Britain has said its government minister will boycott England's group matches in Ukraine in the Euro 2012 football tournament which starts on Friday. Several European countries, including Britain, have expressed concern about the imprisonment of the former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko. She was jailed for seven years last October for abuse of power. But she says President Viktor Yanukovych has taken revenge on her for leading the Orange Revolution.

英国称其政府部长将联合抵制周五在乌克兰举行的欧洲2012足球锦标赛的小组赛阶段。包括英国在内的几个欧洲国家对乌克兰前总理季莫申科被囚表示担心，去年十月她因滥用权力被判监禁7年。但她说总统亚努科维奇因自己领导了橙色革命而进行报复。

Britain has accused Argentina of trying to harm the economic development of the Falkland Islands. The minister responsible for ties with Latin America, Jeremy Browne, highlighted Argentine attempts to impede oil exploration of the islands. He called it 'domineering behavior' by a powerful nation against the small and vulnerable population. Argentina claims sovereignty over the islands it calls the Malvinas.

英国指责阿根廷企图危害福克兰群岛的经济发展，负责与拉美关系的部长杰里米·布朗指出，阿根廷企图阻扰群岛的石油开采。他称之为大国对少数易受害群体进行的“刚愎自用的行为”。阿根廷称此群岛为马尔维纳斯，并称对此拥有主权。