International

Thursday, June 1st 2017 - 10:04 UTC
EU and China team up to meet Paris climate change accord and warn Trump

The European Commission president has said that it was the “duty of Europe” to stand up to the US if President Donald Trump decides to pull his country out of the Paris climate change accord. Jean-Claude Juncker said that “the Americans can't just get out of the agreement,” adding that “it takes three to four years” to pull out.
Thursday, June 1st 2017 - 09:39 UTC
Falklands' Darwin cemetery Red Cross team flies to the Islands on Saturday

The International Committee of the Red Cross, ICRC, which will lead the task of identifying the unknown Argentine combatants buried at the Darwin cemetery in the Falkland Islands, and currently in Buenos Aires, will be arriving in the Islands next Saturday and work is expected to begin as had been anticipated on 19 June.
Thursday, June 1st 2017 - 07:32 UTC
UK June 8 election opinion polls marred in controversy

Prime Minister Theresa May could lose control of parliament in Britain's June 8 election, according to a projection by polling company YouGov, raising the prospect of political turmoil just as formal Brexit talks begin.
Wednesday, May 31st 2017 - 20:55 UTC
Falklands government releases events of the 35th anniversary of the War

The Falkland Islands Government has released details of imminent events, both official and informal, which will focus on the 35th Anniversary of the 1982 War. Additionally, FIG announced that the following people shall be here as official guests of the Government from the 12th-16th June:
Wednesday, May 31st 2017 - 05:52 UTC
World No Tobacco Day 2017: for health, prosperity, the environment and national development

Action to stamp out tobacco use can help countries prevent millions of people falling ill and dying from tobacco-related disease, combat poverty and, according to a first-ever WHO report, reduce large-scale environmental degradation.
Tuesday, May 30th 2017 - 19:49 UTC
“Falklands will not be British or Argentine: rather independent most probably on 3 January 2033”

The quote was mentioned in a piece written by a retired Argentine diplomat who has visited the Falkland Islands several times, but words actually belong to a Foreign Office official appointed to the British High Commission Office in Trinidad & Tobago.
Tuesday, May 30th 2017 - 19:00 UTC
PM Trudeau asks Pope Francis to apologize for abuses committed by the Catholic Church in Canada

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has asked Pope Francis to apologize for the role of the Catholic Church in a Canadian school system where indigenous children were abused for decades. The PM met the pontiff at the Vatican on Monday as part of his trip to Italy for the G7 summit.
Tuesday, May 30th 2017 - 09:08 UTC
Theresa May tries to re-focus the election campaign on Brexit negotiations

British Prime Minister Theresa May has sought to re-focus the Conservative general election campaign on the forthcoming Brexit negotiations after seeing Labour close the gap in the opinion polls.
Tuesday, May 30th 2017 - 08:56 UTC
EU and Argentina confident a trade deal with Mercosur can be reached by the end of the year

The High Representative and Vice President of the European Commission, Federica Mogherini who visited Argentina on Monday praised the rapid progress made in negotiations on a renewed EU/Mercosur trade agreement and was confident remaining obstacles could be overcomes and a deal can be reached by the end of the year.
Tuesday, May 30th 2017 - 08:42 UTC
German election turns into a Trump bashing exercise for “weakening the West”

Germany's top politicians have stepped up criticism of US President Donald Trump, a day after Chancellor Angela Merkel said the US and UK were no longer reliable partners. On Monday Mrs Merkel said it was right not to gloss over differences with the US, while her foreign minister said Mr. Trump's actions “weakened the West”.