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  • Thursday, May 17th 2018 - 10:38 UTC

    “Gauchos in Malvinas”, part of Falklands' history is a collection of watercolors

    Marcelo Beccaceci, an expert in gaucho culture in Patagonia, is the author of the book and who collected the watercolors.

    “Gauchos in Malvinas” is the title of the book launched at the recent Buenos Aires Book show which is mainly a collection of water colors by William Dale, painted in 1852 when he spent time in the Falkland Islands. He was the son of John Pownall Dale, at the time General Manager of the Falkland Islands Company, and his paintings are considered a unique and only testimony of the gauchos in the Falklands.

  • Thursday, May 17th 2018 - 09:34 UTC

    Digital radio more popular than FM and AM in the UK

    Radio research body Rajar said 50.9% of all listening in the UK was digital in the first three months of the year.

    Digital radio has become more popular than listening over FM and AM for the first time, according to new figures. Radio research body Rajar said 50.9% of all listening in the UK was digital in the first three months of the year.

  • Thursday, May 17th 2018 - 09:04 UTC

    World Cup advice for Argentine media: “How to stand a chance with a Russian girl”

    The AFA manual recommended that journalists “look clean, smell nice and dress well” in order to impress Russian “girls”.

    The Argentine Football Association (AFA) has been criticized for including a chapter about “how to stand a chance with a Russian girl” in a manual it handed to journalists travelling to the World Cup in Russia. It recommended that journalists “look clean, smell nice and dress well” in order to impress Russian “girls”.

  • Wednesday, May 16th 2018 - 07:20 UTC

    Indian Navy Tarini manned with six women expected in Goa next Monday 21 May

    The INSV Tarini during her call in the Falkland Islands, where they made many friends

    In a few days, India's Navy INSV Tarini and the six women officers manning it, will arrive at Goa's shores, marking the successful completion of the first-ever circumnavigation by a crew of Indian women. One of its four calls was in the Falkland Islands.

  • Friday, April 27th 2018 - 09:10 UTC

    Falklands will have a “wow” 54-seat cinema in a year's time

    Malvina House Hotel Manager Carl Stroud explained it is a proper cinema with something of a “wow” factor with 54 plush seats

    It may be too soon to invest in a large bag of popcorn and to book a baby sitter, but cinema-going in the Falkland Islands' capital Stanley, which died out in the late seventies is set to begin again, hopefully, if all goes well by March or April 2019.

  • Wednesday, April 25th 2018 - 08:39 UTC

    ”Falklands (UK)” reference in Heineken H41 beer bottles condemned in Argentine social networks

    The H41 was first launched in Holland last year and later in Italy with the target of expanding to other European and Asian countries.

    Heineken brewery has been caught red handed with one of its beers' label referring to the disputed South Atlantic islands as “Falklands” and in brackets saying they belong to the United Kingdom, despite the fact the Dutch company is using Patagonian yeast.

  • Wednesday, April 25th 2018 - 08:30 UTC

    Whatsapp is banning under-16s from using its platform in the European Union

    The app, owned by Facebook, will ask users to confirm their age when prompted to agree new terms of service in the next few weeks.

    Popular messaging service Whatsapp is banning under-16s from using its platform in the European Union. Users must currently be at least 13, but the firm is changing the rules ahead of the introduction of new EU data privacy regulations in May.

  • Tuesday, April 24th 2018 - 08:36 UTC

    On St George's Day, William and Kate show to the world their newborn son

    The Duchess of Cambridge with her newborn son outside the Lindo Wing at St Mary’s Hospital in Paddington, London. John Stillwell/PA Wire

    The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge showed their newborn son off to the world on the steps of the Lindo Wing. Proud parents William and Kate introduced the baby prince of Cambridge – their third child – to the hundreds of cameras gathered in front of the private maternity unit in Paddington, London.

  • Monday, April 23rd 2018 - 09:10 UTC

    English Language Days at the UN

    The date traditionally observed as both the birthday and date of death of William Shakespeare

    English Language Day at the UN is celebrated on 23 April, the date traditionally observed as both the birthday and date of death of William Shakespeare. The Day is the result of a 2010 initiative by the Department of Public Information, establishing language days for each of the Organization's six official languages. The purpose of the UN's language days is to celebrate multilingualism and cultural diversity as well as to promote equal use of all six official languages throughout the Organization.

  • Friday, April 13th 2018 - 09:17 UTC

    Photo of the year: Venezuelan Ronaldo Schemidt wins the World Press Photo

    José Víctor Salazar appears running surrounded in flames when being reached by a stream of gasoline. Ronaldo Schemidt / Agence France-Presse

    Venezuelan photographer Ronaldo Schemidt received on Thursday the World Press Photo of the year in Amsterdam, one of the most prestigious in photojournalism, for a photograph shot in May 2017 during the protests in Venezuela while working for Agence France-Presse (AFP) . In the photograph a protester appears in flames, in front of a graffiti in which a weapon appears shooting at the word “peace”.