International

• Tuesday, September 2nd 2014 - 08:11 UTC

  Falkland Islands attendance of Bird Fair in Egleton proved a huge success

  

  This year’s Bird Fair in Egleton, Rutland, had even more exhibitors than ever and was certainly worth Falkland Islands Holidays (FIH) attending, said Jenny Luxton of FIH who anticipated that the coming season is looking very busy based on the interest shown by visitors to the stands.

• Tuesday, September 2nd 2014 - 07:43 UTC

  Falklands/Malvinas issue to be addressed by Mercosur parliament 11 November

  

  The Mercosur Parliament, Parlasur will be holding a special session next 11 November in Montevideo dedicated to the Falklands/Malvinas Islands sovereignty issue, it was announced this Monday in Buenos Aires during a visit of a delegation from the regional legislative to the Argentine congress.

• Tuesday, September 2nd 2014 - 07:36 UTC

  Pescanova seems to be turning around following a severe financial purge

  

  The approval of the creditors’ agreement considering reductions over 90% of the debt helped the Galician multinational firm Pescanova achieve a net profit of EUR 1,790 million in the first half of this year. The six-month accounts submitted to the Spanish National Securities Market Commission (CNMV) show the cancellation of the firm’s bulky insolvency has meant the entry of EUR 2,3 million, which in the accounts figure as income.

• Tuesday, September 2nd 2014 - 07:19 UTC

  UK announces plans to strip suspected Islamist militants of their passports

  

  UK Prime Minister David Cameron announced plans to strip suspected Islamist militants of their passports temporarily, to combat the threat posed by radicalized Britons returning from Syria and Iraq.

• Tuesday, September 2nd 2014 - 06:57 UTC

  Interreligious soccer match had Maradona as one of the outstanding stars

  

  Diego Maradona and Roberto Baggio were among a host of former soccer stars who played in an interreligious charity match backed by Pope Francis on Monday night. The Argentine pope, an avid soccer fan, did not attend the match but had an audience with both teams earlier in the day and also broadcast a message on the big screens at Rome's Olympic Stadium ahead of kickoff.

• Tuesday, September 2nd 2014 - 06:34 UTC

  Spain's Iberia returns to Carrasco with 2.300 seats a week on the Montevideo-Madrid route

  

  Spain's flag carrier Iberia made its return to Uruguay on Monday after being out of the South American country's market for 18 months, marking the resumption of a route that will offer up to 2,300 seats to travelers on a weekly basis. Iberia, a unit of IAG, will be providing service on the Madrid-Montevideo and Montevideo-Madrid route with four weekly flights.

• Tuesday, September 2nd 2014 - 00:18 UTC

  Ukraine's Next Crisis? Economic disaster

  

  Ukraine's next crisis will be a devastatingly economic one, as violent conflict destroys critical infrastructure in the east and brings key industry to a halt, furthering weakening the energy sector by crippling coal-based electricity production.

• Monday, September 1st 2014 - 16:49 UTC

  China's manufacturing misses expectations in August; stimulus considered

  

  China's manufacturing activity missed expectations in August, indicating that the country's economy may be losing momentum and require more stimulus. The official purchasing managers index (PMI) fell to 51.1 for the first time in seven months from 51.7 in July, the National Bureau of Statistics said.

• Monday, September 1st 2014 - 16:44 UTC

  EU support for dairy farmers to alleviate Russian restrictions on imports

  

  The European Commission opened Private Storage Aid for butter, Skimmed Milk Powder (SMP) and certain cheeses in order to alleviate the impact of Russian restrictions on imports of EU dairy products and to limit the negative effects on the internal market.

• Monday, September 1st 2014 - 15:47 UTC

  IMF supports Lagarde despite investigation for negligence in France

  

  The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has expressed confidence in its leader Christine Lagarde, despite her being investigated for negligence in France. Ms Lagarde, 58, has been questioned about her role in awarding compensation to businessman Bernard Tapie in 2008, when she was Minister of Finance.