Politics

• Tuesday, August 20th 2013 - 21:53 UTC

  Falklands ‘under British sovereignty since 1765’, says Commissioner Drake

  

  British sovereignty of the Falkland Islands dates to 1765 and although Britain did not establish a permanent presence until 1833, it formally protested at sporadic Argentine attempts to assert sovereignty, points out Howard Drake, British High Commissioner to Canada.

• Tuesday, August 20th 2013 - 21:49 UTC

  The Guardian forced by UK government to destroy Snowden material

  

  The British authorities forced the Guardian newspaper to destroy material leaked by Edward Snowden, its editor has revealed, calling it a “pointless” move that would not prevent further reporting on US and British surveillance programs.

• Tuesday, August 20th 2013 - 21:45 UTC

  PM Cameron’s office was ‘kept abreast’ with the decision to detain Greenwald’s partner

  

  The Prime Minister’s office, 10 Downing Street, was “kept abreast” of the decision to detain David Miranda, the partner of Guardian journalist Glenn Greenwald who has written about US and British surveillance programs based on leaks by Edward Snowden, a spokesperson has revealed.

• Tuesday, August 20th 2013 - 21:35 UTC

  EC agrees to send fact-finding mission to investigate Spain controls at Gibraltar border

  

  European Commission president Jose Manuel Durao Barroso and Spain’s Mariano Rajoy discussed Gibraltar on the phone and agreed that the Commission should dispatch observers to the border “as soon as possible” to examine controls on the movement of people and goods, the EC said in a statement.

• Tuesday, August 20th 2013 - 21:27 UTC

  UK rejects Spain proposal for one-on-one talks on Gibraltar sovereignty

  

  Britain rejected a Spanish proposal to hold one-on-one talks over the sovereignty of the contested British overseas territory (BOT) of Gibraltar after Spain issued an appeal for such negotiations to be held “as soon as possible”.

• Tuesday, August 20th 2013 - 21:17 UTC

  Garcia-Margallo column in the WSJ: “We need to talk about Gibraltar”

  

  The following column was published on Tuesday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal displaying the Spanish position in the current dispute with Gibraltar and the border controls.
  The column is credited to Jose Manuel García-Margallo who is Spain’s Foreign minister.

• Tuesday, August 20th 2013 - 01:50 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez losing her nerve; furiously blasts journalist for exposing her trip to tax-haven Seychelles

  

  The Argentine government replied furiously on Sunday night to the latest chapter of journalist Jorge Lanata program on corruption in Argentina which so far had exposed top officials and protected businesspeople of the Kirchner couple administrations but on this occasion targeted President Cristina Fernandez and her non disclosed two-day visit last January to the Seychelles islands a renowned tax haven.

• Tuesday, August 20th 2013 - 01:07 UTC

  UK espionage next in the list of revelations, anticipates Greenwald

  

  Journalist Glenn Greenwald, who broke news on former security contractor Edward Snowden’s allegations of U.S. surveillance programs, said he will publish revelations on U.K. intelligence after his partner was detained in London.

• Tuesday, August 20th 2013 - 01:04 UTC

  Nine Argentine professionals awarded Chevening Scholarships to study in the UK

  

  Nine Argentine professionals have been awarded Chevening Scholarships that will enable them to continue their graduate studies in the United Kingdom. The UK government scholarship program is an annual announcement and covers all of the student’s expenses, including travel, health insurance and accommodation.

• Monday, August 19th 2013 - 18:53 UTC

  Falklands’ Day celebrated on 14 August remembers first recorded sighting by John Davis in 1592

  

  Falkland Islands Day was celebrated last Wednesday 14 August with a reception at Government House in Stanley hosted by Governor Nigel Haywood. The date marks the first recorded sighting of the Falklands on 14 August 1592 by English explorer John Davis who captaining the 120-ton vessel ‘Desire’ in that month was blown by a storm into ‘certaine Isles never before discovered’. Davis account was published in 1600 in London by Richard Hakluyt.