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  • Monday, March 6th 2017 - 08:52 UTC

    Russia displaces Saudi Arabia as world's largest supplier of crude oil

    Russia does not belong to OPEC, but has followed recent decisions to curb production, with a result being that oil prices have risen 20% since November.

    Russia has taken over from Saudi Arabia as the world’s largest supplier of crude oil, according to the Riyadh based Joint Organizations' Data Initiative. Russia pumped 10.49 million barrels a day in December, with Saudi Arabia just behind at 10.46 and the US third at 8.9 million barrels. Iraq came up in fourth place with 5 million barrels.

  • Monday, March 6th 2017 - 08:43 UTC

    Theresa May sends strong warnings to Scottish government: “UK will not drift apart in post-Brexit”

    “I am determined to ensure that as we leave the EU, we do so as one United Kingdom, which prospers outside the EU as one UK” underlined PM May

    United Kingdom Prime Minister Theresa May has warned the Scottish Government that control over policy areas such as fishing and agriculture might not come to Holyrood in the wake of Brexit. PM May said while no powers will be taken away from Scottish ministers as a result of the decision to leave the European Union, responsibilities that transfer back to Britain from Brussels “must sit at the right level to ensure our United Kingdom can operate effectively”.

  • Monday, March 6th 2017 - 08:33 UTC

    If no post-Brexit deal is reached, 'UK can leave without paying a penny', says Lords' report

    European Commission’s chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier is seeking some 60bn Euro (£52 billion) “exit bill” from Britain

    Britain can legally walk away from the European Union without paying a penny if there is no post-Brexit agreement, a House of Lords inquiry has concluded. The Lords EU Financial Affairs Sub Committee said the UK would be in a “strong” legal position if the two-year Article 50 withdrawal negotiations ended without a deal.

  • Monday, March 6th 2017 - 08:19 UTC

    Chancellor warns EU that UK will “fight back” if it does not reach a Brexit deal it wants

    “If there is anybody in the EU who thinks that if we don’t do a deal with the EU, ..., Britain will simply slink off as a wounded animal, that is not going to happen.”

    Chancellor Philip Hammond has warned the EU that Britain will “fight back” and not “slink off like a wounded animal” if it does not get the Brexit deal it wants. In some of the toughest talking yet ahead of the UK triggering the Article 50 negotiations on terms of withdrawal, the Chancellor said Britain would “do whatever we need to do” to be competitive in the event of leaving the EU without a trade agreement.

  • Monday, March 6th 2017 - 06:40 UTC

    New Brazilian minister wants closer Mercosur-Pacific Alliance relations

    “We have very important challenges ahead such as giving new life to Mercosur and bringing Mercosur closer to the Pacific Alliance” wrote Nunes

    Giving new life to Mercosur and closer links with the Pacific Alliance are the main challenges of his office said Aloysio Nunes, Brazil's new foreign minister. In as brief statement in Facebook the ex senator and chair of the foreign affair committee also insists that Mercosur must open to the world and reach more agreements with other countries and trade spaces.

  • Saturday, March 4th 2017 - 11:16 UTC

    Identification of soldiers remains buried in Falklands has started, says Argentina

    The proposal intends to settle a historic debt with the relatives of the fallen heroes who rest in the Darwin cemetery under the caption, 'Argentine soldier only known by God'.

    The Argentine Justice ministry's Human Rights and Cultural Pluralism Desk, announced on Friday that the identification process of the remains of the “Argentine heroes” buried in the Falkland Islands Darwin cemetery has started, and is based on the “accord signed between Argentina and the UK”.

  • Friday, March 3rd 2017 - 13:19 UTC

    Brazil investigating if RAF flights to the Falklands landed in the country

    Brazilian president Michel Temer only on Thursday announced he was naming Senator Aloysio Nunes as succesor of ex minister Jose Serra

    The Brazilian government announced it had opened an investigation among miltiary institutions regarding Royal Air Force landings in Brazilian airports, while making flights between Britain and the Falkland/Malvinas Islands.

  • Friday, March 3rd 2017 - 12:01 UTC

    Fearing Russia's increasing pressure in the Baltic, Sweden reintroduces military draft

    Minister Hultqvist described the situation as sending a signal given Russia's  “increasing pressure” on the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.

    Sweden's left-leaning government on Thursday reintroduced a military draft for both men and women because of what Defense Minister Peter Hultqvist called a deteriorating security environment in Europe and around Sweden. The country abolished compulsory military service for men in 2010 because there were enough volunteers to meet the region's military needs.

  • Friday, March 3rd 2017 - 10:59 UTC

    Trump's UK state visit delayed: an option is Scotland, during parliament recess, says London media

    Trump and PM May agreed to postpone the trip during a phone call two weeks ago until controversy abates

    Donald Trump’s state visit to the UK is to be delayed until October and will take place mostly in Scotland, according to reports. The Daily Mail has reported that planners want to shift much of the US president’s trip - originally penciled in for the first week in June - to the Queen’s residence at Balmoral, Aberdeenshire, in a bid to deter protesters.The president could spend as little as one day in London before heading to Scotland.

  • Thursday, March 2nd 2017 - 07:59 UTC

    Falklands' Loligo season opens; Vigo market squid prices are “strong”

    “What matters is how the season takes off”, points out Javier Touza who recalls “the very poor 2015 season” with catches of 30.000 tons of Loligo

    The Loligo squid season took off this weekend in the Falkland Islands and the Galician partners of local companies are hopeful that they can repeat catches of the last season when some 46.000 tons were landed. “The experimental sampling previous to the official launching points to stability”, according to Javier Touza president of ARVI, the Vigo cooperative of vessel owners.