Tag: Commonwealth

Wednesday, July 31st 2024 - 09:01 UTC
Baroness Chapman, new FCDO Minister for Latin America and the Caribbean

Baroness Jennifer Chapman of Darlington has been appointed UK Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office on 18 July 2024.
Thursday, May 9th 2024 - 20:53 UTC
Commonwealth Games confident on a host; Birmingham 2022, “complete success for UK economy”

The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) has confirmed that it is considering multiple proposals to Host the 2026 Games, so it was announced following the April meeting of the Executive Board, with confirmation by the end of the month. And in related news UK Department for Sports highlighted the financial success of the Birmingham Games in 2022.
Wednesday, April 17th 2024 - 10:10 UTC
Commonwealth Games future in doubt: financial benefits clash with a post colonial legacy

The 2026 edition of the Commonwealth Games, are again in trouble with no hosts on sight. In April 2022, the Australian state of Victoria was awarded hosting rights for the 2026 edition, when over 70 nations were expected to participate. But just over a year later, it backed out.
Monday, April 8th 2024 - 10:16 UTC
Commonwealth supports Guayana against Caracas' actions regarding Essequibo

The Venezuelan Government of President Nicolás Maduro must abide by the principles of international law regarding the oil-rich Essequibo region, the Commonwealth Secretariat said in a statement in support of Guyana's response to Caracas passing the so-called Organic Law for the Defense of Guayana Esequiba.
Wednesday, March 13th 2024 - 10:37 UTC
Falklands representative joins Commonwealth Day celebrations in London

Richard Hyslop, the Falkland Islands Government Representative to the UK & Europe, along with Member of the Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly, Jack Ford MLA, participated in a series of events in London to commemorate Commonwealth Day.
Thursday, February 16th 2023 - 21:06 UTC
Final reminder of the Falkland Islands Status Amendments 2022

In September 2022 the Legislative Assembly approved amendments to the Falkland Islands Status Ordinance 1998. The amended Ordinance narrows the definition of a “qualified person” (which at the moment includes a Commonwealth citizen), limiting the definition to include a British citizen, a British Overseas Territory citizen or a British Overseas citizen.
Thursday, February 2nd 2023 - 11:03 UTC
Republicanism: Australia will honor indigenous cultures in its A$ 5 bill instead of Charles III

Australia's new Five Dollar bill will replace an image of British monarch Charles III with one honoring Australian Indigenous cultures. It is the last banknote in Australia that still bears the head of recently deceased Queen Elizabeth II.
Wednesday, August 17th 2022 - 08:45 UTC
UK will resume visits for Chagossians descendants to their homeland

The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office has made public a page with brings together information on UK government support to people who were born on the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) and their descendants.
Tuesday, June 21st 2022 - 10:00 UTC
Why Commonwealth summit in Rwanda won't be the re-launch some were expecting

Leaders of some 54 countries – from Africa, Europe, Asia, and Southern America – have converged on Kigali, Rwanda, until 25 June for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting. Philip Murphy, a professor of Commonwealth history (School of Advanced Study) examines the expectations and limitations of the Kigali conference.
Sunday, February 13th 2022 - 14:23 UTC
Eighty years since the “worst disaster and largest capitulation in British history”

This month marks 80 years since Singapore, a British colony with significant strategic importance was invaded and subsequently captured by the Empire of Japan. Its loss represented the lowest point of the war in the Far East and was a matter Prime Minister Winston Churchill never really got over.