Stories for 2016

Tuesday, September 6th 2016 - 16:55 UTC
“Why meet Falklands' neighbors”, competition for students from Uruguay, Brazil and Chile

The Government of the Falkland Islands and the British Embassies in Uruguay, Brazil and Chile invite university students to participate in this regional competition to win the chance to visit the Falklands for a week, all expenses paid.
Monday, September 5th 2016 - 16:42 UTC
Falkland Islands produced 1.700 tons of wool, says 2015/16 Farming Statistics

Falkland Islands farmers produced 1.7 million kilos of wool last year and also provided 44,000 sheep to the abattoir, according to the 2015/16 Farming Statistics recently compiled by the Department of Agriculture. This work was carried out by just 281 people recorded as living on the farms; 151 on the East, 105 on the West and just 25 scattered around the 11 farms on outer islands.
Monday, September 5th 2016 - 11:55 UTC
Sao Paulo police disperse five days of demonstrations against removal of Rousseff and calls for fresh elections

Police in Sao Paulo, Brazil's financial and industrial hub, used tear gas on Sunday to disperse thousands of demonstrators at the end of a peaceful march to protest the removal of populist president Dilma Rousseff last week in an impeachment trial.
Monday, September 5th 2016 - 11:50 UTC
Senior advisors propose a post-Brexit Britain “continental partnership” with EU

A senior German lawmaker, an adviser to the French prime minister and a former deputy head of the Bank of England have proposed that a post-Brexit Britain form a new “continental partnership” with the EU.
Monday, September 5th 2016 - 11:41 UTC
Anti immigrant vote in her home district KOs Merkel's ambition of a fourth term

German Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats were beaten into third place by the anti-immigrant and anti-Islam Alternative for Germany (AfD) party in a north-eastern state election on Sunday, TV exit polls showed.
Monday, September 5th 2016 - 09:09 UTC
Macri targets Chinese tourists; no need of a visa to visit Argentina

Argentine president Mauricio Macri announced in China that besides boosting and balancing bilateral trade and confirming the infrastructure and energy deals reached by his predecessor, Chinese tourists will no longer need visas to visit Argentina.
Monday, September 5th 2016 - 08:58 UTC
US economy adds more jobs in August, but not as many as expected

The expanding US economy added another 151,000 jobs in August, according to the US Labor Department, while the unemployment rate stayed at 4.9%. The number of extra jobs was sharply down from an upwardly revised July figure of 275,000. It was also a smaller rise than the average monthly increase of 204,000 seen during the previous 12 months.
Monday, September 5th 2016 - 07:13 UTC
Macri meets Temer in China; Brazilian president will visit Buenos Aires next month

Argentina's president Mauricio Macri greeted Brazil’s confirmed head of state Michel Temer for the first time since Dilma Rousseff’s impeachment and removal last week as the two met briefly during the G20 summit taking place in China.
Monday, September 5th 2016 - 06:55 UTC
Obama praises Macri and his policies before the world's main leaders

President Mauricio Macri got another big nod of support as US President Barack Obama highlighted him as one of the few national leaders setting an example for the world by going against a wave of protectionism gaining presence on a global scale, in a speech during the G20 conference.
Monday, September 5th 2016 - 06:48 UTC
Pope Francis sad with Roussesff's removal and invites to pray for social justice in Brazil

Pope Francis called for people to pray to the Aparecida Virgin to protect “all of Brazil and all of the Brazilian people in this very sad moment”, in reference to the removal of Dilma Rousseff as president and her replacement by vice-president and interim president Michel Temer, which occurred last week.