Tag: United Kingdom

• Tuesday, February 5th 2013 - 19:17 UTC

  Osborne says with reform bill “no UK government would ever again bail-out an entire bank”

  

  British Chancellor George Osborne has announced the Banking Reform Bill that will not only see savers’ deposits safeguarded but also enforce rules to make it easier for consumers to switch bank accounts.

• Tuesday, February 5th 2013 - 17:39 UTC

  “Falklands will be under Argentine control within 20 years”, Timerman tells UK media

  

  The Falklands Islands will be under Argentine control within 20 years, Minister Hector Timerman said in an interview with The Guardian and The Independent in London insisting that not one single country in the world supports the UK governing the Falklands.

• Monday, February 4th 2013 - 23:50 UTC

  Hague ‘open’ to Timerman but if talks refer to Falklands, Islanders should be present

  

  Foreign Secretary William Hague said on Monday that he continues ‘open’ to a meeting with his peer from Argentina, Hector Timerman, although he insisted that if the talks refer to Falklands’ issues, representatives from the Islands should be present.

• Monday, February 4th 2013 - 22:05 UTC

  Timerman in London insists in meeting Hague, ‘the two alone’ without Falklands’ representatives

  

  Foreign minister Hector Timerman is in London and has reiterated his request and willingness to hold a bilateral meeting with Foreign Secretary William Hague, “the two alone, to address numerous issues of the bilateral and multilateral agenda”, says a letter from Argentine Ambassador Alicia Castro dated February 4 addressed to the Foreign Office and made public in Buenos Aires.

• Monday, February 4th 2013 - 05:23 UTC

  “Right and proper” Islanders are involved in meetings that concern the Falklands

  

  The Foreign Office has reiterated its concern about the Argentine’s government behaviour towards the Falkland Islanders and considers it ‘right and proper’ that they should be involved in the part of those meetings with Argentina that concern the Islands.

• Monday, February 4th 2013 - 05:09 UTC

  Timerman begins ‘Malvinas week’ in London but no meeting with Hague included

  

  Argentine Foreign minister Hector Timerman begins Monday a busy ‘Malvinas’ week in London with meetings scheduled in Parliament and later at the embassy with representatives from 18 different European groups that support UK/Argentina dialogue on the Falklands’ sovereignty

• Monday, February 4th 2013 - 04:55 UTC

  Cameron’s Malvinas change in policy is “evidence of weakness and internal crisis”

  

  The British government’s decision to deny a meeting between UK and Argentina foreign ministers is proof of “weakness” and evidence of “the internal crisis situation” in the ruling coalition led by Prime Minister David Cameron, said Argentine Foreign minister Hector Timerman.

• Saturday, February 2nd 2013 - 19:45 UTC

  Foreign Office insists Argentina was informed in advance Falklands’ MLAs would attend Hague/Timerman meeting

  

  The last round of the Falklands’ dispute between the UK and Argentina seems to have exposed a new blunder of Minister Hector Timerman, since according to the Foreign Office from the very request last December for a meeting with Foreign Secretary William Hague this month in London, the Argentine official was clearly informed that Falklands’ representatives would be present when the particular issue of the Islands was raised.

• Friday, February 1st 2013 - 20:13 UTC

  Falklands regret Timerman attitude and calls on Argentina “to respect our rights”

  

  The Falkland Islands government said on Friday it deeply regrets that Argentine Foreign Minister Hector Timerman refused to meet with lawmakers from the Islands and Foreign Secretary William Hague, next week when he travels to London.

• Tuesday, January 29th 2013 - 06:02 UTC

  UK wants to control South Atlantic access and resources, claims Argentina

  

  Argentina claimed at the CELAC summit in Chile that the UK has converted the Falkland Islands into one of the “most militarized territories in the world” with the sole purpose of exploiting the natural resources of the Islands and control access to Antarctica.