International

• Wednesday, February 6th 2013 - 21:53 UTC

  Uruguay promotes a free trade agreement of Mercosur with Canada

  

  Foreign minister Luis Almagro announced that Uruguay will work for a free trade agreement between Mercosur and Canada during the first half of the year when Uruguay holds the chair of the South American group that also includes Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Venezuela.

• Wednesday, February 6th 2013 - 19:50 UTC

  Falklands willing to meet Timerman ‘any time’ for rational conversation as ‘one human being to another’

  

  The Argentine government refusal to speak to the Falkland Islands representatives is ‘unacceptable” in this day and age of modern democracies. Nevertheless the two Falklands lawmakers currently in London have said they would be very happy to meet with Foreign Minister Hector Timerman at any time this week to have “a rational conversation as one human being to another”.

• Wednesday, February 6th 2013 - 18:50 UTC

  Timerman comments on the Falkland Islanders and Jewish settlers ‘offend’ MPs

  

  British Member of Parliament Alun Cairns, and a member of the All Party Group on Argentina, said he was offended by some the comments made by Argentine Foreign Minister Hector Timerman during their meeting to discuss the Falklands issue on Tuesday in the House of Commons.

• Wednesday, February 6th 2013 - 06:00 UTC

  “Timerman can go to bed and dream of owning the Falklands”, but reality is different

  

  Foreign Minister Timerman can go to bed tonight and dream of owning the Falklands in twenty years if he wishes, but there’s not much reality to it, pointed out a Falklands’ lawmaker reacting to the Argentine minister’s statements on Tuesday to the UK media.

• Wednesday, February 6th 2013 - 05:19 UTC

  MPs call on Timerman “to listen to the people who live in the Falklands”

  

  After a first day of mixed results, Argentine Foreign Minister Hector Timerman Malvinas lobbying in London is looking ahead to a more friendly, less combative two-day scenario at the Argentine embassy with the ‘Pro-dialogue’ group where he plans to promote Argentina’s Malvinas sovereignty claims that reject point blank any dialogue or the right to self determination for the people of the Falklands.

• Tuesday, February 5th 2013 - 19:33 UTC

  Timerman meets Falklands’ lawmaker but dismisses any form of dialogue

  

  Argentine Foreign Minister Hector Timerman dismissed another attempt by Falkland Islands representatives to engage in dialogue and refused to accept a letter addressed to him and a newly published booklet on the Falklands History.

• Tuesday, February 5th 2013 - 19:17 UTC

  Osborne says with reform bill “no UK government would ever again bail-out an entire bank”

  

  British Chancellor George Osborne has announced the Banking Reform Bill that will not only see savers’ deposits safeguarded but also enforce rules to make it easier for consumers to switch bank accounts.

• Tuesday, February 5th 2013 - 17:39 UTC

  “Falklands will be under Argentine control within 20 years”, Timerman tells UK media

  

  The Falklands Islands will be under Argentine control within 20 years, Minister Hector Timerman said in an interview with The Guardian and The Independent in London insisting that not one single country in the world supports the UK governing the Falklands.

• Tuesday, February 5th 2013 - 17:03 UTC

  France insists Euro is too strong; fears it could undermine exports

  

  French President François Hollande called on the Euro zone on Tuesday to develop an exchange rate policy to help protect the common currency from “irrational movements”. His comments came amid growing concern that the Euro, now trading around 1.35 to the US dollar, is too strong and could undermine the country’s exporters and hence wider economic growth.

• Tuesday, February 5th 2013 - 02:08 UTC

  Widespread football match fixing and criminal network uncovered by Europol

  

  A major investigation involving Europol and police teams from 13 European countries has uncovered an extensive criminal network involved in widespread football match-fixing. A total of 425 match officials, club officials, players, and serious criminals, from more than 15 countries, are suspected of being involved in attempts to fix more than 380 professional football matches.