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Stories for April 30th 2017
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Sunday, April 30th 2017 - 22:36 UTC
St Helena airport granted an “open ended” Aerodrome Certificate
British Overseas Territory St Helena Airport was granted an ‘open ended’ Aerodrome Certificate on Monday, on 3 April 2017, following the visit by experts from the Air Safety Support International.
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Sunday, April 30th 2017 - 22:05 UTC
Falklands celebrates Queen's Birthday with sunny weather
The Falkland Islands' sunny calm weather blessed Queen Elizabeth II's Birthday parade held at Victory Green on 21 April, making it all the better for attendees enjoying the lively music courtesy of the Royal Artillery Band.
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Sunday, April 30th 2017 - 21:55 UTC
“Argentina offering investors the best opportunity in the past 25 years”
Argentina is offering investors the best opportunity in the past 25 years as President Mauricio Macri reforms the battered Latin American economy, according to real estate developer Eduardo Elsztain, said in an interview with Bloomberg.
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Sunday, April 30th 2017 - 09:51 UTC
EU-27 rapidly agree on negotiating guidelines: citizens' rights are center stage and demand UK “serious response”
European Council President Donald Tusk has called on the UK to come up with a “serious response” on what will happen to EU citizens in Britain after Brexit. “We need guarantees,” he said in Brussels as 27 EU leaders backed the bloc's Brexit negotiating guidelines.
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Sunday, April 30th 2017 - 09:36 UTC
Labour says Theresa May has to “wake up” and avoid a chaotic Brexit.
Theresa May has been told to “wake up” and realize that Britain is moving towards a “chaotic Brexit” after European Union leaders agreed there can be no parallel exit and trade talks. At a crunch European Council summit in Brussels, leaders of the other 27 EU countries agreed their negotiating guidelines and insisted talks must take a “phased” approach.
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Sunday, April 30th 2017 - 09:22 UTC
“Plainly obvious” EU would include Spain's Gibraltar veto in Brexit negotiating guidelines
European leaders have endorsed a joint negotiating position on Brexit, including the controversial Spanish veto over the application of any future U.K./EU trade deal to Gibraltar. The 27 remaining members states formally agreed their talks strategy at a special European Council meeting in Brussels.
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Sunday, April 30th 2017 - 09:02 UTC
Unasur to be purged of its “ideological bias”, anticipates Paraguay
Paraguay has stated it is time to put an end to the “ideological bias” of the Union of South American Nations, Unasur, and recover its integration profile which was the main purpose of its creation. A foreign ministers summit of the region will address and advance the issue.
