Politics

• Friday, December 18th 2009 - 04:26 UTC

  Falklands’ Darwin issue ranked ninth most popular stamps of the year

  

  The Falkland Islands Charles Darwin stamp issue has achieved ninth position out of thousands of releases during 2009 according to the latest edition of the international publication Stamp and Coin Mart which for the first time lists the 50 most popular stamps of the year, voted by readers and stamp experts.

• Friday, December 18th 2009 - 04:05 UTC

  Falklands’ “Four Seasons” that Charles Darwin never fully enjoyed

  

  An unique feature of the Falkland Islands are the quickly changing weather patterns bringing a beauty to the Islands’ landscapes which are often rare in many other parts of the world. The Falkland Islands Philatelic Bureau, based on photos from Ian Strange and Georgina Strange will be releasing in January a four stamp issue portraying such a stunning phenomena.

• Friday, December 18th 2009 - 03:40 UTC

  Air Italy takes over air bridge UK/Falklands for the next few weeks

  

  British military personnel were assured Thursday that they would not be stranded in the Falkland Islands despite the collapse of the only airline that flies direct to the Islands from the UK.

• Friday, December 18th 2009 - 03:20 UTC

  UK/Argentina: Tension over Falklands “likely to increase over the coming years”

  

  Argentina has had to reduce military expenditure because of the recession but tension with the UK over the Falkland Islands is likely to increase over the coming years, according to a report from Companiesandmarkets.com (*) released this week.

• Thursday, December 17th 2009 - 13:42 UTC

  Falklands/UK air bridge goes bust and all flights are cancelled

  

  Scotland's biggest airline, Edinburgh-based Flyglobespan and also responsible for the UK Ministry of Defence air link with the Falkland Islands was placed Wednesday in administration with all scheduled flights cancelled.

• Thursday, December 17th 2009 - 05:04 UTC

  How Copenhagen will affect international security

  

  The United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen has been billed as 'the most important gathering in human history'. Without binding commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and stabilise expectations, climate change will have a huge impact on future security considerations.
  By Duncan Depledge for RUSI.org (*)

• Thursday, December 17th 2009 - 03:08 UTC

  Honduras considers political amnesty for all those involved in June coup

  

  The Honduras congress and president-elect Porfirio Lobo agreed to consider extending a political amnesty to all those involved in the June 28th coup against ousted President Manuel Zelaya.

• Thursday, December 17th 2009 - 03:05 UTC

  Brazil strong message to Paraguay on support of Venezuela inside Mercosur

  

  Following this week’s Brazilian Senate vote to for the incorporation of Venezuela as a Mercosur full member, only Paraguay’s support is pending, but the Paraguayan Senate is divided on the issue. More over President Fernando Lugo had to withdraw the initiative last August when he was informed the divided coalition that took him to office could not garner the sufficient votes to ensure support.

• Wednesday, December 16th 2009 - 23:33 UTC

  Leading case: EU Court ruling supports non disclosure of press sources

  

  Judges at the European Court of Human Rights said that four British newspapers and a news agency were right to defy a court order to disclose documents that would have identified the source of a story about a multimillion pound City takeover in 2001.

• Wednesday, December 16th 2009 - 23:29 UTC

  Socialist El Salvador president rejects XXI century Socialism

  

  El Salvador president Mauricio Funes said his country will not take a single step towards the incorporation of his country to ALBA or the XXI century Socialism promoted by Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez and defended close relations with United States.