Tag: United Kingdom

• Tuesday, October 2nd 2012 - 22:59 UTC

  MLA Summers tells Tanzania Falklands don’t want to be colonized by Argentina

  

  A Falkland Islands lawmaker was scheduled to meet on Tuesday with Tanzania top officials to explain the Islands support for post-colonial status and the coming referendum next year to determine its political future, faced with the insistent sovereignty claims from Argentina.

• Monday, October 1st 2012 - 20:44 UTC

  UK banking reform at the heart of discussions in the annual Labour conference

  

  UK Labour leader Ed Miliband has indicated that a threat by banks to move abroad would not deter him from breaking them up if they did not agree to revolutionise their operations and put ordinary customers first.

• Saturday, September 29th 2012 - 08:38 UTC

  PM Cameron admits disagreements with Brazil on some foreign policy issues

  

  British Prime Minister David Cameron admitted that UK and Brazil did not agree in all foreign policy issues, but welcomed the existence of an open debate between the two countries. PM Cameron ended on Friday a two-day visit to Latinamerica’s largest economy to promote trade and investment.

• Saturday, September 29th 2012 - 01:06 UTC

  Rousseff tells Cameron British interest in Brazil has come at the right time

  

  President Dilma Rousseff said British interest in Brazil had come at the right time after her government announced last month a 66 billion dollars investment in road and railway building as part of a massive plan to upgrade her country's dilapidated infrastructure, which includes modernizing ports and airports.

• Thursday, September 27th 2012 - 16:02 UTC

  PM Cameron in Brazil on a two-day visit to boost trade and political links

  

  British Prime Minister David Cameron arrived in Brazil on Thursday to promote UK business and capitalise on the success of the summer Olympic games. Cameron first stop was Sao Paulo where he arrived with a 58-strong business delegation and opened a new £60m JCB factory.

• Thursday, September 27th 2012 - 14:04 UTC

  UK to Cristina: “no Falklands’ sovereignty negotiations unless and until the Islanders so wish”

  

  “There can be no negotiations on the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands unless and until such time as the Islanders so wish” was the official reply from the UK to remarks made by Argentine president Cristina Fernandez during her speech on Tuesday before the UN General Assembly.

• Wednesday, September 26th 2012 - 02:52 UTC

  Argentina calls on UK for talks on ‘global issue’ Malvinas and ‘demilitarization’ of South Atlantic

  

  President Cristina Fernández once again claimed Argentina’s sovereignty over the Falklands/Malvinas islands and urged the United Kingdom to accept talks and abide by the United Nations resolutions on the matter which has become a “global issue”. The Argentine leader also asked for the demilitarization of the South Atlantic.

• Wednesday, September 26th 2012 - 00:31 UTC

  Gibraltar Chief Minister Picardo thanks UK Liberal-Democrats support

  

  Gibraltar Chief Minister Fabian Picardo told delegates at the Liberal Democrat party conference in Brighton on Sunday night that Gibraltar was grateful for the support it had received over the years from UK politicians.

• Monday, September 24th 2012 - 20:01 UTC

  HMS Edinburgh on South Atlantic patrol; last deployment for Type 42 destroyers

  

  The Royal Navy’s destroyer HMS Edinburgh left on Monday Portsmouth on her final planned deployment. It marks a historic milestone for both the ship and the Royal Navy as it will be the last time a Type 42 destroyer deploys on operations as they make way for the new-generation Type 45 destroyers.

• Monday, September 24th 2012 - 02:39 UTC

  Assange praises Argentina for facing UK, but criticizes the data-gathering system

  

  Wikileaks founder Julian Assange currently holed in the Ecuadorean embassy in London said that “Argentina's support is very important, because Argentina has experience with facing the UK”.