Tag: United Kingdom

• Thursday, May 6th 2010 - 19:23 UTC

  Strong Argentine Reaction to Falklands’ Rockhopper Oil Discovery Announcement

  

  The Argentine government rejected British oil company Rockhopper Exploration's earlier announcement regarding the finding of oil in Falklands/Malvinas Islands, warning that the government “will take the necessary actions to avoid Great Britain from taking illegal possession of Argentina's non-renewable resources.”

• Wednesday, May 5th 2010 - 23:53 UTC

  UK Hung Parliament, 43% or Tories, 36% Anticipates The Guardian/ICM Poll

  

  All three British main parties will have reason to be disappointed if the Guardian/ICM eve-of-poll survey is reflected in election results Thursday night. The Conservatives are set to fall well short of the convincing majority that, not long ago, seemed within their grasp. Labour faces one of its lowest votes of modern times and the Liberal Democrats may fail to make their hoped-for breakthrough to second place.

• Wednesday, May 5th 2010 - 21:28 UTC

  Fresh Volcanic Ash Cloud Delay Hundreds of Flights in Scotland and Ireland

  

  Thousands of passengers are facing long delays after airports in Scotland and Ireland closed because of a fresh cloud of volcanic ash from Iceland. Flights have been grounded in Glasgow, Prestwick and Derry since 0700 BST, while the airspace over Dublin, Belfast and Edinburgh has also since closed.

• Wednesday, May 5th 2010 - 01:03 UTC

  Two Royal Navy Nuclear Subs Allowed to Sea with “Serious” Potential Risk

  

  Two Royal Navy nuclear submarines were allowed to sea with a safety defect putting the vessels at “serious” potential risk, it was revealed.

• Saturday, May 1st 2010 - 02:16 UTC

  Taxes in UK Must Rise Sharply Anticipates Think Tank

  

  Taxes in Britain must rise sharply over the next decade to bring down borrowing, according to the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR). In a report, the think tank said taxes would have to rise by the equivalent of 6p on the basic income tax rate to get the budget deficit below 3% by 2020.

• Friday, April 30th 2010 - 05:23 UTC

  “Momentum” for Tory Leader Cameron After Final Debate, According to BBC

  

  British Prime Minister Gordon Brown made on Thursday a plea to voters not to risk change as he sought to salvage Labour's election campaign in the final TV debate before polling day.

• Friday, April 30th 2010 - 01:44 UTC

  Academic Analysis of the Gibraltar-Spain-UK Dialogue Process

  

  The book “Gibraltar y el Foro tripartito de Diálogo” that was recently published by the University of Cádiz, was presented in Gibraltar earlier this week. Gibraltar’s Minister for Culture coordinated the presentation at a press conference in the Mackintosh Hall.

• Wednesday, April 28th 2010 - 06:07 UTC

  Argentine Coast Guard to Monitor Vessels Travelling to and from Falklands

  

  Argentina made official this week the planned monitoring of vessels sailing between the mainland and the disputed Falkland Islands, the Coast Guard agency PNA said.

• Tuesday, April 27th 2010 - 18:50 UTC

  Electoral Reform Shapes as Key Issue for Next UK Government

  

  Electoral reform is shaping up as the key issue in determining what sort of government would emerge in the UK if the May 6 General Election results in a hung Parliament. Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg indicated that a deal on proportional representation would be essential to any pact if his party holds the balance of power, describing it as an “absolute pre-condition” for renewal of Britain.

• Tuesday, April 27th 2010 - 18:13 UTC

  UK Think Tank Warns About Drastic Spending Cuts After Election Day

  

  All three British major political parties are failing to come clean on spending cuts that will need to be at least as deep as the 1970s, a leading think tank warned Tuesday. Repairing the public finances will be the 'defining domestic policy task of the next government', the Institute for Fiscal Studies said at a special election briefing.