International

• Saturday, June 2nd 2012 - 04:50 UTC

  Falklands’ new generation will attend the C24 meeting in New York

  

  Two young Islanders will accompany Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly Members to a special session of the United Nations Special Committee on Decolonisation (C24) this month in New York.

• Saturday, June 2nd 2012 - 04:39 UTC

  “We need political will on both sides” to reach agreement on Falklands/Malvinas says Argüello

  

  By Rebecca Kendall (*) - It has been 30 years since the war over the Falkland/Malvinas Islands ended, but the question of sovereignty in the Islands, located 248 miles off the coast of Argentina, is still very much fresh in the minds of those closest to the issue, including Argentina’s Ambassador to the United States Jorge Argüello.

• Saturday, June 2nd 2012 - 04:07 UTC

  World-wide celebrations as Overseas Territories honour Queen’s Diamond Jubilee

  

  Like many other countries around the world, the UK's Overseas Territories will be marking The Queen's Diamond Jubilee by lighting Beacons. They will join the Beacon lighting across the UK, continuing a tradition, first started to communicate but now carried out as a symbol of unity.

• Saturday, June 2nd 2012 - 03:22 UTC

  Argentine experts on alert in Athens to help with bail-out if Greece exits the Euro

  

  American International Group Inc (AIG) has assigned staff from Argentina to advise their counterparts in Athens as the bailed-out insurer prepares for a possible Greek exit from the Euro.

• Saturday, June 2nd 2012 - 03:01 UTC

  Black Friday for markets; US dismal jobs report and European crisis

  

  US stocks fell more than 2% on Friday, dragging the Dow Jones into negative territory for the year after a dismal US jobs report added to fears that Europe's spiralling debt crisis was dragging down the world economy.

• Saturday, June 2nd 2012 - 02:49 UTC

  Euro zone unemployment hits a new record low: 17.4 million out of work

  

  Euro zone unemployment has hit a record high, and job losses are likely to keep climbing as the bloc's devastating debt crisis eats away at businesses' ability to hire workers while indebted governments continue to cut staff.

• Friday, June 1st 2012 - 07:07 UTC

  US delegation at OAS assembly will reiterate Falklands/Malvinas a bilateral issue

  

  United States will reiterate at the coming OAS General Assembly that the Falklands/Malvinas Islands difference is a bilateral issue to be resolved between Argentina and the UK, which means the US delegation, will not take position in a possible declaration in support of Argentina.

• Friday, June 1st 2012 - 06:52 UTC

  Paraguayan president returns after a two-week controversial tour of Asia

  

  Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo returns home this week after a two-week” tour of Asia where he went in search of new markets for Paraguay’s two largest exports, beef and soy.

• Friday, June 1st 2012 - 02:24 UTC

  Uruguay looks to China to expand trade and services, and attract more investment

  

  Uruguay looks forward to increase trade with China in value and diversification as Beijing commands a bigger economic and cooperation role in South America, Uruguayan Foreign Minister Luis Almagro said in an interview with China Daily.

• Friday, June 1st 2012 - 02:20 UTC

  Spain calls on US and IMF for political support in helping the banking system

  

  The United States and Spain discussed the possibility that direct loans from Europe's emergency fund could be a solution for ailing European banks, Spanish Deputy Prime Minister Soraya Saenz de Santamaria said Thursday.