Tag: United Kingdom

• Tuesday, March 8th 2022 - 09:10 UTC

  Three UK Type 31 frigates for the Polish navy: a £1.4 billion deal

  

  British defense giant, Babcock has struck a £1.4 billion deal to supply Poland's Navy with three frigates based on the Royal Navy’s Type 31 design. The warships will be built in Polish shipyards.

• Monday, March 7th 2022 - 09:55 UTC

  Controversy over empty bench in Argentine Congress representing Malvinas

  

  A “nutty” initiative, Tierra del Fuego governor Gustavo Melella described the proposal by several Argentine lawmakers to create in Congress a Malvinas Islands bench, which would remain empty covered with an Argentine flag until the legitimate occupier arrives, a symbolic sovereignty claim over the Islands 'usurped' by Great Britain.

• Monday, March 7th 2022 - 09:35 UTC

  Brexit keeps Gibraltar ambulances off Spain

  

  In a new direct Brexit spinoff, authorities at the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar have confirmed that routine patients may henceforth be ferried for treatment to Spanish hospitals only if their ambulances are staffed by Gibraltar Health Authority (GHA) employees who live in Spain or by EU nationals, it was reported.

• Monday, March 7th 2022 - 09:25 UTC

  Leading UK security company plans to increase presence in Paraguay

  

  Óscar Vidal Martínez, who represents Smiths Detection in Paraguay, has announced the firm plans to strengthen its operations in the South American country in the near future.

• Monday, March 7th 2022 - 09:20 UTC

  HMS Protector in solidarity and supplies visit to Ukraine base in Antarctica

  

  Royal Navy sailors showed their support for and solidarity with the people of Ukraine when they called on one of the nation’s most remote outposts. The Navy’s sole icebreaker HMS Protector dropped in on 21 scientists who maintain the polar research station of Vernadsky in Antarctica to check on their welfare.

• Monday, March 7th 2022 - 08:05 UTC

  Queen Elizabeth II to leave Buckingham Palace?

  

  According to a major London newspaper, Queen Elizabeth II intends to leave Buckingham Palace permanently and change her residence to Windsor Castle. The Times has also said the 95-year-old monarch will only return on special occasions.

• Saturday, March 5th 2022 - 09:48 UTC

  HMS Spey, first Royal Navy to visit Pitcairn Islands since New Year's eve 2018

  

  Royal Navy sailors delivered Covid vaccines to the descendants of the Bounty when patrol ship HMS Spey visited the tiny Pitcairn Islands in the Pacific. The islands – which are in the middle of the South Pacific and home to only around 50 people – are one of Britain’s most isolated Overseas Territories, famous as the last resting place of HMS Bounty and its mutineers.

• Friday, March 4th 2022 - 18:43 UTC

  Gibraltar will place a plaque to commemorate Falklands' war anniversary

  

  The Gibraltar Heritage Trust and the Friends of Gibraltar Society (FOGHS) have filed a planning application to place a plaque to commemorate the 40th Anniversary of the Falkland’s War and Gibraltar’s contribution to the war effort.

• Friday, March 4th 2022 - 09:45 UTC

  Non-Ukranian fighters to face criminal charges, Russian Army warns

  

  As the Ukrainian President has called for fighters from all over the world to join his country's version of the International Brigades, Russia's Defense Ministry Spokesman Igor Konashenkov Thursday announced those “mercenaries” would not be entitled to prisoner-of-war (POW) status, if caught.

• Tuesday, March 1st 2022 - 22:51 UTC

  Queen Elizabeth back at work after defeating COVID-19

  

  Queen Elizabeth II took part in two engagements Tuesday, proving she was back “on the mend” from COVID-19 and very much alive, despite fake news saying she had passed away.