Politics

• Saturday, March 18th 2017 - 10:09 UTC

  UK hosts this week Argentine biggest business delegation in 20 years

  

  Finance minister Nicolas Dujovne will be heading this week the largest Argentine business delegation to visit the UK in twenty years, jointly organized by the Argentine-British Chamber of Commerce with support from the Argentine foreign ministry and the embassy in London.

• Saturday, March 18th 2017 - 09:52 UTC

  Falklands' Law compliance needed for any Islands' major assets change of ownership

  

  The Falkland Islands government, FIG, stated on Friday that any proposal change of ownership affecting assets held in the Islands will be scrutinized for compliance with Falklands law. The statement follows the Argentine Dolphin Fund's announcement to the London Stock Exchange, earlier this week, of its interest in taking over the private company Falkland Islands Holdings, FIH.

• Friday, March 17th 2017 - 22:02 UTC

  Trade and protectionism in the G20 Brazil/US ministerial agenda

  

  Brazil's finance minister has said that he is ready to listen to the U.S. policies on trade at this weekend's G-20 meeting but speaks from experience when he says he believes a free economy is better for everyone. “Brazil actually has experience of closing down its economy,” Henrique Meirelles said on Thursday.

• Friday, March 17th 2017 - 21:55 UTC

  Unemployment in Argentina falls to 7.6%: less people looking for jobs

  

  Argentina's unemployment rate fell to 7.6% in the fourth quarter of 2016, the government's Indec statistics agency said in a report on Thursday, down from 8.5% in the third quarter as thousands of people stopped looking for work.

• Friday, March 17th 2017 - 07:52 UTC

  Falklands' lawmakers reject Argentine “sovereignty document” scam

  

  An Argentine antique dealer who offered to sell a copy of an old document that he claimed would destroy the Argentine historical case for sovereignty over the Falklands, has been turned down. According to this week's Penguin News edition, the Secretary of the group Asociación Civil de Amigos Malvinas/Falklands (ACAMF) Gabriel Di Bernardo made contact with the Islands in October last year.

• Friday, March 17th 2017 - 07:38 UTC

  Macri administration faces unions' first general strike scheduled for April 6

  

  Argentina's largest union announced a one-day general strike on April 6, increasing pressure on President Mauricio Macri's conservative government six months before mid-term congressional elections. The CGT says Macri's policies, including austerity measures like reducing subsidies on fuel and electricity, are resulting in lower real salaries and lost jobs.

• Friday, March 17th 2017 - 07:15 UTC

  Bank of England cautiously leaves interest rates at the record low of 0.25%

  

  The Bank of England (BOE) held interest rates at the record low level of 0.25% and maintained asset purchases at £435 billion on Thursday. The decision, which was made by an 8-1 majority, had been almost unanimously anticipated by central bank watchers with many expecting the BOE to choose caution until more clarity emerges on the Brexit process and the U.K. economy's capacity to manage outside of the European Union.

• Friday, March 17th 2017 - 06:59 UTC

  Falklands' deminer recovering from injuries during a clearance operation accident

  

  Deminer Rodgers Mandava working to clear minefields in the Falkland Islands, was injured during an accident in a Moody Valley clearance operation on February 27, has recovered well from his injuries and work has resumed in the area, according to a report published by the Penguin News.

• Friday, March 17th 2017 - 06:27 UTC

  UK government rejects Scottish independence referendum: “now is not the time”

  

  The UK government is to reject calls for a Scottish independence referendum before Brexit after Theresa May said “now is not the time”. The prime minister said the focus should be on getting the best Brexit deal for the whole of the UK.

• Thursday, March 16th 2017 - 12:26 UTC

  Falklands' television service to be fully restored this month; new transmitter on Sapper Hill

  

  Falklands' television viewers in Stanley will be able by the end of the month, weather permitting, to again have a full service of its former level of transmission. A release from the Falklands government recalls that viewers are well aware of the problems encountered over the last nine month, caused by the TV transmitter falling from the mast on Sapper Hill.