Get our news on your inbox! x

Remember me Forgot password

MercoPress, en Español

Montevideo, April 19th 2024 - 20:00 UTC

Stories for January 18th 2014

  • Saturday, January 18th 2014 - 05:08 UTC

    Falklands' pastures development scientist in the New Year's Honors List

    Professor Jim McAdam, an expert on upland grasslands and agro-forestry systems was in the Falklands in the seventies and later in 1983.

    Two scientists from Britain's Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI) have been awarded OBEs in the New Year’s Honors list. Professor Jim McAdam from Queen's University Belfast, for services to research and agriculture in the Falkland Islands, and Dr Danny Todd was honored for his contribution to biological sciences and veterinary work, reports Farming Life.

  • Saturday, January 18th 2014 - 04:58 UTC

    Catalonia lawmakers have asked Madrid for a referendum on the region's future

    Pro-independence leaders in Catalonia say PM Rajoy should follow the example of UK PM Cameron with Scotland

    Lawmakers from the Spanish region of Catalonia voted to seek a referendum on breaking away from Spain on Thursday, setting themselves up for a battle with an implacably opposed central government in Madrid. The Catalan Parliament in Barcelona voted 87 to 43, with 3 abstentions, to send a petition to the national parliament seeking the power to call a popular vote on the region’s future.

  • 1
  • 2
Next