Tag: United Kingdom

• 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”.

• Friday, December 7th 2012 - 17:38 UTC

  UK says “no options should be ruled out” in defending Gibraltar territorial waters

  

  The British Government said on Thursday that “no options should be ruled out” in defending the British sovereignty of Gibraltar’s territorial waters, reports the Gibraltar Chronicle.

• Friday, December 7th 2012 - 05:26 UTC

  Bank of England at crossroad on stimulus program despite weaker economy

  

  The Bank of England has decided not to extend its quantitative easing (QE) stimulus program, which has injected £375bn into the UK financial system.

• Wednesday, December 5th 2012 - 18:17 UTC

  Royal Navy has a new Fleet Commander, Vice Admiral Philip Jones

  

  Royal Navy has welcomed its newly-appointed Fleet Commander and Deputy Chief of Naval Staff at a handover ceremony in Portsmouth. Vice Admiral Philip Jones takes up the role from outgoing Fleet Commander Admiral Sir George Zambellas who will continue in his NATO role, Commander Maritime Command, at Northwood in North West London.

• Tuesday, December 4th 2012 - 20:36 UTC

  Gibraltar’s Picardo meets UK minister to discuss controversial Spanish legislation

  

  Gibraltar Chief Minister, Fabian Picardo held a meeting on Monday with UK Minister for Europe David Lidington in which they discussed their concerns over Spain’s purporting to pass legislation banning land reclamation and the offshore storage of fuel in Gibraltar waters.

• Monday, December 3rd 2012 - 23:08 UTC

  Argentina rejects complaint, accuses UK of illegal appropriation of Malvinas resources

  

  Argentina energetically rejected the UK complaint about alleged intimidation of vessels linked to Falklands/Malvinas activities as well as the awarding of squid licences in waters close to the South Atlantic archipelago.

• Friday, November 30th 2012 - 19:24 UTC

  EU Court of Justice confirms Spain has a listed nature site in Gibraltar waters

  

  British Government has lost a crucial appeal before the European Court of Justice [ECJ] relating to Gibraltar’s territorial waters. Britain was seeking to overturn an earlier judgement dismissing its legal challenge to the European Commission’s approval of a Spanish EU nature site in British waters.

• Wednesday, November 28th 2012 - 16:08 UTC

  MP questions lack of “Territory Status” for BOTs in Commonwealth future report

  

  Conservative MP Andrew Rosindell has written to the London representatives of British Overseas Territories to alert them to what he sees as a shortfall in a new report on the future of the Commonwealth.

• Tuesday, November 27th 2012 - 01:40 UTC

  Argentina rejects UK complaints on maritime security regarding the Falklands

  

  Argentine ambassador Alicia Castro rejected at the International Maritime Organization, IMO, British complaints on maritime security in Argentine waters and navigation obstacles for British and Falklands flagged vessels which access Argentine ports.