Get our news on your inbox! x

Remember me Forgot password

MercoPress, en Español

Montevideo, April 27th 2024 - 04:37 UTC

Stories for May 2016

  • 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 - 16:53 UTC

    COSCO's “Andronikos” will make the first ceremonial transit of Expanded Panama Canal

    “It is a great honor to have one of our top customers celebrates this historical moment with us,” said Panama Canal Administrator, Jorge L. Quijano.

    China COSCO Shipping has won the draw for its container vessel Andronikos to make the ceremonial first transit through the Expanded Panama Canal during the waterway's inauguration on Sunday, June 26. The vessel, which has a maximum capacity of 9,400 TEUs, is 48.25 meters in beam and 299.98 meters in length.

  • 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.

  • Thursday, May 5th 2016 - 11:57 UTC

    Spanish elections campaign for a new parliament takes off 10 June

    Spain's King Felipe VI signed the decree dissolving parliament following December's inconclusive general election. The next one will take place 26 June

    Spain's King Felipe VI signed the decree dissolving parliament following December's inconclusive general election. As no political parties were able to coalesce their support into a coalition government in time for the deadline, new elections will be held on June 26.