International

• Thursday, September 29th 2011 - 00:40 UTC

  ‘Why support Argentina financially when the country threatens Falklands?’

  

  Why should the UK support Argentina financially when the country is acting against British interests particularly in issues such as the Falkland Islands, asks an article in the Mail-online.

• Wednesday, September 28th 2011 - 23:42 UTC

  Argentine minister and UK generals exchange blows on Faklands defence

  

  “Force” and “defence budgets” are the only reason Great Britain can wield in support of the Malvinas Islands where “it holds 2.000 people hostage on Islands of Argentine sovereignty”, said Argentine Defence minister Arturo Puricelli.

• Wednesday, September 28th 2011 - 15:00 UTC

  Travel and tourism industry account for 9% of world GDP and 260 million jobs

  

  The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) urged governments to recognize the vast economic and social contribution of travel and tourism - particularly as a driver of sustainable economic growth and revival.

• Wednesday, September 28th 2011 - 01:42 UTC

  UK opens consultation period on new strategy for Overseas Territories

  

  The Foreign Office has launched a consultation on a new strategy for the Overseas Territories and is inviting views from people of those Territories and the UK on how to implement the goals.

• Wednesday, September 28th 2011 - 01:17 UTC

  Germany promises help to rebuild confidence in debt-stricken Greece

  

  Germany will do all it can to rebuild confidence in debt-stricken Greece as it implements reforms to meet the conditions of its international bailout package, Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Tuesday.

• Tuesday, September 27th 2011 - 23:45 UTC

  Odyssey locates British WW II shipwreck with 200m silver haul onboard

  

  A British cargo ship sunk during the Second World War has been discovered in the Atlantic with the world's largest ever haul of precious metal onboard.

• Tuesday, September 27th 2011 - 14:30 UTC

  World's best travelling nationalities (and peculiarities) according to CNN

  

  Mention the word “tourist” and you can be forgiven for recalling the expectorations, feeble linguistic skills and criminally small swimming briefs of this homogenous traveller “race.” But not everyone’s like that.

• Tuesday, September 27th 2011 - 05:15 UTC

  UK reaffirms Falklands’ sovereignty: ‘they are British and not negotiable’

  

  The UK has no doubts about Falkland Islands sovereignty: ‘they are British and they are not negotiable’, said on Monday a Foreign Office spokesperson in reply to a Sunday statement from the G77 plus China calling on Argentina and UK to resume sovereignty negotiations over the South Atlantic Islands.

• Tuesday, September 27th 2011 - 01:44 UTC

  Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu face 7.6bn dollars claim for failing to detect major auditing frauds

  

  Giant accounting and consulting firm Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu has been accused of failing to detect fraud during audits of a mortgage firm which failed during the US housing crash.

• Monday, September 26th 2011 - 17:15 UTC

  Greek minister denies talks with IMF and EXB for an “orderly default”

  

  Greek Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos dismissed reports that he has discussed a scenario of an orderly default by Athens with International Monetary Fund Chief Christine Lagarde and European Central Bank head Jean-Claude Trichet.