Stories for 13th 2015

Thursday, June 18th 2015 - 05:01 UTC
Switzerland pulling the noose: evidence of 53 FIFA suspicious banking reports

Swiss authorities say they have evidence of 53 suspicious FIFA-linked banking relations reported by Swiss banks. Under the Anti-Money-Laundering Framework of Switzerland, banks are required to report any suspicious activity that happens within their accounts. Some of the 53 suspicious reports are among 104 banking relations already known by the investigators.
Thursday, June 18th 2015 - 04:51 UTC
ITUC challenges football associations and sponsors to push for independent FIFA reform commission

The International Trade Unions Congress, ITUC is calling on national football associations to push for genuine reform of FIFA through the establishment of an independent commission, and not merely accept that FIFA can suddenly reform itself under a leadership which has failed to end corruption after years of multi-million dollar scandals
Wednesday, June 17th 2015 - 05:56 UTC
Presidential hopeful Scioli names Cristina Fernandez confident as his running mate

Argentine presidential hopeful and Buenos Aires province governor Daniel Scioli announced he will run for president with Carlos Zannini, the current Legal and Technical Presidential secretary and one of the closest advisors of President Cristina Fernandez, completing the ticket.
Wednesday, June 17th 2015 - 05:46 UTC
Stiglitz comes to the rescue of Argentina and Greece on debt restructuring

Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz has reiterated his support for a wider system of control on international sovereign debt restructuring, citing the examples of Argentina, Greece and Ukraine to back up his assertion that the area needs more supervision to protect those involved.
Wednesday, June 17th 2015 - 05:41 UTC
UK Parliament restless about Cameron's planned EU membership referendum

British Prime Minister David Cameron has suffered his first parliamentary rebellion since being re-elected last month as he tried to unite his party on Europe by making concessions on the timing and rules of a planned EU membership referendum.
Wednesday, June 17th 2015 - 05:30 UTC
OAS declaration in support of Malvinas UK/Argentina talks; Canada disagreed

The Organization of American States, OAS, meeting in general assembly approved on Tuesday a declaration urging negotiations on the Falklands/Malvinas Islands dispute between Argentina and the United Kingdom.
Wednesday, June 17th 2015 - 05:14 UTC
Tierra del Fuego's May inflation almost three times the official 1% rate

Tierra del Fuego's Consumer Prices Index, CPI for May was almost three times higher than the Argentine government official index from stats office Indec: 2.7% against 1%. The percentage was provided by Tierra del Fuego's Stats and Census Office, which also shows that in the first five months of the year inflation reached 11.4% and 28% in the last twelve months, well above the 15.3% from Indec.
Wednesday, June 17th 2015 - 05:06 UTC
OAS and Haiti agree on electoral calendar and an observation mission

The Organization of American States (OAS) will send an Electoral Observation Mission to the presidential, legislative, municipal and local elections to be held in Haiti in 2015, according to the agreement signed on Tuesday by Secretary General Luis Almagro, and Haiti's Foreign minister, Lener Renauld.
Wednesday, June 17th 2015 - 04:38 UTC
Falklands have a bright future and Islanders the resolve to face harassment and bullying

The Falkland Islands have a bright future, not without challenges, or harassment or bullying, but the Islanders will face them with the same strength, tenacity and resolve that helped them through the conflict 33 years ago, said Foreign Office minister Hugo Swire at the annual Falklands' Government Reception in London.
Tuesday, June 16th 2015 - 06:11 UTC
Argentina's May official inflation 1% or half that claimed by private consultants

Argentina's National Statistics and Census Institute, Indec reported on Monday that the inflation rate for May reached 1%, totaling 15.3% in the last twelve months and 5.7% for the first five months of 2015.