Stories for February 2010

Tuesday, February 16th 2010 - 02:27 UTC
Uruguay: New parliament with women leaders in both houses

Women lead the two houses of the new Uruguayan parliament (99 Deputies and 30 Senators), which was sworn in on Monday following on the electoral results of October 29, when the ruling coalition again managed to garner a majority of seats as in 2004.
Tuesday, February 16th 2010 - 02:20 UTC
Darling defends cautious approach to tackling budget deficit

Chancellor Alistair Darling has defended his approach to tackling the UK's budget deficit. Speaking to the BBC, Mr Darling said he disagreed with economists who had called for more aggressive action to close the deficit.
Tuesday, February 16th 2010 - 02:17 UTC
Eurostat orders Greece to disclose details of currency swaps

European Union regulators ordered Greece to disclose details of currency swaps after an inquiry by the country’s Finance Ministry uncovered a series of agreements with banks that it may have used to conceal mounting debts.
Tuesday, February 16th 2010 - 02:12 UTC
Pro-growth, pro-jobs, European Central bank next vice-president

Euro-zone finance ministers meeting Monday in Brussels nominated Portugal’s Vitor Manuel Ribeiro Constancio to become the next vice president of the European Central Bank, improving the chances of Germany’s Axel Weber to take the top job next year.
Tuesday, February 16th 2010 - 02:10 UTC
Think tank praises UK for not having joined the Euro

Britain's unemployment rate would be twice as high and the recession would have been even deeper if we had joined the euro, a think tank has claimed.
Tuesday, February 16th 2010 - 02:04 UTC
Euro zone ministers insist Greece must consolidate public finances

Greece could unveil more cost-cutting proposals if its current efforts do not work fast enough, the head of the 16-nation Euro-zone has said. Jean-Claude Juncker said Greece had agreed to outline additional measures in March if necessary.
His comments came following a meeting of Euro-zone finance ministers.
Tuesday, February 16th 2010 - 02:02 UTC
Shackleton “Quest” cabin, new show piece for South Georgia Museum

The cabin in which British polar explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton died aboard his ship “Quest” looks set to become an important new artefact at the South Georgia Museum.
Monday, February 15th 2010 - 21:11 UTC
Brazilian presidential hopefuls join Carnival celebrations

Brazilian presidential hopefuls took to the streets to join the country’s Carnival celebrations considered an excellent opportunity to have their names and faces known.
Monday, February 15th 2010 - 20:21 UTC
Mrs. Kirchner willing to discuss with opposition about central bank reserves

The administration of Argentine president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner said it is willing to discuss with the opposition the Bicentennial Fund project which aims to service public debt with reserves from the Central Bank and which triggered a three branches confrontation that ended in the resignation of the bank’s president Martin Perez Redrado.
Monday, February 15th 2010 - 20:15 UTC
Chilean registered marriages almost identical to number of divorces

Marriage numbers have fallen 50% in Chile during the past 20 years, according to data made public last week by the Civil Statistical Registry.