Stories for June 2012

Monday, June 11th 2012 - 05:34 UTC
Major Indian steel company readies plans to scrap huge mining project in Bolivia

India's Jindal Steel & Power said on Saturday it was making plans to scrap a 2.1 billion dollars steel project in Bolivia, saying the Bolivian government had not met contract terms that include supply of natural gas for the project.
Monday, June 11th 2012 - 05:28 UTC
Hollande set to consolidate power with a working majority in the Lower House

Socialist President François Hollande looked set to consolidate his grip on power with a left-wing majority in parliament after a first-round vote on Sunday, and may be able to govern without relying on hard leftists hostile to closer European integration
Monday, June 11th 2012 - 05:25 UTC
The past haunts Chile: film praising Pinochet triggers violent clashes in Santiago

Hundreds of protesters clashed violently with police in the Chilean capital as they demonstrated on Sunday against the screening of a new documentary honouring the late dictator Augusto Pinochet.
Monday, June 11th 2012 - 04:52 UTC
Spain separates fishing dispute with Gibraltar from any sovereignty discussions

Spanish Foreign Minister José Manuel García-Margallo said over the weekend that the solution to the fishing dispute was separate to any discussion on the sovereignty of Gibraltar or its waters.
Monday, June 11th 2012 - 04:25 UTC
Falklands’ 82 exhibition opens in Stanley and will run until April

“Telling some of the personal stories behind the events we know so well,” was how Museum Curator Leona Roberts described a fascinating and comprehensive exhibition of Falkland Islands war memorabilia and stories currently on display at St Mary’s Parish Hall in Stanley.
Monday, June 11th 2012 - 03:52 UTC
Positive reactions to Spanish bail out, but next Sunday Greece puts the Euro to test

The future of the Euro may be determined in the coming weeks, as Greek voters decide whether to honour the country’s international bailout and create a first test for Spain’s newly built 100 billion-Euro banking firewall.
Monday, June 11th 2012 - 03:28 UTC
Argentina claims Falklands and slams UK for ‘illegal exploitation of natural resources’

Ahead of a week of intense diplomatic exchanges and on the Day of the Affirmation of the Argentine Rights Over the Malvinas, Islands and Antarctic Sector, the Argentine Government once again ratified its claim over the Islands’ sovereignty and questioned the UK over the “illegal exploitation of their natural resources” and the “increased militarization of the South Atlantic region.”
Monday, June 11th 2012 - 03:15 UTC
“Depraved” sexual activities among penguins come to light a century later

Accounts of unusual sexual activities among penguins, observed a century ago by a member of Captain Scott's polar team are finally being made public.
Monday, June 11th 2012 - 03:09 UTC
Scottish Veterans minister arrives in Falklands for commemoration

Scottish Veterans Minister Keith Brown is travelling to the Falkland Islands to take part in events to mark the 30th anniversary of their liberation.
Saturday, June 9th 2012 - 05:13 UTC
Middle class Argentines protest with pots and pans against corruption, crime, inflation and the dollar clamp

For the third night in ten days angry Argentines took to the streets of Buenos Aires and other major cities banging pots and pans to protest corruption, rampant crime and insecurity, inflation and the dollar clamp in the midst of an economy that is showing clear signals of exhaustion and growing questions on the current course of affairs.