Politics

• Sunday, November 18th 2012 - 23:54 UTC

  No dispute over Falklands issues

  

  Two Members of Westminster Parliament have been visiting the Islands during this period of remembrance as guests of the Falkland Islands Government.

• Sunday, November 18th 2012 - 02:55 UTC

  'New Falklands horse racing book attracts record sales'

  

  Falklands Governor Mr. Nigel Haywood CVO receiving a copy of the newly published book 'The Christmas Sports' from the author, during a reception hosted by the Governor and his wife at Government House to celebrate the official launch of the book which was researched and written by Patrick Watts MBE - the official race commentator for the past 40 years.

• Saturday, November 17th 2012 - 23:29 UTC

  Argentina in last minute effort argues possible ‘technical default’ before Judge Griesa

  

  Argentina asked a US judge late Friday night to maintain his order blocking payment on defaulted sovereign bonds to holdout investors until lingering questions are settled in a higher court's appeals process.

• Saturday, November 17th 2012 - 23:19 UTC

  UK tells Spain any solution to fishing dispute must include Gibraltar government

  

  UK has dismissed a comment by Spain’s Foreign Minister suggesting that Britain and Spain were poised to reach a bilateral solution to the fishing dispute. Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo said Spain was open to dialogue and that he and his British counterpart, William Hague, “talk a lot” about many issues, including Gibraltar

• Saturday, November 17th 2012 - 23:09 UTC

  IMF questions plan to restructure Greek debt: “pls reality, not wishful thinking”

  

  An agreement among Greece's international creditors on reducing its large debt pile should be “rooted in reality and not in wishful thinking,” the head of the International Monetary Fund said ahead of a tense meeting with European leaders.

• Saturday, November 17th 2012 - 23:02 UTC

  US reshpaing foreign policy based on ‘power of economics’ and jobs diplomacy’

  

  US foreign policy is being reoriented to promote American economic interests after Washington was tied down by two wars in the past decade, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Saturday.

• Saturday, November 17th 2012 - 22:53 UTC

  Mercosur condemns “disproportionate use of force” in Gaza; calls for immediate cease fire

  

  Mercosur condemned the “disproportionate use of force” in Gaza and called on Israel and Palestinians for an immediate cease fire of the conflict that has already left al least forty people killed, mostly civilians.

• Saturday, November 17th 2012 - 06:30 UTC

  Spain and Portugal call for Latam business opportunities and investment

  

  Spain and Portugal sought help from their former Latin American colonies to rescue them from economic crisis through a new wave of trade and investment across the Atlantic Ocean.

• Saturday, November 17th 2012 - 06:12 UTC

  Planning for when the 2016 airport, St Helena after closer links with Faklands

  

  A top official from St Helena will be visiting the Falkland Islands next month to explore ways that the governments of the two British Overseas Territories can collaborate and looking ahead to when the mid Atlantic volcanic island will have an international airport.

• Saturday, November 17th 2012 - 05:59 UTC

  ARA Libertad case to be discussed by Argentina and Ghana November 29/30

  

  Argentina announced on Friday that the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea proposed November 29 and 30 as the days to hold the hearings between Argentina and Ghana over the seizure of the ARA Libertad Frigate at Ghana's Tema Port.