International

• Friday, February 19th 2016 - 20:18 UTC

  The RAF Search and Rescue force disbandment parade

  

  Thousands of people owe their lives to this unique unit whose iconic, but ageing, yellow Sea King helicopters have plucked injured fishermen from raging seas, winched climbers from treacherous cliffs, and airlifted flood victims from the rooftops of their homes.

• Friday, February 19th 2016 - 08:04 UTC

  Falklands' sovereignty issue “was settled more than thirty years ago”, says Fallon

  

  The Falkland Islands is one of Britain’s biggest military bases and as part of the UK was, “entitled to its cut of the defense budget,” Secretary of State for Defense Michael Fallon MP said on Tuesday as he visited the Falklands for the first time.

• Friday, February 19th 2016 - 04:49 UTC

  New study reveals patterns in Antarctic tourism: more visitors but highly concentrated in area

  

  Results from a new study examining 20 years of commercial cruise activity in the Antarctic Peninsula region have important implications for Antarctic visitor management. The paper was published online this week in the journal Antarctic Science, according to the latest release from IAATO.

• Friday, February 19th 2016 - 04:35 UTC

  Macri and Renzi vow to promote bilateral trade and Italian investments in Argentina

  

  President Mauricio Macri and visiting Italian premier Matteo Renzi vowed to “re-launch bilateral relations”, and emphasized the Italian interest in participating in energy, transport, gas and technology projects in the country which has become home to one of the largest Italian migrations.

• Thursday, February 18th 2016 - 07:16 UTC

  Russian Patriarch holds mass at the Bellingshausen Antarctic base

  

  Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill on Wednesday served mass at Russia’s Bellingshausen Antarctic station on Waterloo Island and raised a prayer for the entire world. It was the last leg of the Patriarch's Latin American tour that included a meeting with Pope Francis in Cuba, ending a Christianity schism of almost a thousand years.

• Thursday, February 18th 2016 - 06:51 UTC

  US congressional delegation visits Gibraltar in support of self determination

  

  A visiting delegation from the Congress of the United States has praised Gibraltar's economy and spoken of why they co-sponsored a bill supporting Gibraltar’s right to self-determination in the House of Representatives.

• Thursday, February 18th 2016 - 06:07 UTC

  Norway's Statoil joins Tullow Oil and expands share in Uruguay's Pelotas basin

  

  Norway’s Statoil said that it has signed an agreement with Tullow Oil to secure a 35% working interest in a Uruguay’s Pelotas basin exploration block 15, about 200 kilometers off the coast of Uruguay.

• Thursday, February 18th 2016 - 01:03 UTC

  Malvinas, a dream that can be rescued

  

  Under this heading Dante Caputo, a former Argentine foreign minister (1983/89) with an impeccable domestic and international academic background addresses the 'Malvinas question' and proposes Argentina sets a 2033 target for a new attempt on the Islands, this time trying to convince the Falkland Islanders, and that in seventeen years time, the country is reliable and sovereignty discussions should then take place.

• Wednesday, February 17th 2016 - 11:11 UTC

  Pollack announces a new settlement with Argentine bondholders

  

  The court-appointed mediator in the bonds dispute says Argentina has reached a settlement with bondholders seeking about 1% of the US$10 billion being pursued by investors. Mediator Daniel Pollack announced on Tuesday in New York the deal in the class action case. The deal came nearly two weeks after he announced two of six leading bondholders settled claims for more than US$1 billion.

• Wednesday, February 17th 2016 - 11:04 UTC

  Main oil exporters agree to freeze production, ...if all leading producers join

  

  Four of the world's biggest oil-producing nations moved to freeze their production on Tuesday to try to halt the 70 percent drop in the price of crude because of a glut of oil on world markets. The agreement was reached by the oil ministers of Russia and three members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, Saudi Arabia, Venezuela and Qatar, during a closed-door meeting in Doha, the Qatar capital.