International

Friday, May 4th 2012 - 05:57 UTC
Falklands joins Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee global celebrations

The Falkland Islands Government has set aside £3,000 for Queen Elizabeth’s Diamond Jubilee events. Some of this funding is available to people who wish to organize community events and £500 has been allocated for events on the West.
Friday, May 4th 2012 - 00:36 UTC
ECB calls on governments to put “growth at the centre of the agenda”

The European Central Bank, meeting in Spain on Thursday, held interest rates at historic lows but insisted it was up to governments to find ways of boosting growth without busting fiscal rules.
Friday, May 4th 2012 - 00:31 UTC
Bank of England governor admits more should have done to prevent the crisis

After coming under fire for years for refusing to accept responsibility for the crisis, Bank of England governor Mervyn King said in his BBC Today Program Lecture that the BoE should have done more -- but added that the bank's hands had been somewhat tied.
Thursday, May 3rd 2012 - 22:08 UTC
UN Ban Ki-moon message on World Press Freedom Day, May 3

“In an era of rapid and often momentous change, the value of a vigorous, independent and pluralistic press is undeniable.
Thursday, May 3rd 2012 - 22:01 UTC
UN highlights role of press freedom as catalyst for social and political change

United Nations top officials today May 3 highlighted the power of press freedom to spark social and political change and to hold governments accountable, stressing that this vital right must be ensured across the world by creating the conditions that allow journalists to perform their work safely.
Thursday, May 3rd 2012 - 21:56 UTC
IAPA pays homage to the 24 journalists from Latam killed over the last 12 months

As we near the 70th anniversary of the founding of the Inter American Press Association this month, I’d also like to take this especial date, May 3, World Press Freedom Day, as an opportunity to pay homage to the 24 journalists from Brazil, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico and Peru that were killed over the last 12 months. Our thoughts are with their families and colleagues, especially because in the majority of these cases, justice has not yet been done.
Thursday, May 3rd 2012 - 21:49 UTC
World Press Freedom Day: “One news provider killed every five days”

Today Amy 3, World Press Freedom Day 2012, Reporters Without Borders condemns the furious pace of physical attacks on news providers and reports that a total of 21 journalists, and 6 citizen journalists have been killed since the start of 2012, many of them in war zones such as Somalia and Syria. This is a rate of one news provider killed every five days.
Thursday, May 3rd 2012 - 13:38 UTC
Falkland Islands: Reaction to Argentine Olympic Advert

We were very disappointed this morning to see the advert from the Argentine Presidential Office, attempting to politicise the Olympics in service of their territorial ambitions. This video was filmed without the knowledge of the Falkland Islands authorities.
Thursday, May 3rd 2012 - 07:44 UTC
HMS Dauntless en route to Falklands participates in 11 nations exercise

HMS Dauntless impressed the members of other navies during a multinational exercise in the Atlantic last week to practise improving security at sea. Exercise Saharan Express, which took place off the coast of Senegal, saw military personnel from 11 nations, including France, Gambia, Senegal and Morocco, training to deal with people-trafficking, piracy, drug-smuggling and illegal fishing.
Thursday, May 3rd 2012 - 07:39 UTC
US and EU concerned with “investment climate” following Bolivia’s seizure of Spanish power company

Bolivian President Evo Morales Government’s decision to nationalize the main power transport company that was in hands of Red Eléctrica Española (REE) generated claims from Spain, while United States and the European Union showed their “concern.”