Stories for 2015

Monday, November 16th 2015 - 06:49 UTC
St Helena airport official opening has been delayed from February to May 2016

The opening of St Helena Airport in the south Atlantic Ocean has been delayed from February 2016 to May 2016 to allow for additional refinement of the aerodrome's infrastructure.
Monday, November 16th 2015 - 06:36 UTC
Argentina's Kfir contract questioned by Air Force: they lacked “a weapons' system” and radar

The number three man in the Argentine Air Force refused to sign the purchase of 14 Israeli refurbished Kfir fighter jets, an operation involving 360 million dollars, and which supposedly would have given the depleted service a breath of fresh air.
Saturday, November 14th 2015 - 12:48 UTC
Argentine analyst says 8% decide their vote on Election Day

There is an 8% of voters who decide on ballot day whom they prefer and will support, and “they definitively decide the election, even more when it's a runoff”, according to Jorge Giacobbe an Argentine political pollster and analyst.
Saturday, November 14th 2015 - 12:29 UTC
The economy and the role of the state expected to be center piece of Argentina's Sunday presidential debate

Sunday's presidential debate in Argentina will most probably concentrate on economic policy mainly for two reasons: one that the current system with a dollar clamp, export duties, heavy influence of the government and wild spending has the economy on the verge of collapse; but the option of orthodox policies with drastic cuts in spending, salaries and possibly jobs and consumption is also seen as fearsome.
Saturday, November 14th 2015 - 12:02 UTC
World Diabetes Day, 14 November; 350 million people suffer the chronic disease

The World Health Organization is marking World Diabetes Day on 14th November calling for greater action to turn the growing tide of the global diabetes epidemic and has announced that World Health Day, on 7 April will focus on the issue of diabetes.
Saturday, November 14th 2015 - 11:52 UTC
Argentina needs confidence and positive expectations to attract investment and develop

Any country, any economy needs confidence and positive expectations, and that is what is lacking, and has been lacking in Argentina for many years, said Jorge Brito, head of the Association of Argentine banks, who nevertheless warned about the impacts of a 'rough' adjustment on the economy.
Saturday, November 14th 2015 - 11:37 UTC
A Dominican connection in Venezuela's First Lady relatives drugs' case

A drugs raid and bust in a yacht moored at a marina in the Dominican Republic is helping to understand the extent of the trafficking network business surrounding Venezuela's First Lady family connections, whose nephew and godson are under arrest in New York, according to media reports in Caracas.
Saturday, November 14th 2015 - 11:07 UTC
Venezuela's First Lady nephews unveil drug trafficking before New York court

Two nephews of Venezuela's powerful first lady were ordered held without bail in New York on Thursday after being arrested in Haiti on charges of conspiring to smuggle 800 kilograms of cocaine into the U.S.
Saturday, November 14th 2015 - 09:28 UTC
Night of gun and bombs attacks in Paris: at least 150 people killed

France has declared a national state of emergency and tightened borders after at least 150 people were killed in a night of gun and bomb attacks in Paris. Eighty people were reported killed after gunmen burst into the Bataclan concert hall and took dozens hostage. The siege ended when security forces stormed the building.
Friday, November 13th 2015 - 14:04 UTC
Premier Oil defers project development and exploration spending into 2016

The successful Falkland Islands' exploration company Premier Oil has cut full-year capital expenditure as the oil producer deferred some project development and exploration spending into 2016, it said on Thursday. Like its peers, Premier Oil has to reduce spending to cope with a halving in oil prices since a peak in June last year that has eaten into revenues.