International

• Thursday, June 22nd 2017 - 13:43 UTC

  Norwegian announces new London to Argentina route as UK growth continues

  

  Buenos Aires becomes airline’s first South American route - New affordable fares break current monopoly on direct London-Argentina flights. Norwegian has announced a new route from London Gatwick to Buenos Aires, marking the airline’s first ever South American route as its UK expansion plans gather pace.

• Thursday, June 22nd 2017 - 02:11 UTC

  Argentina to appear before UN Decolonization Committee as one on Falkland/Malvinas Islands case

  

  The entire political spectrum will join forces behind newly-appointed Foreign Minister Jorge Faurie as new appeal for UK to discuss sovereignty is expected to be launched.

• Wednesday, June 21st 2017 - 05:08 UTC

  Argentina: Nazi paraphernalia stash found in Buenos Aires suburb

  

  Around 75 artifacts believed to have belonged to high-ranking nazi officers, which were stashed in a private collector's home in Beccar, a suburb of Buenos Aires, were found by Argentine police. The discovery is regarded to be further proof of the presence of Nazis in South America after World War II.

• Wednesday, June 21st 2017 - 02:53 UTC

  Attacker was the only person dead after new terror attack in Brussels' train station

  

  Belgian security forces shot dead a would-be suicide bomber around 9 p.m. local time Tuesday in Brussels' central train station, which was evacuated following a small but fiery blast, in what is being treated as a new case of terrorism. Apart from the attacker, there were no other casualties, it was reported.

• Tuesday, June 20th 2017 - 21:24 UTC

  The Falklands: 35 Years of Progress opens today at the A&D Gallery

  

  “The Falklands: 35 Years of Progress” is the second photographic exhibition held by the Falkland Islands Government, and is an exhibition with a difference. The photographs were crowd-sourced by the Falkland Islands Government, which ran a competition to find the very best pictures from the Islands’ many skilled photographers.

• Monday, June 19th 2017 - 14:51 UTC

  UK starts Brexit negotiations from a weakened position

  

  Talks between the United Kingdom and the European Union to finalise Britain's exit from the continental block started Monday in Brussels, about one year after Britons voted that their country is to leave the bloc by March 30, 2019. But Europe is determined to set an example so that other countries will not be attracted to the idea, even if it includes leaving an open door for Britain to stay.

• Monday, June 19th 2017 - 11:43 UTC

  New attack in London - Van hits 10 Muslims in Corbyn's constituency

  

  A van hit pedestrians on Fonthill Road near Finsbury Park station outside a mosque in London late Sunday, killing one person and injuring another 10 people in what authorities consider to be a terrorist act. All 10 injured - two of whom are in critical condition - were from the Muslim community, authorites said. British Prime Minister Theresa May called the attack a “terrible incident.”

• Monday, June 19th 2017 - 10:45 UTC

  Portugal Forest Fire costs 62 lives and fight not over yet

  

  Over 1,700 firefighters continued to battled a large-scale forest fire Monday in Portugal that has already killed 62 people. Prime Minister Antonio Costa on Sunday declared three days of national mourning. Number of fatalities feared to rise. There are also 61 people injured, five of them in critical condition - four firemen and one child.

• Sunday, June 18th 2017 - 16:06 UTC

  Ambassador Kent: “Bilateral ties improving but Falkland islanders will define their own future”

  

  The British ambassador to Argentina, Mark Kent, underlined the United Kingdom's intentions to “improve” bilateral relations and admitted a meeting between President Mauricio Macri and Prime Minister Theresa May within the framework of the G20 was possible. However, he made it clear that with regards to the Falkland Islands question “the islanders have the right to define their own future.”

• Sunday, June 18th 2017 - 10:52 UTC

  Falkland Islands: New terminal in 2½ years

  

  THE air terminal at Mount Pleasant is likely to be subject to civilianisation in approximately nine months, and be rebuilt, or extended or refurbished in two and a half years, stated the Chief Executive Barry Rowland at the public meeting on Monday.