Stories for January 2015

Tuesday, January 6th 2015 - 06:45 UTC
Falklands' waters chosen to experiment Taiwanese high-tech jigger

An energy-efficient squid fishing-vessel sponsored by Taiwan's Council of Agriculture (COA) is heading to the southwestern Atlantic Ocean, north of the Falkland Islands, on its maiden voyage, to begin a six-month testing phase and examine the efficacy of its arrays of light emitting diodes (LED) for catching squid.
Tuesday, January 6th 2015 - 06:30 UTC
Falklands' dispute: claims Japanese company fished in Argentine and Islands waters

The Argentine ministries of Foreign Affairs, and Agriculture and Fisheries are considering the consequences of a complaint filed in recent days by a top official from a local company (Empresa Pesquera de la Patagonia y Antártica S.A., Pesantar) warning that the vessel “Union Sur” had fished in Falkland Islands last November.
Monday, January 5th 2015 - 09:06 UTC
Falkland Islands Tourist Board focuses on Tourism to the next Generation of Travellers.

Tony Mason, Managing Director of the Falkland Islands Tourist Board today discussed plans on marketing to a new generation of travellers.
Sunday, January 4th 2015 - 09:06 UTC
Magallanes region in extreme south Chile reports record low unemployment

Magallanes region in the extreme south of Chile reported the lowest unemployment rate in the country, 2.3% during the September-November mobile quarter according to the country's latest release from the Stats Office. This represents 1.8 percentage points less than the same period a year ago (4.1%).
Sunday, January 4th 2015 - 06:39 UTC
Most types of cancer traced to 'bad luck' rather than risk factors, say scientists

Most types of cancer can be put down to bad luck rather than risk factors such as smoking, a study has suggested. US teams were trying to explain why some tissues were millions of times more vulnerable to cancer than others.
Sunday, January 4th 2015 - 06:34 UTC
Prolonged extreme droughts could help to explain collapse of Mayan civilization

The mysterious collapse of the ancient Mayan civilization has been attributed to a variety of factors, most notably overhunting, deforestation, and a catastrophic peasant uprising. However the theory of prolonged extreme drought has been gaining ground among the scientific community in recent years regarding the Mayan demise.
Saturday, January 3rd 2015 - 08:02 UTC
Euro becomes the official currency in Lithuania: 19th member of the zone

The Euro entered circulation in Lithuania on New Year, bringing the number of European Union (EU) Member States using the single European currency to 19. The European Central Bank (ECB) announced that Lithuania also joined its banking supervision under the Single Supervisory Mechanism.
Saturday, January 3rd 2015 - 07:56 UTC
Dragui remarks makes Euro fall to its lowest against the dollar since June 2010

The euro fell Friday to a 4 ½-year low against the dollar after European Central Bank President Mario Draghi indicated the bank could soon back a government bond-buying program to deal with alarmingly low inflation across the 19-country Euro-zone.
Saturday, January 3rd 2015 - 07:16 UTC
Falklands' has a non-official anthem, already played in two public occasions

A non official anthem celebrating the Falkland Islands and which has been played at least on two public occasions is making the round of Facebook and can be enjoyed in U Tube.
Saturday, January 3rd 2015 - 06:54 UTC
Top French economist refused to accept the Legion d'Honneur

France's influential economist Thomas Piketty, author of the bestseller “Capital in the 21st Century”, refused to accept the country's highest award, the Legion d'Honneur, arguing it is not the government's job to decide who is honorable and criticizing policies of the current Socialist administration.