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Stories for January 27th 2026

  • Tuesday, January 27th 2026 - 22:47 UTC

    Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly marks Holocaust Memorial Day

    The Assembly placed the message in a current global context, warning that discrimination — including antisemitism — is becoming “more widespread globally.”

    The Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly marked Holocaust Memorial Day on 27 January, joining people and governments worldwide in a statement centered on remembrance and renewed vigilance against hatred and discrimination.

  • Tuesday, January 27th 2026 - 15:33 UTC

    EU and India seal historic trade deal after 18 years of talks

    Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who called the pact “the mother of all agreements,” said the EU and India constitute a “double engine of growth” for the world economy

    New Delhi and Brussels announced on Tuesday that they had concluded the largest bilateral trade deal in their histories after almost two decades of negotiations. The pact links India’s 1.4 billion-person economy with the 27-nation European Union and, according to both sides, will create a free-trade zone for around 2 billion consumers and sharply lower tariffs and other barriers that have long hindered commerce between the two regions.

  • Tuesday, January 27th 2026 - 15:20 UTC

    Government of South Georgia are recruiting their next Chief Executive Officer

    South Georgia colors and crest

    The Government of South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands, GSGSSI, are recruiting for their next Chief Executive Officer – to be based in Government House, Stanley, Falkland Islands.

  • Tuesday, January 27th 2026 - 15:00 UTC

    India’s Adani partners with Embraer to build regional aircraft

    Aerospace specialists note that the announcement comes amid growing competition for orders from regional airlines and fleet-renewal campaigns across Asia

    Indian conglomerate Adani Group and Brazilian plane maker Embraer announced on Tuesday that they have signed a memorandum of understanding aimed at cooperating on the production of regional aircraft in India. The agreement calls for establishing a domestic supply chain and a final assembly line for Embraer’s E2 family of jets, which seat between 70 and 146 passengers, as well as developing maintenance services and pilot-training programmes. It also leaves the door open to potential local manufacturing of Embraer’s C-390 military transport aircraft.

  • Tuesday, January 27th 2026 - 11:12 UTC

    Offshore oil exploration puts Uruguay at crossroads of investment, courts and conservation

    Environmental authorisations set out mitigation measures, including onboard observers (marine biologists) and shutdown protocols for acoustic sources if cetaceans, turtles or pinnipeds are detected

    Viridien (CGG Services) has told Uruguay’s Environment Ministry it aims to begin offshore seismic exploration in February, after submitting the environmental management plan required by the National Directorate for Environmental Quality and Assessment (Dinacea) as a precondition to operate in Uruguayan waters, according to local media reporting.

  • Tuesday, January 27th 2026 - 10:59 UTC

    Why a U.S. military plane landed in Ushuaia: lawmakers, ports and geopolitics

    In 2024, Milei pitched the Ushuaia naval project as a logistics hub for a new Argentine base, alongside the head of U.S. Southern Command

    The landing in Ushuaia of a U.S. Air Force aircraft carrying a bipartisan delegation of U.S. lawmakers has reignited political controversy in Argentina’s Tierra del Fuego province and sharpened attention on the country’s strategic footprint in the South Atlantic and Antarctica, amid deepening ties between President Javier Milei and U.S. President Donald Trump.

  • Tuesday, January 27th 2026 - 10:38 UTC

    Falklands’ expert participates in program on food security and climate change

    Woodiwiss addressed Falklands beef industry supply challenges, highlighting a range of factors including communication gaps, logistical constraints, and the narrow supply window

    Falkland Islands Government Department of Agriculture Agricultural Advisor and Chair of the Beef Suppliers Working Group, Olivia Woodiwiss, represented the Falkland Islands at the Green Overseas Program “Strengthening Food Systems Resilient to Climate Change” workshop in Tahiti, last December where she spoke on beef supply chain challenges, stakeholder coordination, and adapting agriculture to climate change alongside counterparts from 15 Overseas Countries and Territories.

  • Tuesday, January 27th 2026 - 10:32 UTC

    Falklands, presentation at FIDC on “Tourism and the Island paradox”

    James will deliver a new virtual presentation hosted by FIDC, at the Harbourlights Cinema, Stanley, on Tuesday 3rd February at 5.30pm.

    James Ellsmoor is an award-winning entrepreneur, writer, and CEO of Island Innovation, widely recognized for his work on sustainable development, renewable energy, and island economic resilience, and will be giving a presentation in the Falkland Islands.

  • Tuesday, January 27th 2026 - 10:18 UTC

    Uruguay Central Bank accelerates easing, cuts key rate to 6.5% as dollar hits lows

    Dollar trades near May 2024 levels in Uruguay, at 38.62 pesos buy and 40.58 sell. The currency fell about 11% in 2025 and a further 4% so far in 2026.

    Uruguay’s Central Bank (BCU) cut its benchmark policy rate by 100 basis points to 6.5% and said monetary policy “enters an expansionary phase,” framing the move as a way to prevent inflation from drifting away from its 4.5% target and to respond to recent strains in the foreign-exchange market.

  • Tuesday, January 27th 2026 - 09:55 UTC

    Delcy Rodriguez meets Repsol, Chevron and Shell as Venezuela pushes oil law overhaul to draw investment

    Rodriguez said the draft is a “sovereignty-respecting” framework aimed at turning Venezuela into a “giant producer” of hydrocarbons with private investment

    Venezuela’s acting president Delcy Rodriguez met on Monday in Caracas with representatives of oil companies including Repsol, Chevron and Shell to discuss a hydrocarbons law reform now moving through the National Assembly, as her government seeks to attract private and foreign investment. The meeting took place at PDVSA facilities and forms part of a mandatory public consultation phase after the bill cleared its first legislative debate.

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