Stories for February 2015

Saturday, February 14th 2015 - 06:23 UTC
Argentina's tax office demands HSBC Swiss branch repatriate of 3bn dollars in undeclared accounts

HSBC’s Swiss branch must repatriate the 3 billion dollars deposited in the 4,040 undeclared accounts held by Argentine citizens and companies, Argentina's AFIP tax bureau chief Ricardo Echegaray announced.
Saturday, February 14th 2015 - 06:11 UTC
Argentine president accused again of alleged bombing cover up

The Argentine prosecutor who took over the investigation of the 1994 bombing of a Jewish center in Buenos Aires following the death of Alberto Nisman charged President Cristina Fernández for allegedly trying to cover up Iran's role in the attack.
Saturday, February 14th 2015 - 06:03 UTC
Falklands' Sukey Cameron elected chair of UK Overseas Territories Association

Sukey Cameron MBE, Representing the Falkland Islands Government, was elected Chair of the UK Overseas Territories Association (UKOTA) on Thursday 12 February at the association's annual general meeting, AGM.
Friday, February 13th 2015 - 14:01 UTC
FIFA awards 2026 World Cup rights to FOX without a bidding process

The 2026 World Cup will be shown on FOX in the United States. The world soccer body awarded the rights on Thursday to Fox without a bidding process. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Friday, February 13th 2015 - 13:56 UTC
A canine brigade in Punta Arenas helps to speed the landing of 4.000 visitors

How do you manage to make the mandatory phyto-sanitary controls when 4.000 visitors come ashore on the same day virtually at the same time, and the port is not a major terminal. Particularly when the country is a main producer of fruit and other agriculture goods and must act with the utmost jealousy to ensure its privileged position as a world leading exporter.
Friday, February 13th 2015 - 09:53 UTC
World's only flying Vulcan bomber will be displayed at the Yeovilton Air show

XH558, the world’s only flying Avro Vulcan ‘V-bomber’, is RNAS Yeovilton Air Day’s first confirmed flying display participant. . Now 55 years old, this thunderous Cold War icon which played a great role in the Falklands' conflict, will be among the largest, heaviest and noisiest types involved in this year’s show on Saturday 11 July.
Friday, February 13th 2015 - 09:44 UTC
Argentina reports sharp fall in hake, squid and shrimp landings during January

Argentine fish landings have dropped dramatically during January, totaling 16,464 tons, 31.8% less than a year ago when the volume was 24,121.4 tons. Of this year's volume, 11,803.8 tons were of fish, 4,567.4 tons crustaceans and 92.8 tons shellfish, according to statistics from the Under-secretariat of Fisheries and Aquaculture.
Friday, February 13th 2015 - 09:32 UTC
Falklands image in National Geographic Traveller photo competition

National Geographic Traveller (UK) has confirmed the finalists of its fourth Photography Competition 2015 which in the Animal category includes an image of penguins at Bleaker Island in the Falklands.
Friday, February 13th 2015 - 09:16 UTC
“Drastic decline” in media freedom worldwide in 2014 says RSF annual report

Media freedom suffered a “drastic decline” worldwide last year in part because of extremist groups such as Islamic State and Boko Haram, the watchdog group Reporters Without Borders said in its annual evaluation released Thursday.
Friday, February 13th 2015 - 09:13 UTC
Snail growth in Brazil's 2014 retail sales anticipate a very tough 2015

Retail sales in Brazil increased 2.2% in 2014 over the previous year, the smallest expansion in 11 years, the Brazilian Institute for Geography and Statistics, or IBGE, reported this week. The sector suffered its worst year since 2003 when sales tumbled 3.7%. In 2013, retail sales grew 4.3%.