Mercosur

• Thursday, May 22nd 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Leaders meet to launch Union of South American Nations

  A South American leaders' summit is scheduled for Friday in Brazil where the visiting heads of government and host President Lula da Silva will be signing the legal framework of the charter for the Union of South American Nations, Unasur.

• Thursday, May 22nd 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Paraguay & Uruguay agree on new approach to Mercosur

  Paraguay's President elect Fernando Lugo and Uruguayan President Tabare Vazquez agreed to work jointly in Mercosur affairs to help improve the bargaining power of the junior partners that have repeatedly complained that the block has become a two member club, Argentina-Brazil.

• Tuesday, May 20th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  UK apologizes to Argentina over Falkland Island incident

  

  A bone believed to belong to an Argentine airman killed in 1982 and discovered in 1986 has been found to have been retained at the Police Station in Stanley, Falkland Islands without the Argentine Authorities being informed.

• Monday, May 19th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  “Quantum” yield keep Mercosur/EU trade talks stalled

  Mercosur and European Union trade negotiations remain stalled following on Saturday's meeting in Lima according to reports from the Argentine press. Argentine president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner and the head of the European Commission Jose Manuel Borroso could only agree that it was a discussion with “passion” and if “no country yields, there's no agreement”.

• Thursday, May 15th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  EU and Mercosur address trade accord in Peru

  Negotiations for an association, trade and cooperation agreement between the European Union and Mercosur are in stand by waiting for results from the World Trade Organization, Doha round, said the European Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso.

• Saturday, May 10th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  “Foreign Press Association of New York celebrates 90 years”

  The Foreign Press Association of New York, the oldest media organization in the United States, is celebrating its 90th Anniversary this year with Carl Bernstein as the keynote speaker at a gala dinner to be held on May 13 at the Roosevelt Hotel in Manhattan.

• Tuesday, May 6th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Falklands trawler in South Georgia icefish survey

  

  The Falkland Island registered trawler “Sil” has been chartered by Government of South Georgia, South Sandwich Islands for a research fishing cruise.

• Friday, May 2nd 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Falkland Islands: Weekly Penguin News update

  

  Headlines: Concordia Bay is on her way; Anger at squid fee hike; Argentine protest at drilling plans; Co-op in difficulty?

• Wednesday, April 30th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Falklands councillor talks tourism at conference

  

  A Falklands councillor invited to give an opening presentation at a tourism industry infrastructure meeting in Gibraltar will describe the Falklands experience in setting up an industry from nothing.

• Wednesday, April 30th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  US households spending grows the slowest since 2001

  

  The United States economy expanded at an annual rate of 0.6% in the first quarter of 2008, exceeding analyst expectations of an annualized growth rate of 0.2%.