Politics

Friday, January 13th 2017 - 11:04 UTC
Argentina announces ambitious financial program; road show begins Monday in London

Argentina struck an 18-month financing deal worth US$6 billion with six banks on Thursday, Finance Minister Luis Caputo told reporters, saying the government planned to tap international capital markets for US$10 billion in 2017. Sovereign bond issuance will start on Jan. 19, with a sale of US$3 billion to US$5 billion in U.S. dollar-denominated paper.
Friday, January 13th 2017 - 09:03 UTC
Falklands: 46 minefields to be cleared in two years pledges Foreign Office

Falkland Islanders can expect a total of 46 minefields cleared over the next two years in the Mount Longdon and Stanley area confirmed a Foreign and Commonwealth Office delegation in the Falklands this week. Mines are the long lasting and unwanted legacy of the 1982 war.
Friday, January 13th 2017 - 08:33 UTC
Lula da Silva is “preparing” to run for the presidency in 2018

Former Brazilian President Lula da Silva, confirmed Wednesday that “he is preparing” to run for the presidency in 2018, should it “be necessary.”
Friday, January 13th 2017 - 08:20 UTC
UK/Uruguay double taxation convention takes effect

The comprehensive Double Taxation Convention between Uruguay and the United Kingdom has taken effect from 1 January 2017.
Thursday, January 12th 2017 - 09:31 UTC
Trump's first press conference: the showman added little and beat the media

Defiant and unyielding, President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday adamantly denied reports that Russia had obtained compromising personal and financial information about him, calling it a “tremendous blot” on the record of the intelligence community if it had released such material.
Thursday, January 12th 2017 - 09:16 UTC
Falklands' patrol HMS Clyde undergoing maintenance work in South Africa

The Falklands’ permanent guard ship, HMS Clyde is undergoing refurbishment work at the South African naval dockyard in Simon’s Town in her first overhaul in five years. The vessel (P257) arrived in Simon’s Town on 22 December, and is scheduled to depart again on 20 February.
Thursday, January 12th 2017 - 08:53 UTC
Brexit uncertainty could lead to an exodus of 232.000 jobs from Britain, warns LSE

UK’s powerhouse financial sector would face heightened risk and an exodus of 232,000 jobs without certainty over Britain’s Brexit deal, MPs in the House of Commons have heard. Xavier Rolet, chief executive of the London Stock Exchange Group (LSE), said two thirds of the job losses would be felt outside Greater London, with the blow coming as soon as the euro clearing operation leaves Britain’s shores.
Thursday, January 12th 2017 - 08:45 UTC
Corbyn: Labour could support freedom of movement ...when Britain quits the EU

Labour does not rule out backing continued freedom of movement when Britain quits the European Union, Jeremy Corbyn said. The Opposition leader used a major speech on Brexit to set out plans to prevent cheap migrant labour from the EU undercutting British workers.
Thursday, January 12th 2017 - 06:26 UTC
Argentina prepared to share South Atlantic fisheries scientific data, says Malcorra

discuss hydrocarbon and fisheries issues in the South Atlantic with the UK, following on the road map agreed last September in the joint statement. These issues were described as “fundamental” and will be discussed in the Argentine congress, but others such as trade and navigation, do not need to be consulted with the legislative branch.
Thursday, January 12th 2017 - 06:16 UTC
Falklands' Museum and National Trust to receive decommissioned Sea King

In recognition of the time the Sea King helicopter has spent supporting both the military and the civilian population of the Falkland Islands, the UK Ministry of Defense has donated the decommissioned Sea King Search and Rescue Helicopter to the Falkland Islands Museum & National Trust.