Stories for 2013

Friday, July 5th 2013 - 05:03 UTC
Calling the Malvinas: Argentine news broadcast in English from Rio Grande

Since Wednesday midnight Radio Nacional from Radio Grande is broadcasting news in English targeted to the Falkland Islands. The news bulletin has been prepared by Radio Nacional Buenos Aires through Radio Argentina al Exterior and will be broadcasted at the break of every day, reports Tierra del Fuego media.
Friday, July 5th 2013 - 03:45 UTC
Argentina prepares to confiscate wheat stocks to ensure bread supply at ‘normal prices’

Argentina Domestic Commerce Secretary, Guillermo Moreno has given mills and exporters until Friday to normalize the wheat market which has been under stress with bread prices doubling in the last month, and farmers’ complaining about the worst harvest in decades because of government policies.
Friday, July 5th 2013 - 03:40 UTC
Argentina contributed to Israel nuclear bomb supplying ‘yellowcake” says Foreign Policy

Argentina may have sold Israel material necessary for making a nuclear bomb in the 1960s, Foreign Policy reported on Monday, citing newly declassified US archive documents. Israel has never clearly admitted to having a nuclear weapons program in the country, although it is has been estimated that the Jewish State has dozens of nuclear warheads.
Friday, July 5th 2013 - 03:26 UTC
Gibraltar ruling party wins by-election; vote of confidence for CM Picardo

By Jim Watt - Gibraltar’s ruling GSLP candidate Albert Isola had a comfortable win in Thursday’s by-election. The election was called due to the death of the popular MP Charles Bruzon.
Friday, July 5th 2013 - 00:50 UTC
FIFA wants 2030 World Cup centenary jointly staged by Uruguay and Argentina

FIFA wants the centenary World Cup in 2030 to be jointly staged by Uruguay and Argentina, who met in the final of the inaugural tournament, Argentine FA (AFA) president Julio Grondona said on Thursday.
Friday, July 5th 2013 - 00:30 UTC
Buenos Aires will host the 3rd Summer Youth Olympic Games in 2018

The City of Buenos Aires will be hosting the 3rd Summer Youth Olympic Games in 2018, International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Jacques Rogge announced following a vote by the IOC members at an Extraordinary IOC Session in Lausanne.
Thursday, July 4th 2013 - 04:38 UTC
UNASUR special meeting to discuss the diversion of Bolivian President Evo Morales' plane in Europe

The Union of South American Nations (Unasur) condemned the diversion of Bolivia’s President Evo Morales flight on Tuesday, after France and Portugal refused to let the plane into their airspace. Several Latin American leaders criticized the decision severely, and asked for explanations from the international community.
Wednesday, July 3rd 2013 - 11:54 UTC
Interview with Dick Sawle, Falklands MLA

The holding of a self-determination referendum in the Falklands Islands in March this year attracted media attention all over the world. Once more, British democratic culture and the concept of self-determination clashed with government by decree and the use of force to impose a certain political system. Some weeks later, with the Islands out of the limelight but while tensions remain, Help Catalonia talked to Hon. Dick Sawle, one of the members of the local Legislative Assembly.
Wednesday, July 3rd 2013 - 11:45 UTC
Rockhopper: High Court confirms the cancellation of the Company's Share Premium Account

Rockhopper Exploration plc (AIM: RKH), the North Falkland Basin oil and gas company, announces that at a hearing today, the Companies Court of the Chancery Division of the High Court of Justice confirmed the cancellation of the Company's share premium account (“Cancellation of Share Premium Account”). The Cancellation of the Share Premium Account is expected to become effective tomorrow, 4 July 2013.
Wednesday, July 3rd 2013 - 08:00 UTC
Argentina captures a Spanish vessel for presumed illegal fishing in the Argentine Sea.

The Argentine Coast Guard (the Prefectura) has captured a Spanish flagged vessel in waters of the Argentine Sea that was carrying out fishing activities presumed to be without authorisation, Coast Guard sources confirmed to EFE today.