Stories for February 2017

Saturday, February 4th 2017 - 06:47 UTC
Temer and Macri meet next week to make Mercosur an effective free trade space

Brazil and Argentina will attempt to eliminate trade barriers which limit or impede Mercosur trade, ensuring a free trade space, “the sooner the better”, revealed Brazilian diplomats in anticipation of the presidential summit next week, when Mauricio Macri is received by Michel Temer in Brasilia.
Saturday, February 4th 2017 - 06:34 UTC
Germany praises Mrs. May post-Brexit pledge for a strong Europe

German chancellor Angela Merkel has welcomed Theresa May's remarks that Britain wants to see a strong Europe - even as it prepares to quit the EU. The prime minister told EU leaders she wanted to build a “strong partnership” with the EU and pledged the UK would be a “good friend and ally” post-Brexit.
Saturday, February 4th 2017 - 06:24 UTC
British supermarkets rationing vegetables; adverse weather conditions in Europe

British supermarkets have begun rationing vegetables, as adverse weather conditions in Europe have led to a shortage of products in UK stores. On Friday Tesco said customers will be limited to buying a maximum of three iceberg lettuces per visit, adding bad weather in Spain had triggered “availability issues”, although it added suppliers were looking to resolve the issue.
Saturday, February 4th 2017 - 06:15 UTC
UK assures Gibraltar about access to financial services market and sovereignty

Britain will maintain Gibraltar’s existing access to the UK financial services market and broaden it where possible, a British Government minister told the House of Lords on Thursday, as he insisted sovereignty was “simply not on the table” in the Brexit process.
Friday, February 3rd 2017 - 11:42 UTC
Falklands implements closer educational links with Chilean university

A Chilean professor from the Chilean British University in Santiago will be arriving in the Falkland Islands on Saturday to begin the implementation process of the MOU signed between the Islands government and the university to have Chilean students complete their degree levels in Falklands.
Friday, February 3rd 2017 - 11:33 UTC
Brazil's major corruption scandal has a new Justice who promises prudence and transparency

Brazil's Supreme Court named a new justice on Thursday to oversee cases against politicians caught in a giant corruption probe after the previous judicial point man was killed in an airplane crash.
Friday, February 3rd 2017 - 11:23 UTC
Bank of England forecasts strong economic growth in next three years

The Bank of England revised up its economic growth forecasts for the British economy for the coming three years, crediting much of the improvement to the government’s decision to ease up on austerity in the wake of the country’s vote to leave the European Union.
Friday, February 3rd 2017 - 11:10 UTC
Chile creates new 11.000 km2 marine eco-region in Juan Fernandez Island

The alfonsin, the orange roughy and the cod, as well as a variety of species of fragile environments, are part of the ecosystem that is now located in the new Coastal Marine Protected Area of Multiple Uses (AMCP-MU) called “Mar de Juan Fernandez”, placed in the archipelago of the same name.
Friday, February 3rd 2017 - 09:36 UTC
Brazil's ex first lady dies; Lula da Silva allows donations of her organs

The wife of Brazil's embattled former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva died on Thursday, a week after she was hospitalized with a brain hemorrhage, doctors in Sao Paulo said.“An absence of blood flow in the brain was identified,” doctors at the Sirio-Libanes hospital said, declaring Marisa Leticia Lula da Silva brain-dead.
Friday, February 3rd 2017 - 09:13 UTC
Falklands' Police appealing to Darwin cemetery visitors to advance damages' investigation

The Royal Falkland Islands Police are continuing to investigate reported damage within the Argentine Cemetery near Darwin which was discovered during the last week of January. The damage refers to the vandalized case containing a statue of the Virgin of Lujan, and the image, overlooking the lines of crosses at the cemetery.