International

• Tuesday, August 20th 2013 - 01:14 UTC

  Tolmount gas discovery in the North Sea could be one of the largest in a decade

  

  Germany's E.ON says the size of a gas discovery made in the UK almost two years ago could be “significantly” larger than it previously thought. The integrated player said data from a recent appraisal well at the Tolmount discovery off the UK could make the find “one of the largest discoveries made in this part of the North Sea for several years”.

• Tuesday, August 20th 2013 - 01:07 UTC

  UK espionage next in the list of revelations, anticipates Greenwald

  

  Journalist Glenn Greenwald, who broke news on former security contractor Edward Snowden’s allegations of U.S. surveillance programs, said he will publish revelations on U.K. intelligence after his partner was detained in London.

• Tuesday, August 20th 2013 - 01:04 UTC

  Nine Argentine professionals awarded Chevening Scholarships to study in the UK

  

  Nine Argentine professionals have been awarded Chevening Scholarships that will enable them to continue their graduate studies in the United Kingdom. The UK government scholarship program is an annual announcement and covers all of the student’s expenses, including travel, health insurance and accommodation.

• Monday, August 19th 2013 - 18:53 UTC

  Falklands’ Day celebrated on 14 August remembers first recorded sighting by John Davis in 1592

  

  Falkland Islands Day was celebrated last Wednesday 14 August with a reception at Government House in Stanley hosted by Governor Nigel Haywood. The date marks the first recorded sighting of the Falklands on 14 August 1592 by English explorer John Davis who captaining the 120-ton vessel ‘Desire’ in that month was blown by a storm into ‘certaine Isles never before discovered’. Davis account was published in 1600 in London by Richard Hakluyt.

• Monday, August 19th 2013 - 18:47 UTC

  Princess Anne to Buenos Aires next month for the International Olympic Committee

  

  The Princess Royal will visit Argentina next month despite the strong possibility of violent anti-British protests, reports the British media. Princess Anne is attending in Buenos Aires the 125th International Olympic Committee Session, which will decide the venue for the 2020 Games.

• Monday, August 19th 2013 - 13:04 UTC

  Quadripartite admits talks with Spain but with Gibraltar having voice, vote and veto, says opposition

  

  Gibraltar opposition Leader Daniel Feetham has urged a cooling down of the language in the row with Spain and confirmed that the GSD Opposition would agree to quadripartite talks with Spain so long as the Gibraltar delegation retained its own separate voice, vote and veto.

• Monday, August 19th 2013 - 12:52 UTC

  Margaret Thatcher documents: King Juan Carlos in no rush to recover Gibraltar because of Morocco threat

  

  Spain’s King Juan Carlos told Margaret Thatcher’s most senior official at least twice that “it was not in fact in the interests of Spain to recover Gibraltar soon, even if it were possible.” Instead he agreed with the United Kingdom that it was for Spain to make herself attractive to the Gibraltarian people.

• Friday, August 16th 2013 - 18:00 UTC

  Canadian bank abandons Uruguay following raid on its office on request from Argentine judge

  

  The Royal Bank of Canada, RBC, is abandoning Uruguay following a raid in its offices at Zonamerica ordered by a Uruguayan magistrate on request from Argentina during which computers, documents on clients and even cell phones from staff were seized by the intervening party which included on-watching Argentine treasury police.

• Friday, August 16th 2013 - 17:42 UTC

  World Cup 2014 exposes Brazil’s lack of non-commercial aircraft infrastructure

  

  Non-commercial aircraft are expected to carry as many as one in nine international visitors to the World Cup in Brazil next year by some estimates, but industry leaders say the country is unprepared for the oncoming swarm.

• Friday, August 16th 2013 - 16:31 UTC

  UK asks EU to ‘urgently’ send a team to gather evidence on Gibraltar/Spain ‘borders’ row

  

  Britain has asked the EU to “urgently” send a team to Gibraltar “to gather evidence” on extra border checks at the centre of a growing row with Spain. PM David Cameron spoke to EU Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso to raise “serious concerns” that Spain's actions are “politically motivated”.