International

• Saturday, May 12th 2018 - 19:00 UTC

  Falklands: Brexit on the Brussels fish show menu

  

  Falkland Islands fishing companies may have attended the Brussels Seafood Show intermittently for over a decade, but the looming specter of Brexit lent this year’s attendance unprecedented significance. For James Bates, Falkland Islands Fishing Companies Association (FIFCA) Executive Secretary, Brexit gave the industry’s stand at the show a clear mandate this year, “it was about being visible at a time when we need to be.”

• Saturday, May 12th 2018 - 09:30 UTC

  Germany moves closer to Russia: Merkel will visit Putin in Moscow

  

  Russian President Vladimir Putin has spoken with Germany's Angela Merkel and Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan in a bid to keep the Iran nuclear deal alive after the US decision to withdraw, the Kremlin said Friday.

• Saturday, May 12th 2018 - 09:10 UTC

  Falklands celebrates birth of Prince Louis donating £5,000 to the Royal Foundation

  

  The Falkland Islands Government has announced that on 3 May 2018, £5,000 was donated to the Royal Foundation in celebration of the birth of His Royal Highness Prince Louis of Cambridge.

• Saturday, May 12th 2018 - 09:01 UTC

  Shanghai World Travel Fair on May 24/27: 750 exhibitors from 53 countries

  

  The Shanghai World Travel Fair 2018 (SWTF) 15th edition will be taking place next May 24th to 27th and promises to be overflowing with content given the significance of China for the world tourism industry. According to statistics reported by the China National Tourism Administration, the number of outbound trips reached 130 million in 2017, and an estimated US$ 115.29 billion was spent during 2017.

• Saturday, May 12th 2018 - 08:48 UTC

  New technology and initiatives to tackle illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing

  

  Illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing and overfishing deplete fish stocks and cause billions of dollars in losses a year, experts say. But new technologies offer opportunities to combat IUU, particularly for countries with limited means to patrol their waters or enforce legislation, said the London-based think-tank the Overseas Development Institute (ODI). The report was published by Reuters.

• Saturday, May 12th 2018 - 08:33 UTC

  Sunday surprise: populist/hard right government in the making in Italy

  

  Italian anti-establishment and far-right leaders met on Friday to hash out a deal over a joint government that could be announced as soon as Sunday. Matteo Salvini, leader of the nationalist League, told reporters after meeting head of Five Star Movement (M5S) Luigi Di Maio at the lower house Chamber of Deputies that their aim was to reach an agreement “as soon as possible.”

• Saturday, May 12th 2018 - 07:50 UTC

  Macri enlists further financial and political support, but Peso continued to slide

  

  Argentina’s central bank sold US$1.1 billion in the foreign exchange market on Friday and the peso weakened 2.74% to an all-time closing low of 23.35 per U.S. dollar despite talks aimed at securing an International Monetary Fund financing deal.

• Saturday, May 12th 2018 - 07:07 UTC

  Argentina buys five modernized “symbolic” Super Etendard fighter-jets from France

  

  Argentina has bought five modernized Super Etendard fighter jets from the French National Navy for 12.6 million Euros (US$ 15.1 million). The agreement of the operation between both countries is established as one of the forms of cooperation, says Official Gazette.

• Saturday, May 12th 2018 - 06:58 UTC

  MP Craig Mackinlay demands right for Gibraltar to elect an MP to Westminster

  

  Brexit must make us think anew and refresh Gibraltar’s relationship with the UK. It is time for the Rock to have a Member of Parliament, writes MP Craig Mackinlay (*) The Overseas Territory that now sits in a unique constitutional position post-Brexit is Gibraltar.

• Saturday, May 12th 2018 - 06:43 UTC

  “Europe must take its destiny in its own hands, US will not protect us”, claims Merkel

  

  Europe cannot put all of its trust in the U.S. when it comes to protection and should instead “take its destiny into its own hands,” German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said. “It's no longer the case that the United States will simply just protect us”.