nd 2022 - 10:07 UTC

  Argentina promoting medium and small companies exports to UK

  

  Sponsored by the Argentine Foreign and International trade ministry, a business delegation from Argentina visited the UK for a round of negotiations involving companies linked to the food and beverage industries.

• Tuesday, November 22nd 2022 - 10:00 UTC

  Brazil encouraged with UK larger quota for chicken meat and sugar

  

  Brazil is forecasted to gain a 19.3% larger quota of chicken meat exports to the UK in accordance with the bilateral agreement signed last November 17 at the World Trade Organization (WTO), according to information from the financial press agency Valor.

• Friday, November 18th 2022 - 09:23 UTC

  UK in recession; Autumn plan anticipates £30 billion in spending cuts and £25 billion in tax hikes.

  

  Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt announced on Thursday a £55 billion fiscal plan with £30 billion in spending cuts and £25 billion in tax hikes. The measures which anticipate a cold winter and long recession in the UK, included an extra two-year freeze on income tax thresholds and a lowering of the top rate of income tax to £125,140

• Thursday, November 17th 2022 - 10:00 UTC

  UK's double shock, highest inflation in 41 years and a draconian Autumn budget

  

  Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt will unveil this Thursday before Parliament his long-awaited Autumn budget statement, having anticipated to the UK population that “we will be asking everyone for sacrifices.”

• Thursday, November 17th 2022 - 09:50 UTC

  Five more Type 26 frigates for the Royal Navy: HMS Glasgow to be delivered in mid 2020s

  

  Five more Type 26 frigates will be built for the Royal Navy, the Prime Minister has announced. Defense manufacturer BAE Systems has been awarded a £4.2 billion contract to build the five warships, on top of the three already under construction.

• Monday, November 14th 2022 - 10:12 UTC

  Charles leads Remembrance as King; Falklands present at the Cenotaph with a floral wreath

  

  King Charles III led the Remembrance Sunday service at London's Cenotaph for the first time as monarch to honor Britain's war dead and in a special year, marking the 40th anniversary of the Falklands War.