Stories for November 2015

Wednesday, November 25th 2015 - 07:21 UTC
UK expects new Canadian government will continue to support Falklands

The UK government is looking forward to working with the new government of Argentina and hopes the people of the Falkland Islands will not suffer the bellicosity shown by the current administration, said Foreign Office minister Hugo Swire in Parliament.
Wednesday, November 25th 2015 - 07:03 UTC
Macri names top UN official as Argentina's next Foreign Minister

President-elect Mauricio Macri has tapped a top United Nations official to be Argentina's next foreign minister. Macri announced on his Facebook page on Tuesday that he picked Susana Malcorra, Cabinet chief for U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon since 2012.
Wednesday, November 25th 2015 - 00:18 UTC
UK and insurance industry committed to ensure compliance with illegal fishing regulations

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) and the Marine Management Organization (MMO) co-hosted a workshop on ensuring global compliance with illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing regulations, demonstrating the UK’s continued lead in the fight against illegal fishing.
Wednesday, November 25th 2015 - 00:02 UTC
Falklands' oil industry re-spuds Isobel Deep reservoir

Falkland Oil and Gas Limited, FOGL, one of several international companies involved in the Falklands' oil industry, announced on Monday that the 14/20 Isobel 2 well was spudded by Premier Oil as operator on Saturday, 21 November.
Tuesday, November 24th 2015 - 14:53 UTC
Summit of gas exporting countries opened in Tehran with nine leaders attending

A landmark summit of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) has opened in the Iranian capital Tehran with the participation of the heads of nine member states. Presidents of Iran, Russia, Venezuela, Iraq, Bolivia, Equatorial Guinea, Nigeria, Turkmenistan as well as the Algerian prime minister are the key participants.
Tuesday, November 24th 2015 - 13:56 UTC
Biggest pharmaceutical deal in history criticized by US political presidential hopefuls

US drugs giant Pfizer has sealed a deal to buy Botox-maker Allergan for $160bn in what is the biggest pharmaceuticals deal in history. The takeover could allow Pfizer to escape relatively high US corporate tax rates by moving its headquarters to Allergan's Dublin base.
Tuesday, November 24th 2015 - 12:21 UTC
Macri will announce his economic team and measures once he has access to official data

In his first press conference as Argentine president-elect, Mauricio Macri announced on Monday he would not have a Secretary of Economy but rather an economic cabinet with six members, and anticipated that the team that will be taking office with him, as well as those in the province of Buenos Aires, “will include many officials which do not come from the political system”.
Tuesday, November 24th 2015 - 11:47 UTC
Argentine election: the Kirchners' Falklands policy has backfired spectacularly

By Dr Alasdair Pinkerton - For the first time in 12 years, the new occupant of the Casa Rosada, the presidential palace in Buenos Aires, will no longer bear the surname Kirchner.
Tuesday, November 24th 2015 - 11:29 UTC
Venezuelan military involved in cocaine transport, claims New York Attorney Office

The latest developments in the drug trafficking case with relatives of Venezuela’s first lady Cilia Flores indicate that the Venezuelan military is involved in transporting cocaine to Haiti for trans-shipment into the US.
Tuesday, November 24th 2015 - 10:24 UTC
China prepared to intensify strategic partnership with Argentina

China congratulated Mauricio Macri on Monday for winning Argentina's presidential election and underlined the comprehensive strategic partnership.