Tag: United Kingdom

• Thursday, January 3rd 2013 - 17:57 UTC

  Argentina “again ignores the rights and wishes of the Falkland Islands people”

  

  The Falkland Islands are an British Overseas Territory by choice, entirely self-governing except for defence and foreign affairs and have been settled for at least nine generations, well before Argentina even claimed what is today Tierra del Fuego, points out the Falklands’ elected government in a release-reply to the open letter from Argentine President Cristina Fernandez published on Thursday in the British press.

• Thursday, January 3rd 2013 - 00:31 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez asks Cameron to return the Falklands “forcibly stripped” in 1833

  

  Prime Minister David Cameron must return the Falkland Islands to Argentina, 180 years after the territories were “forcibly stripped” from Buenos Aires, President Cristina Fernandez has claimed in UK newspaper adverts scheduled to be published on Thursday and which has been anticipated.

• Wednesday, December 26th 2012 - 06:43 UTC

  The magic of currencies: UK overtakes Brazil as the world’s sixth largest economy

  

  Despite recession and the poor performance Britain has clawed back the ground it lost to Brazil in the rankings of the world's richest economies - but it is not expected to hold on to the spot for long.

• Friday, December 21st 2012 - 04:54 UTC

  UK Government will not allow Falkland Islanders’ human rights to be ignored

  

  British Prime Minister David Cameron delivers his Christmas message to the people of the Falkland Islands: 2012 has been a memorable year for all of us. It’s been a year of happy celebrations but a year of more sober commemorations too. In London and Stanley, we celebrated the Diamond Jubilee, marking the 60th year of Her Majesty the Queen’s reign. The genuine and deep affection for Her Majesty both here and in the Falklands reminded us of the ties that bind us together.

• Thursday, December 20th 2012 - 19:38 UTC

  UK will take “all necessary and proportionate” measures in support of Gibraltar

  

  As tension with Spain escalates the British Government made clear that it would take “all necessary and proportionate” measures to maintain the integrity British sovereignty of Gibraltar and its waters. Europe Minister David Lidington set out the position in a letter to the Governor, Sir Adrian Johns, in response to the petition organised by the Defenders of Gibraltar.

• Thursday, December 13th 2012 - 07:20 UTC

  UK reaffirms commitment to trilateral dialogue on Gibraltar, despite Spain

  

  The British Government reaffirmed its commitment to trilateral dialogue, despite claims from Spain that London and Madrid would discuss the waters row on bilateral terms leaving Gibraltar aside. A spokesman for the Foreign & Commonwealth Office said trilateral dialogue was the only acceptable mechanism for “formal” talks about Gibraltar.

• Wednesday, December 12th 2012 - 20:49 UTC

  HMS Protector inspecting Antarctic Treaty sites; first visit to Brazil’s Comandante Ferraz station

  

  Royal Navy Ice patrol HMS Protector has arrived in Antarctica for the first time this season after her long sail south from Portsmouth. She will spend this, the first of her four work periods in the ice this Austral Summer, supporting an international team conducting formal Antarctic Treaty inspections of sites across the Peninsula.

• Wednesday, December 12th 2012 - 07:47 UTC

  Young Falkland Islanders take part at the 5th Commonwealth Youth Parliament in London

  

  Falkland Islander Krysteen Ormond (23) has completed the Commonwealth Youth Parliament 2012 with her interest in politics augmented and urges other young people to take advantage of the experience if the chance arises.

• Monday, December 10th 2012 - 18:56 UTC

  UK launches campaign for re-election to UN Human Rights Council

  

  Foreign Office Minister Baroness Warsi launched on Monday 10 December, UN Human Rights Day, UK’s campaign for re-election to the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) for January 2014-December 2016.

• Saturday, December 8th 2012 - 03:54 UTC

  Mercosur summit rejects Falklands’ self-determination referendum

  

  Presidents from Mercosur full and associate members meeting in Brasilia rejected the coming Malvinas Islands self determination referendum and anticipated that whatever the result of the ballot “it will not alter at all the essence of the Malvinas question”.