Tag: William Hague

• Tuesday, August 7th 2012 - 17:19 UTC

  Spain says the Gibraltar dispute is back on the ‘Brussels process” bilateral track

  

  Spain’s new Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Federico Trillo-Figueroa, has claimed that his Foreign Minister, Jose Garcia Margallo, has managed to revive bilateral dialogue with UK over Gibraltar within the Brussels context.

• Monday, July 2nd 2012 - 06:19 UTC

  PM Cameron suggests referendum on UK’s conditions and EU membership

  

  British Prime minister David Cameron has indicated that a referendum on the United Kingdom’s conditions of European Union membership is increasingly likely, but ruled out one that offers voters a straight “in or out” choice.

• Thursday, June 28th 2012 - 21:56 UTC

  Overseas Territories White Paper reiterates UK determination to defend the Falklands

  

  Britain reiterated its determination to continue to defend the Falkland Islands and other Overseas Territories on Thursday, an official document known as the White Paper said. The document on the Overseas Territories declares there would be “no weakening” in Britain's resolve.

• Monday, June 25th 2012 - 20:17 UTC

  Foreign Secretary wants hands-on relationship with Overseas Territories

  

  Early sight of the introduction to a consultative “white paper” about the future of Britain's relations with its overseas territories, suggests that the Foreign Office (FCO), and the Foreign Secretary William Hague in particular, want to have a closer “hands-on” relationship with the governments of the former colonies, now officially known as the overseas territories.

• Thursday, June 21st 2012 - 17:52 UTC

  UK to reopen embassy in Paraguay and new embassy in Haiti

  

  Following on the UK policy to establish closer ties with Latin America, Foreign Secretary William Hague has announced plans to re-open the British Embassy in Paraguay and a new British Embassy in Haiti.

• Tuesday, June 12th 2012 - 20:08 UTC

  Falklands to hold referendum in 2013 “to eliminate any possible doubts about our wishes”

  

  The Falkland Islands Government announced on Tuesday its intention to hold a referendum next year on the political status of the Falklands to clearly express Islanders views and counter Argentina’s misleading rhetoric including that “we are held hostage by the UK military”.

• Monday, June 11th 2012 - 04:52 UTC

  Spain separates fishing dispute with Gibraltar from any sovereignty discussions

  

  Spanish Foreign Minister José Manuel García-Margallo said over the weekend that the solution to the fishing dispute was separate to any discussion on the sovereignty of Gibraltar or its waters.

• Wednesday, May 30th 2012 - 17:21 UTC

  Gibraltar celebrates outcome of UK/Spain meeting in London on fishing conflict

  

  The Gibraltar Government reacted to the outcome of the meeting between the British and Spanish foreign ministers on Tuesday in London saying that it is pleased that “it is recognised and accepted by all parties that only Gibraltar has the jurisdictional competence to deal with the issues that arise in respect of the on-going breaches of the Nature Protection Act in British Gibraltar Territorial Waters.”

• Wednesday, May 30th 2012 - 05:28 UTC

  Spain/UK join forces to defend their companies in Latam, says Garcia-Margallo

  

  Spain and the UK will join forces against attacks on their companies in Latin America, Spanish Foreign Minister José Manuel García-Margallo said, following a meeting on Tuesday in London with his counterpart William Hague.

• Wednesday, May 30th 2012 - 05:23 UTC

  “Disturbing” Falklands-style tendencies with Gibraltar claim European MPs

  

  Escalation in the long-running dispute between Britain and Spain over ownership of Gibraltar shows “disturbing” Falklands-style tendencies. The warning comes from one of the Rock's MEPs after a stand-off between Gibraltar and Spanish police patrol boats over fishing rights.