International

Friday, June 8th 2012 - 20:35 UTC
Artefacts from controversial 1804 wreck stored in Gibraltar returned to Spain

Archaeological artefacts recovered from a controversial wreck and stored in a warehouse in Gibraltar were handed to Spanish authorities this week. The items were recovered by Odyssey Marine Exploration in 2007 from the wreck of “Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes”, a Spanish galleon that sank off Portugal in 1804.
Friday, June 8th 2012 - 20:21 UTC
China lowers key rates and gives banks more flexibility to help boost growth

China has cut its key interest rates for the first time since 2008, in an attempt to boost its slowing growth. The benchmark one-year loan rate was cut by a quarter of one percent to 6.31% while deposit rates were cut from 3.5% to 3.25%.
Friday, June 8th 2012 - 20:11 UTC
EU gets tough on border controls to address large-scale immigration

European Union governments would be able to suspend passport-free travel in parts of Europe for as long as two years under regulations proposed on Thursday to address concerns over large-scale immigration.
Friday, June 8th 2012 - 19:42 UTC
Browne turns down Timerman invitation to discuss Falklands next week in Buenos Aires

UK Foreign Office Minister Jeremy Browne turned down on Friday an invitation sent by Argentine Foreign Minister Héctor Timerman to visit Argentina. Timerman had hoped to meet with the UK government official in Buenos Aires when Browne makes his trip to the Falkland Islands next week.
Friday, June 8th 2012 - 02:54 UTC
Germany ready to bail out Spain; sovereign rating down to BBB negative outlook

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Europe was ready to act to ensure stability in the Euro zone as Spain's credit rating was cut by three notches amid expectations it may soon seek EU help for banks beset by bad debts.
Friday, June 8th 2012 - 01:35 UTC
China interested in a trade agreement with Mercosur reveals Uruguay

China has offered Mercosur to consider the possibility of negotiating a free trade agreement revealed Uruguay, when the South American block is going through one of its worst moments ever so distant from the integration process pledges of 1991.
Thursday, June 7th 2012 - 22:27 UTC
Fiji anticipates support for the C24 resolution on Falklands/Malvinas

Fiji will continue to be part of the consensus in support of the UN Decolonization Committee resolution regarding the Falklands/Malvinas dispute, anticipated the Pacific islands Foreign Affairs minister following a meeting with the non-resident Argentine Ambassador to Fiji, H.E. Pedro Villagra Delgado.
Thursday, June 7th 2012 - 22:21 UTC
New Zealanders “misinformed” about Malvinas war says Argentine ambassador

New Zealanders have been misinformed about the battle for the Falkland Islands between Great Britain and Argentina in 1982, the South American country's ambassador to New Zealand has told an audience in Palmerston North.
Thursday, June 7th 2012 - 21:26 UTC
Duke of Cambridge Falklands’ experience earns him his SAR captain wings

After sharpening his flying skills in the disputed Falkland Islands, the Duke of Cambridge has qualified as a helicopter search and rescue captain.
Thursday, June 7th 2012 - 21:20 UTC
UK blasts Argentina’s “domineering position” and attempt to impose a blockade on the Falklands

Argentina is trying to impose an “economic blockade” on the Falkland Islands, said Foreign Office Minister Jeremy Browne who made plain clear that the people of the Falklands are free to determine their own political arrangements and were not to be part of ”some sort of trade-off” over their heads.