Stories for 2017

Wednesday, September 13th 2017 - 10:09 UTC
US opens its market for Uruguay's ovine meat with bone

Uruguay has announced that the United States Federal Registry published that beginning 12 October Uruguayan ovine meat, with bone, will have access to the US market. This follows a long decades process which obtained its first milestone at the end of 2013, when access to the US market was granted to boneless lamb and mutton, with the first shipment in early 2014.
Wednesday, September 13th 2017 - 10:03 UTC
Fourth round of UK/EU Brexit negotiations postponed until 25th September

The next round of Brexit talks has been postponed by a week to “allow more time for consultation”. The fourth round of UK-EU negotiations, due to begin on 18 September, will start on the 25th instead.
Wednesday, September 13th 2017 - 09:05 UTC
Falklands' Prado stand: Argentina puts pressure on Uruguay and UK embassy

Uruguay has requested that the Falkland Islands stand at the Great Britain pavilion in the country's main agriculture and industrial show, Expo-Prado, be withdrawn, following an emphatic statement and disappointment from Argentina regarding the Falklands/Malvinas question dispute.
Wednesday, September 13th 2017 - 07:18 UTC
Migrants arriving in Europe through Spain have doubled this year

The number of migrants arriving in Europe through Spain has more than doubled this year, according to the head of the European Union’s border agency. Frontex director Fabrice Leggeri said “we have registered almost 14,000 arrivals in Spain, arriving from Morocco, from the western part of the Maghreb”.
Tuesday, September 12th 2017 - 17:19 UTC
EU Withdrawal bill passed first Parliamentary test, but real battle is still ahead

The government's bid to extract the UK from EU law in time for Brexit has passed its first Parliamentary test. MPs backed the EU Withdrawal Bill by 326 to 290 in a Monday late-night vote despite critics saying it represented a “power-grab” by ministers.
Tuesday, September 12th 2017 - 09:45 UTC
Falklands' Stamps: An indication of sovereignty and a promotional opportunity

By Andrew Francis FIG Postmaster - A country's stamp issues are important for many reasons. They are an indication of sovereignty, are a chance to promote the country throughout the world and raise money for the government.
Tuesday, September 12th 2017 - 09:32 UTC
FAO forecasts an all time record global cereal production

Global food prices dipped in August, mainly as the prospect of bumper cereal harvests pushed up expectations for larger grain inventories. The FAO Food Price Index declined 1.3% from July, averaging 176.6 points in August.
Tuesday, September 12th 2017 - 09:21 UTC
Brazil's air commercial industry considers building a factory in China

Brazilian aeronautical company Embraer plans to analyze the possibility of building a factory in China to manufacture jet aircraft for the commercial aviation segment, the company’s chief executive said.
Tuesday, September 12th 2017 - 09:14 UTC
PM May rings President Trump over a threat to Bombardier jobs in Belfast

Prime Minister Theresa May has phoned US President Donald Trump over a threat to jobs at Bombardier in Belfast from a trade dispute. In 2016, Canadian firm Bombardier won an order to supply up to 125 CSeries passenger jets to US airline Delta. The wings for the CSeries are made at Bombardier's Belfast plant.
Tuesday, September 12th 2017 - 09:03 UTC
Trump's firing of FBI Director, “the biggest mistake in modern political history”

Ex-White House chief strategist Steve Bannon says President Trump's firing of the FBI's director was the biggest mistake in “modern political history”. Mr Bannon told CBS News if James Comey had not been sacked, a special counsel would not have been appointed to probe alleged Russian election meddling.