MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for August 31st 2015
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Monday, August 31st 2015 - 12:04 UTC
Norway is testing the world's first electric fishing vessel
Norwegian boat builder Selfa Arctic AS is now supplying the world's first electric fishing vessel. In effect Norwegian fishing company Øra AS has order the world’s first electric fishing vessel, which has been under construction since last autumn.
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Monday, August 31st 2015 - 07:34 UTC
Argentine opposition agree on reform but not on an electoral alliance
Argentine opposition presidential candidates despite the encouraging mathematics which emerged from early August primaries, and despite having sat at the same table to call for electoral reform, insisted that any ongoing cooperation between the two rival candidates on electoral matters should not be confused with an electoral alliance.
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Monday, August 31st 2015 - 07:22 UTC
Lacking congressional support Rousseff discards reinstating financial transactions tax
President Dilma Rousseff has dropped the idea of reinstating a tax on financial transactions to bridge a gaping fiscal deficit in Brazil after it ran into a barrage of criticism even from within her coalition, Brazilian media reported on Sunday.
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Monday, August 31st 2015 - 07:11 UTC
Falklands/Malvinas: Sarkozy willing to bring sides together to address the issue
Former French president Nicholas Sarkozy, visiting Buenos Aires, has offered to bring sides together regarding the Falklands/Malvinas Islands dispute between Argentina, the United Kingdom and the Islanders, according to the incumbent presidential candidate Daniel Scioli.
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Monday, August 31st 2015 - 06:52 UTC
Spain 'willing' to improve cross-border law enforcement with Gibraltar
Spain has signaled its “full willingness” to improve cross-border law enforcement cooperation with Gibraltar, according to a press report in Spain. 'El Pais' said Madrid was seeking to defuse the fallout from last Saturday’s incident at sea, during which warning shots were fired by officers of the Servicio de Vigilancia Aduanera (Customs) who tried to board a local pleasure boat in British waters.
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Monday, August 31st 2015 - 06:43 UTC
Uruguayan youngster faces Dutch challenge
By Patrick Watts in Eindhoven. - 20 year old Uruguayan sensation Gaston Periero is loving every minute of his new footballing career in the city of Eindhoven, where he now plays for the Netherlands Champions PSV before crowds of 50,000 fanatical supporters.
