International

• Tuesday, April 5th 2016 - 17:54 UTC

  Gibraltar and Falkland Islands governments joint statement on Spain and Argentina comments

  

  Gibraltar and Falkland Islands flatly deny any “colonial situations” as was referred to by the foreign ministers of Spain and Argentina, and regret profoundly that two large countries with democratic credentials “seek to gang up to bully two very small territories and in the process completely ignore the right of their people to choose what they want to be”.

• Tuesday, April 5th 2016 - 06:47 UTC

  Argentina and Spain agree to re-launch closer political and trade relations

  

  Argentina and Spain have decided to re-launch bilateral mechanisms that have been “asleep” for too long, promoting political and trade relations, said Argentine foreign minister Susana Malcorra who on Monday met with her visiting Spanish peer, Jose Manuel García/Margallo.

• Tuesday, April 5th 2016 - 06:06 UTC

  Macri admits he was member of family offshore society, but it was reported to the Argentina tax office

  

  Argentine President Mauricio Macri came on stage on Monday to defend himself as he is one of the world leaders to appear as director of an offshore society in the so called “Panama Papers” leak that triggered a worldwide scandal.

• Tuesday, April 5th 2016 - 05:53 UTC

  US looking for evidence of corruption and violation of US law in Panama Papers

  

  The United Stated Department is reviewing the leaked documents from a Panamanian law firm that reveal the offshore financial arrangements of global politicians and public figures, a department spokesman said on Monday. The department is determining whether the documents point to evidence of corruption and other violations of US law.

• Tuesday, April 5th 2016 - 05:47 UTC

  Panama Papers: Brazil with 57 names including companies and politicians from all parties

  

  Politicians from seven parties in Brazil were named as clients of a Panama-based firm at the center of a massive data leak over possible tax evasion, O Estado de S.Paulo said on Monday.

• Monday, April 4th 2016 - 06:52 UTC

  Arctic sea ice recorded its lowest maximum level on record

  

  The growth of Arctic sea ice this winter recorded the lowest maximum level on record, prompting fears of faster climate change than previously expected. Unusually warm temperatures were said to be responsible for the shrinkage.

• Monday, April 4th 2016 - 04:25 UTC

  Genscher, an architect of reunification and modern Germany dies in Bonn

  

  Hans-Dietrich Genscher, a widely respected German elder statesman who helped break down international resistance to the 1990 reunification of East and West Germany, died on Thursday at his home near Bonn. He was 89. His office confirmed the death, saying he had been stricken by heart failure. Bonn was West Germany’s capital during the Cold War.

• Monday, April 4th 2016 - 04:20 UTC

  Argentine Army reiterates its commitment to the Malvinas cause on invasion anniversary

  

  Argentina’s Army Chief Diego Luis Suner said on Saturday that the “Malvinas cause” continues to be a “national, standing and inalienable objective” of the Argentine people. The statement was made on the 34th anniversary of the South Atlantic conflict that was triggered by the Argentine military invasion of the Falklands in 1982.

• Monday, April 4th 2016 - 04:04 UTC

  Macri's ministers pledge not a single day rest in the fight for Malvinas sovereignty

  

  ”There's not going to be a single day in the four years of (President Mauricio Macri) government in which we will not continue to fight for our rights in the South Atlantic”, said Argentine Interior minister Rogelio Frigerio during the April 2 commemoration of Malvinas war veteran and Fallen Day in Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego.

• Sunday, April 3rd 2016 - 07:35 UTC

  Argentina promulgates bill which allows for payment of accord with bondholders

  The Argentine government made official the accord reached with the holdout funds sponsored by a New York federal court, to pay for defaulted bonds in a fifteen year litigation, following the approval of the bill by the Senate. This means Argentina can now look for funds in the international monetary market.