British Foreign Office
EU Kosovo Mission ‘Unaffected’ by UK Payout to Whistleblower
EULEX has insisted that the financial settlement agreed by its former prosecutor turned whistleblower Maria Bamieh with the UK government does not have anything to do with the European rule-of-law mission in Kosovo because Bamieh's corruption allegations against EULEX were dismissed four years ago.
British man gets 15 years over smuggling artifacts
A British citizen was sentenced on June 6 by an Iraqi court to 15 years in prison on charges of smuggling artifacts out of the country, in a case that has attracted international attention.
The verdict handed down to retired geologist Jim Fitton, shocked the court in Baghdad, including his defense attorney. He and his family have argued that Fitton, 66, had no criminal intent.
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Britain has Accused Russia of Trying to Install a Pro-Russian Leader in Ukraine
Britain has accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of plotting to install a pro-Russian politician at the head of the Ukrainian government, British media reported.
The British Foreign Office has made an unusual move, pointing to former Ukrainian MP Yevheniy Murayev as a potential Kremlin candidate.
Radovan Karadzic to Serve Prison Sentence in Britain
The British Foreign Office said on Wednesday that it has agreed to allow wartime Bosnian Serb president Radovan Karadzic, who was jailed for life by the UN court in The Hague, to be transferred to a prison in the UK.
Romania voices solidarity with UK over hostile cyber-actions
Romania's Foreign Ministry (MAE) expresses its solidarity with the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland over the statement by the British Foreign Office on hostile cyber-actions.
"Romania, as an EU and NATO member state located in the vicinity of regions marked by instability, has also faced such challenges," MAE says in press statement released on Thursday.
UK Political Turmoil Overshadows Balkan Summit
The opening of the London West Balkans Summit was thrown into confusion on Monday as one of its hosts, the UK Foreign Secretary, Boris Johnson, dramatically resigned on the morning of the summit - while the other, Prime Minister Theresa May - was locked in a brutal battle for political survival.
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Three British Tourists Killed in Grand Canyon Helicopter Crash
Three British nationals were killed and four other people were in critical condition after a tourist helicopter crashed in an "extremely remote area" of the Grand Canyon, officials said Sunday.
British Foreign Office official, parliamentarians to visit
Permanent Under Secretary of the British Foreign Office Simon McDonald will visit Serbia on September 11 and 12.
A delegation of the House of Lords of the British Parliament will arrive here in late September, the Serbian government announced on Thursday.
Turkey arrests suspected American, Briton ISIL members entering from Syria
An American and a British man, allegedly members of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), were arrested in Turkey after crossing the border from Syria and handing themselves over to the authorities, officials said April 28.
See which countries have the highest terror threat level
Belgium had the highest terror threat level long before the deadly attacks on a metro station and airport in Brussels. It was one of more than 40 countries around the world where the threat from terrorism was rated “high” by the Foreign Office.