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  • Tuesday, March 10th 2015 - 08:34 UTC

    Spain insists in blocking Gibraltar from EU single sky measures

    García-Margallo has been pressing for Gibraltar to be excluded from a new trench EU Single Sky measures, currently frozen because of the row

    Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Garcia Margallo has renewed his bid to have Gibraltar excluded from the European Union aviation measures. According to Spanish wire reports he raised the issue in Riga during a conference of foreign ministers which was intended to focus on the crisis with Russia and Ukraine.

  • Tuesday, March 10th 2015 - 06:17 UTC

    Saudi Arabia largest importer of defense equipment in 2014, and probably 2015

    Moores said “the Middle East is the biggest regional market and there are USD110 billion in opportunities in coming decade.”

    Saudi Arabia has replaced India as the largest importer of defense equipment worldwide and took the top spot as the number one trading partner for the US in 2014, according to IHS’ annual Global Defense Trade Report.

  • Tuesday, March 10th 2015 - 06:12 UTC

    Former French Olympic sports' figures die in helicopter collision in Argentina

    “Apparently, the two helicopters collided as they were filming. There are no survivors,” said La Rioja government spokesperson Horacio Alarcón.

    Two helicopters have collided in mid-air in northern Argentina, killing 10 people including cast members filming a French reality show, officials said. The crash happened Monday afternoon in a mountainous part of La Rioja, a scenic area popular with tourists, around 1,100 kilometres north of the capital Buenos Aires.

  • Tuesday, March 10th 2015 - 06:02 UTC

    Commonwealth Day 2015: Message from The Queen, Head of the Commonwealth

    The Queen attends the Commonwealth Observance at Westminster Abbey

    One simple lesson from history is that when people come together to talk, to exchange ideas and to develop common goals, wonderful things can happen. So many of the world's greatest technological and industrial achievements have begun as partnerships between families, countries, and even continents. But, as we are often reminded, the opposite can also be true. When common goals fall apart, so does the exchange of ideas. And if people no longer trust or understand each other, the talking will soon stop too.

  • Tuesday, March 10th 2015 - 03:21 UTC

    Argentina's top tax official attends HSBC hearings at UK Parliament

    AFIP chief Ricardo Echegaray and the Argentine ambassador Alicia Castro outside Parliament

    Argentina wants HSBC Holdings Plc to repatriate 3.5 billion dollars the bank's Argentine branch moved offshore to help clients evade taxes and move capital abroad, the country's tax chief Ricardo Echegaray said on Monday during a hearing which took place at the House of Commons in London, where top executives of HSBC were present.

  • Tuesday, March 10th 2015 - 00:14 UTC

    Young Falkland Islanders attend Commonwealth Day events in London

    Kalon Jaffray and Jessica McPhee will be given a tour of the Houses of Parliament, and attend the Commonwealth Day Observance at Westminster Abbey.

    Young Falkland Islands students studying in the United Kingdom, Kalon Jaffray and Jessica McPhee will be attending the Commonwealth Day events in London, which this year emphasize on the youth of the Commonwealth under the title of ”A Young Commonwealth”.

  • Monday, March 9th 2015 - 23:32 UTC

    St Elena's airport will receive its first airplane test landing next July

    A few years ago the British government decided to build an international airport, a calling point for air bridges to the south.(Pic. St. Helena online)

    The very first airplane landing on St Helena’s new airport is due to take place in July, seven months before the target date for its completion. St Elena is situated in the middle of the Atlantic, and besides being a volcanic island is world famous since Napoleon was kept under arrest by the British until his death.

  • Monday, March 9th 2015 - 11:45 UTC

    February's FAO Food Price Index at is lowest value since early 2010

    Prices of wheat, coarse grains and rice were all lower, but the decline was most pronounced for wheat, reflecting improvement in wheat production prospects

    The FAO Food Price Index averaged 179. 4 points in February 2015, down 1.8 points (1.0 percent) from its January value and 29 points (14.0 percent) below its level in February 2014. Prices of cereals, meat and, especially, sugar, dipped last month, while they remained steady in the case of oils and rebounded sharply in the case of dairy products. The index has been on a declining path since April 2014 and has now reached its lowest value since July 2010.

  • Monday, March 9th 2015 - 08:07 UTC

    Transparency International claims BOT are used to launder 'corrupt' money

    New research showed 36,342 London properties covering 2.25 square miles were held by hidden companies registered in ‘offshore havens’, the organization said.

    British territories including Gibraltar are being used by criminals and foreign officials to launder ‘corrupt’ money through the purchase of up market UK properties, according to the respected anti-corruption organization Transparency International.

  • Monday, March 9th 2015 - 07:39 UTC

    Colombia and FARC agree to clear minefields; 11.000 people killed in 15 years

    The International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL-CMC) ranked Colombia second behind Afghanistan for highest number of children killed or wounded by landmines

    Colombian government and Marxist oriented guerrillas jointly announced an agreement to remove landmines and other explosives from the battlefield in a sign of progress in their two-year-old peace talks being held in Cuba.