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Montevideo, July 3rd 2025 - 11:04 UTC

Politics

  • Friday, May 6th 2016 - 07:27 UTC

    First UK trade mission in ten years begins contacts in Argentina

    “If we are to improve our exports to Latin America it’s vital to build on renewed relationships like that with Argentina”, pointed out Lord Price

    British Trade and Investment Minister, Lord Price, leads the UK’s first trade mission to Argentina in ten years, which arrived in Buenos Aires on Thursday. The mission looks to strengthen trade and investment relations with the third largest economy of Latin America.

  • Friday, May 6th 2016 - 07:13 UTC

    Councils-election: Labour doing better than expected in England; Scotland's Sturgeon wins a third term for the SNP

    Labour MP Mann, one of Jeremy Corbyn's biggest critics, conceded the party was “doing OK” but, should be winning by a landslide over feuding Conservatives

    Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has avoided the drubbing some had predicted as the party retained control of key councils in England, but the party had a bad night in the Scottish Parliament elections, where Nicola Sturgeon won an historic third term for the SNP reported BBC late Thursday.

  • Friday, May 6th 2016 - 07:00 UTC

    Republican party orthodoxy waiting for a unifying message from the Trump challenge

    House speaker Paul Ryan, the highest-ranking elected Republican, boldly proclaimed that he was not ready to back Trump

    United States Speaker of the Lower House and one of the most powerful members of the Republican party, Paul D. Ryan thrust open Thursday the discomfort that many party members are feeling about Donald Trump as their presumed presidential nominee, withholding his support and deepening the fracture between the outsider candidate and the party he hopes to lead.

  • Friday, May 6th 2016 - 06:38 UTC

    Bad news for Macri: Moody's forecasts Argentine economy will shrink 1.5%

    “The policies implemented by the Macri administration won’t have any positive impact until the start of 2017,” said Moody’s Senior Credit Officer Gabriel Torres

    Despite the Argentine government’s forecast of a much better economic scenario in the second half of the year, credit rating agency Moody’s disagrees, saying the economy is set to shrink by 1.5%, followed by a growing unemployment and an inflation rate well above 30%.

  • Thursday, May 5th 2016 - 21:12 UTC

    Strong support for the Falkland’s right to self-determination on North American Tour

    MLA Mike Summers (C) with British Consul General in Montreal Nick Baker & Economist Mario Iacobacci

    Falkland Island’s Legislative Assembly member, Mike Summers, recently travelled to North America on a three week trip to gauge support for the Falklands’ right to self-determination from the new Canadian Government. In addition to visiting Canada, MLA Summers also made stops in Miami and the Bahamas.

  • Thursday, May 5th 2016 - 16:44 UTC

    Foreign Office Minister comments on World Press Freedom Day 2016

    “Tragically journalists in many countries around the world are still forced to operate in dangerous environments”.

    On World Press Freedom Day 2016, Foreign Office Minister Baroness Anelay said: Promoting freedom of the press and the right to access information is not just the right thing to do; it is also the smart thing to do. Where it is denied, we see a stifling of healthy debate and innovation, harming a country’s long term social and economic prospects, Foreign Office minister Baroness Anelay said on World Press Freedom Day.

  • Thursday, May 5th 2016 - 16:38 UTC

    UN highlights link between press freedom and development

    “All too often, journalists are threatened, harassed, obstructed or even killed in the pursuit of information”

    Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Message for 2016 - Human rights, democratic societies and sustainable development depend on the free flow of information. And the right to information depends on press freedom. Each year, we observe World Press Freedom Day to emphasize these fundamental principles, to protect the independence of the media and to honour media workers who risk and have lost their lives in the exercise of their profession.

  • Thursday, May 5th 2016 - 15:26 UTC

    Israel will have a non-member representation at NATO headquarters

    NATO said in a statement that Israel's ambassador to the European Union, David Walzer, would now also head its mission at alliance headquarters.

    NATO said on Wednesday it had agreed to non-member Israel setting up representation at its Brussels headquarters, a tentative sign of rapprochement between the Jewish state and NATO member Turkey.

  • Thursday, May 5th 2016 - 12:27 UTC

    ECB will stop printing €500 notes in 2018 to help combat money launderers and criminals

    The ECB says it is “taking into account concerns that this banknote could facilitate illicit activities.”

    The European Central Bank has announced it will stop printing €500 notes in 2018. It says the move is to stop the notes being used by money launderers and criminals. In effect they are easily transportable. A million Euros in €500 notes weighs 2.2 kilograms and can be carried in a laptop bag.

  • Thursday, May 5th 2016 - 12:09 UTC

    European farmers march in Dublin to protest trade negotiations with Mercosur

    The Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers' Association (ICSA), which staged the protest described the offer from EU Commissioner Malmström as “reckless concessions”.

    European farmers took to the streets of Dublin outside the EU Commission offices to highlight the potential “sellout” of the multi-billion-euro beef industry in trade talks with Mercosur. Concerns have been rising over discussions at EU level over the impact a deal with Mercosur would have on Ireland's €2.5bn beef industry, which depends on EU markets for over 90% of its exports.