Politics

• Tuesday, March 30th 2010 - 04:26 UTC

  Aftermath of scandal: strict expenses rules and safeguards for British MPs

  

  British Members of Parliament will not be allowed to buy taxpayer-funded second homes under new expenses rules after the election. Those with seats at least 20 miles or an hour from Westminster will be able to claim rent up to £1,450 a month - equivalent to a one-bed flat.

• Tuesday, March 30th 2010 - 04:23 UTC

  Relief in European Union: Greece manages to take 5 billion Euros in 7 year bonds

  

  Greece on Monday took five billion Euros with a seven-year bond just days after being given a lifeline by the European Union to help resolve its unprecedented debt crisis but analysts noted timid demand for the offer.

• Monday, March 29th 2010 - 20:47 UTC

  Falklands prepares for renewed UK Parliament with expected 50% turnover

  

  Member of the Legislative Assembly Dick Sawle said the Falkland Islands have a lot of work and lobbying ahead to maintain the current level of support from British Parliament since almost half of MPs will be resigning at the coming General Election, which could take place next May.

• Monday, March 29th 2010 - 18:54 UTC

  Mrs. Kirchner will head Malvinas commemoration April 2 in Ushuaia

  

  Argentine president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner will head next Friday April 2 in Ushuaia commemorations to honour Malvinas veterans and those fallen during the 1982 conflict over the Falklands with Britain, according to Tierra del Fuego press reports.

• Monday, March 29th 2010 - 18:52 UTC

  President Piñera’s Brother Will Dance For A Dream in Argentina

  

  Previously described as “a night club owner, musician, and notorious party animal” by Foreign Policy magazine, Miguel Piñera is taking steps to establish his career as a musician — conveniently outside the country where his brother is president.

• Monday, March 29th 2010 - 18:48 UTC

  Falklands training ground for UK troops to be deployed in Afghanistan

  

  Eight thousand miles from the United Kingdom in the Falkland Islands more than 150 soldiers from 1st Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment are preparing for war.

• Monday, March 29th 2010 - 18:36 UTC

  Argentine leader challenges Mr. Kirchner to admit he will run in 2011

  

  Former Argentine take-care president Eduardo Duhalde anticipated that next year's ruling Justicialist Party primary elections will be a duo solo between him and also former president Néstor Carlos Kirchner.

• Monday, March 29th 2010 - 18:34 UTC

  Falklands: “no return to the 80s”, tacit UK/Argentine agreement

  

  Foreign Office minister Chris Bryant said that UK and Argentina agree there is “no return to the eighties” regarding the Falkland Islands which he underlined are British as long as the Islanders so wish.

• Monday, March 29th 2010 - 04:38 UTC

  Malvinas Families Commission founder resigns: he was Army spy (1981/1983)

  

  Hector Cisneros has resigned as president of the Malvinas Families Commission three days after it was revealed by a Buenos Aires newspaper (“Critica”) that he had worked for Argentine military intelligence during the last dictatorship (1976/1983).

• Monday, March 29th 2010 - 04:33 UTC

  Gibraltar-Madrid air-bridge in doubt after Spanish airline suspends flights

  

  The future of the air bridge between Gibraltar and Madrid was in doubt following Ándalus Líneas Aéreas suspension last week of all flights in the face of unpaid debts running into hundreds of thousands of dollars.