Stories for April 4th 2018

Wednesday, April 4th 2018 - 09:24 UTC
Brazil's conundrum: Army chief twits “good citizens repudiate impunity and respect the Constitution”

The commander of Brazil's army added tension on the eve of a Supreme Court decision on whether former President Lula da Silva should be allowed to exhaust his appeals process before being sent to jail for a corruption conviction.
Wednesday, April 4th 2018 - 09:14 UTC
SGSSI Commissioner’s 12-Day Visit To South Georgia

The Commissioner for South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands, Nigel Phillips CBE, returned on March 17th from his visit to South Georgia where he was accompanied by representatives of some of South Georgia’s key partners and stakeholders.
Wednesday, April 4th 2018 - 09:08 UTC
Half of Europe flights grounded as Eurocontrol fails for the first time since 2001

The organization responsible for coordinating European air traffic says it has fixed an earlier fault which led to widespread flight delays on Tuesday. Eurocontrol earlier said that delays could affect up to half of all flights in Europe - about 15,000 trips.
Wednesday, April 4th 2018 - 09:04 UTC
Minister Faurie in France addresses bilateral relations and Mercosur/EU talks

Argentine foreign minister Jorge Faurie met on Tuesday in Paris with his French peer Jean-Yves Le Drian to address current political and economic bilateral relations, as well as the latest advances in the Mercosur/European Union negotiations.
Wednesday, April 4th 2018 - 08:58 UTC
Falklands' veteran supports Everton Argentine player Funes Mori: “he is entitled to his opinion”

A Falklands war veteran has said that Everton’s player Ramiro Funes Mori is “entitled to his opinion“ after a controversial tweet went viral. The Argentine defender posted, “Las Malvinas son argentinas” which translates as “the Falkland Islands are Argentine” on the anniversary of Argentina’s invasion of the Falklands, April 2nd.
Wednesday, April 4th 2018 - 08:55 UTC
Atlas A400M replaces Hercules at Falklands' Mount Pleasant Complex

The Atlas A400M arrived in the Falkland Islands last week. Having completed the 20 hour journey from the UK, A400M touched down at Mount Pleasant Complex on Tuesday afternoon, a week ago.
Wednesday, April 4th 2018 - 08:52 UTC
Falklands' Loligo squid “doing well” in first month of the fishery

Twenty thousand tons of Loligo squid have been caught during the first month of the fishery, so it is “doing well,” the Falkland Islands Senior Fisheries Scientist Sasha Arkhipkin confirmed to Penguin News during the last week of March.
Wednesday, April 4th 2018 - 08:42 UTC
Brazil extends oil and gas surveying in southern Campos and Santos Basins

Geoscience data for oil and gas exploration and production company, TGS said it has obtained the Brazil Southern Basins SeaSeep project in the Campos and Santos Basins, offshore Brazil.
Wednesday, April 4th 2018 - 08:31 UTC
Commonwealth Games program: England listed as part of Africa

England have been listed as an African nation with capital Banjul in the official program for the Commonwealth Games’ opening ceremony, leaving Gold Coast organizers red-faced. The program, being sold at newsagents and merchandise tents around the Queensland resort, has England’s population listed at just over two million and their first Commonwealth Games appearance in 1970.
Wednesday, April 4th 2018 - 08:21 UTC
Supreme Tribunal vote on Lula's political future will divide Brazil: calls for calm to avoid social disorder

Brazil's top court could rule as soon as this Wednesday whether former President Lula da Silva can stay out of prison while appealing a corruption conviction, a decision that could radically alter October's presidential election in Latin America's largest nation.