Stories for January 2017

Thursday, January 26th 2017 - 07:08 UTC
UK and US must “lead together”, says Theresa May before meeting with Trump

Prime Minister Theresa May says Britain and the United States should “lead together” in the world, as she travels to meet President Donald Trump in Washington. May is due to meet Trump at the White House on Friday, the president's first face-to-face meeting with a world leader.
Wednesday, January 25th 2017 - 08:15 UTC
Falklands attending Trinidad and Tobago annual energy conference

The Falkland Islands government is attending the Annual Trinidad and Tobago Energy Conference from January 23rd – 25th, 2017 at the Hyatt Regency, Port-of-Spain. The Trinidad and Tobago Energy Conference is the premier Energy Conference in the Caribbean and promotes vigorous debate and discussion among leaders of industry, Government and academia.
Wednesday, January 25th 2017 - 08:09 UTC
Government cannot trigger Article 50 without an act of Parliament, rules the Supreme Court

The UK Parliament must vote on whether the government can start the Brexit process, the Supreme Court has ruled. The judgment means Prime Minister Theresa May cannot begin talks with the EU until MPs and peers give their backing - although this is expected to happen in time for the government's 31 March deadline.
Wednesday, January 25th 2017 - 07:57 UTC
MPs demand PM May government to publish the Brexit plan as formal policy

Members of Parliament have repeated their call for the government to publish its plan for Brexit in a formal policy document. A number of Conservative MPs have joined Labour in asking for a White Paper on the government's negotiating objectives, arguing it will allow for a fuller debate on Brexit.
Wednesday, January 25th 2017 - 07:35 UTC
Falklands and Argentine governments regret and repudiate damages at the Darwin cemetery

The governments of the Falkland Islands and Argentina have regretted and repudiated damaging actions at the Argentine cemetery in Darwin, while an investigation into the vandalizing has been launched by the Falklands Royal Police, RFIP.
Tuesday, January 24th 2017 - 18:46 UTC
UK Supreme Court scheduled to make landmark ruling on Brexit

The United Kingdom Supreme Court will rule whether Parliament or ministers have the power to begin the Brexit process. The landmark judgment, to be announced early Wednesday will decide how the EU's Article 50 exit clause is triggered.
Tuesday, January 24th 2017 - 18:40 UTC
Trump keeps his promise: dumps TPP and pledges to lower corporate taxes to 20% from 35%

President Donald Trump has fulfilled a campaign pledge by signing an executive order to withdraw from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). The 12-nation trade deal was a linchpin of former President Barack Obama's Asia policy.
Tuesday, January 24th 2017 - 12:17 UTC
Dutch premier joins elections' anti-immigration wagon: “act normal, or go away”

Weeks before Dutch voters go to the polls, Prime Minister Mark Rutte has said that anyone who rejects the country's values should leave. “Act normal, or go away,” he says, in a message seen as taking on the anti-immigration Freedom party currently running high in the opinion polls. Elections are taking place on 15 March.
Tuesday, January 24th 2017 - 12:10 UTC
Ushuaia out off internet: beavers cut the optic fiber to build dens

Ushuaia, capital of Tierra del Fuego in the extreme south of Argentina was left without internet and cellular phone communications most of last Friday because beavers had bitten pieces of the optic fiber for their dens.
Tuesday, January 24th 2017 - 11:52 UTC
Falklands/Malvinas negotiations have no third leg, “they are bilateral, Argentina and UK”

Argentina's Lower House Foreign Affairs committee formally constituted the All parties Parliamentary Observatory on the Malvinas Question, claiming congressional participation in all bilateral agreements with the UK referred to Falklands/Malvinas resources and underlining that there is no such thing as a third leg, Falklands residents in negotiations with the UK.