Politics

Thursday, February 2nd 2017 - 08:02 UTC
Falkland Islands receives Red Cross representatives

Two representatives from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) tasked with identifying fallen Argentine soldiers buried at Darwin cemetery, are due to arrive in the Falkland Islands on Thursday, 2nd February for 9 days.
Wednesday, February 1st 2017 - 09:16 UTC
Spain insists, co-sovereignty proposal for Gibraltar is “a generous offer”

Spain is seeking “the consensus of everyone” in order to further its sovereignty aspirations over Gibraltar, the country’s Minister for Foreign Affairs said in an interview at the weekend.Alfonso Dastis Quecedo told La Vanguardia newspaper that “there is no doubt” as to Spain’s position in respect of the Rock. “We want that piece of Spain to be reintegrated into Spain,” he said.
Wednesday, February 1st 2017 - 09:00 UTC
Trump begins to forge conservative Supreme Court; Democrats expected to battle nomination

President Donald Trump nominated Neil Gorsuch, a fast-rising conservative judge with a writer’s flair, to the Supreme Court on Tuesday, a selection expected to spark a fierce fight with Democrats over a jurist who could shape America’s legal landscape for decades to come.
Wednesday, February 1st 2017 - 08:47 UTC
Parliament expected to support bill to open way for Brexit negotiations

British Members of Parliament are to vote later whether to give Theresa May the power to get Brexit negotiations under way. The government is expected to win, with most Conservative and Labour MPs set to back its European Union Bill.
Wednesday, February 1st 2017 - 06:34 UTC
Falklands: Argentine lawmakers propose two “spaces of confidence” one with UK, the other with Islanders

Argentine lawmakers visiting the UK proposed “generating a space of confidence between Argentina and the UK, and between Argentina and the Islanders, so that in the future a good faith discussion” on the Malvinas Islands sovereignty can be addressed. Likewise additional flights to the Falklands must at some point call in Argentina.
Tuesday, January 31st 2017 - 21:56 UTC
Brazil to lift restrictions on foreign ownership of airlines and farm land

President Michel Temer will propose legislation to lift restrictions on foreign ownership of airlines and agricultural land in Brazil as he strives to pull the economy out of a two-year recession, government sources said on Monday.
Tuesday, January 31st 2017 - 21:14 UTC
House of Commons begins two-day debate on Brexit formal process

British MPs are to begin on Tuesday two days of debate over the government's parliamentary bill to get the formal process of Brexit under way. Discussions on the European Union Bill have been extended to midnight on Tuesday to accommodate more speakers, with a vote to take place on Wednesday.
Tuesday, January 31st 2017 - 21:03 UTC
Brazilian government is “meeting its budget deficit”, says minister Meirelles

Brazil's central government registered a primary budget deficit of 154.255 billion reais (US$49.40 billion) in 2016, meeting its target but recording a third consecutive annual deficit that reflects the dire state of the country's finances. In December, the country posted a primary deficit of 60.124 billion reais (US$19.25 billion).
Tuesday, January 31st 2017 - 20:31 UTC
Sapphire Jubilee for Queen Elizabeth II on February

Queen Elizabeth II is to make history when she becomes the first British monarch to reach their Sapphire Jubilee. On February 6, the anniversary of the day she was crowned the Queen will have reigned for 65 years. But there are no grand festivities planned to mark the head-of-state’s new milestone.
Tuesday, January 31st 2017 - 12:17 UTC
Argentina makes it easier to deport foreigners who commit crimes or with records

Argentina changed its immigration law to make it easier to deport foreigners who commit crimes and to prohibit individuals with criminal records from entering the country, according to a post in the government's official bulletin on Monday.