International

• Monday, October 5th 2015 - 19:23 UTC

  Falklands' veteran Simon Weston launches book on “My Life; My Story”

  

  A Falklands' war veteran who survived the bombing of his ship when most of those on board were killed takes to the stage to tell the story of his life. In “My Life; My Story”, which comes to East Grinstead's Chequer Mead on Friday, October 16, Simon Weston OBE, will share truths about the conflict, the day the RFA Sir Galahad was attacked and the impact the event and its consequences have had since.

• Monday, October 5th 2015 - 08:29 UTC

  Gibraltar calls for UK to remain in the EU: “it needs to be fixed, not thrown away”

  

  The European Union needs to be ‘fixed, not thrown away’, Gibraltar Chief Minister Fabian Picardo has said in a letter to The Times. The letter follows news that Nigel Lawson is to lead the Conservative movement to leave the EU and Mr. Picardo told the newspaper that those whose best future lies in remaining in a secure Europe “need to speak up”.

• Monday, October 5th 2015 - 08:16 UTC

  St Helena airport certification exercises planned for this month and November

  

  British Overseas Territory St Helena is closer to the official opening of its airport following a series of calibration flights by the first aircraft to successfully land and takeoff from the mid Atlantic island.

• Monday, October 5th 2015 - 07:35 UTC

  “Hands off, Tories will never sell out the Falklands”:Hammond's message to Cristina Fernandez

  

  UK Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond has issued a firm hands-off warning to Argentina by insisting the government will “never sell out” the Falkland Islands. The Foreign Secretary insisted the “bullying and harassment” against the Islanders must stop, adding it is counter-productive and “shameful”.

• Monday, October 5th 2015 - 07:24 UTC

  Support for Falklands and self determination remains solid in Labour conference

  

  Support for the Falkland Islands and its right to self-determination remains solid, despite the change of leadership in the Labour party, said Sukey Cameron Falkland Islands Government Office (FIGO) in London who is attending with, Islands' lawmakers the round of party conferences in the UK.

• Monday, October 5th 2015 - 07:13 UTC

  Falklands lawmakers meet Labour MPs and shadow ministers at Brighton conference

  

  Busy days for Falklands lawmakers and the representative of the Islands' government office in London, FIGO, as they attend the round of British parties conference in England for political contacts and to commercially promote the Falklands.

• Saturday, October 3rd 2015 - 08:47 UTC

  Argentina will pay $5.9bn mature Boden 15 bonds on Monday, and issue new debt

  

  Argentina on Monday will pay the $5.9 billion maturity due for its Boden 15 bonds in cash and issue new debt the following day, Economy Minister Axel Kicillof said on Friday. Argentina which is in technical default on some debt because of a legal fight with bondholders in the United States, targets raising $500 million in the auction of notes under Argentine law, Kicillof told a news conference.

• Saturday, October 3rd 2015 - 07:37 UTC

  Gibraltar's new governor is a former Royal Marine, who takes office in early 2016

  

  In a press release issued by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office on October 1, it was announced that the new Governor of Gibraltar would be former Royal Marine Lieutenant General Edward (Ed) Davis CB CBE.

• Friday, October 2nd 2015 - 06:19 UTC

  Cold 'blob' in part of North Atlantic Ocean puzzles scientists

  

  Over the past few months, scientists have been trying to explain an area of very cold temperatures in a part of the North Atlantic Ocean. In fact, when the rest of the world was recording above average highs in temperature, making the year the hottest to-date, this part of the Atlantic was cold. The area is being called the Atlantic “blob.”

• Friday, October 2nd 2015 - 06:09 UTC

  Zurich, Geneva and New York, most expensive cities in the world, says UBS

  

  UBS released on Thursday the 16th edition of its UBS Prices and Earnings study, which examines prices, wages and earners' purchasing power in 71 cities worldwide. The study, published roughly every three years since 1971, compiles over 68,000 data points reflecting economic events that have shaped the world since the last edition in 2012.