International

• Friday, June 2nd 2017 - 07:47 UTC

  Labour and Tories recovering ground in Scotland; SNP ahead with 43% vote intention

  

  Labour is running neck-and-neck with the Tories in Scotland, with both parties attracting around 25% of the vote, a new opinion poll has indicated. While the latest Ipsos Mori findings for STV put the SNP (Scottish National Party) out in front with backing from 43% of Scots certain to vote - down from its 2015 result of 50% - Scottish Labour and the Scottish Conservatives are tied on 25% each.

• Friday, June 2nd 2017 - 06:56 UTC

  Value-added South Georgia Toothfish promoted at the world's largest food service trade show

  

  Falkland Islands local company Georgia Seafoods Ltd joined food and beverage companies from 110 countries and all 50 states to exhibit at the National Restaurant Association’s annual trade show held in Chicago last weekend. The show is an essential destination for over 45,000 buyers representing the USA’s burgeoning food service sector.

• Friday, June 2nd 2017 - 06:42 UTC

  May disappointed with Trump's decision to drop Paris climate change agreement; Europe condemns

  

  PM Theresa May has told Donald Trump of her “disappointment” with his decision to pull the US out of the 2015 Paris climate agreement. In a phone call with the US president, Mrs. May said the UK remained committed to the deal, according to a Downing Street statement. But Mrs. May has been criticized for not signing a joint condemnation from France, Germany, and Italy. Mr. Trump said he would try to negotiate a new, “fairer” climate deal.

• Friday, June 2nd 2017 - 06:15 UTC

  ICRC team underlines good understanding with Falkland Islanders

  

  Head of the Humanitarian Project Plan (HPP) team to identify Argentine soldiers buried at Darwin Cemetery confident to complete on-site operations in August, full task by end of year, speaks of “good understanding” with Islanders.

• Thursday, June 1st 2017 - 20:42 UTC

  Exxon required to assess risks of climate change: 62% of shareholders supported the motion

  

  Shareholders in Exxon Mobil have backed a motion requiring the company to assess the risks from climate change. The plan, proposed by investors including the Church of England, was supported by over 62% of those eligible to vote.

• Thursday, June 1st 2017 - 10:04 UTC

  EU and China team up to meet Paris climate change accord and warn Trump

  

  The European Commission president has said that it was the “duty of Europe” to stand up to the US if President Donald Trump decides to pull his country out of the Paris climate change accord. Jean-Claude Juncker said that “the Americans can't just get out of the agreement,” adding that “it takes three to four years” to pull out.

• Thursday, June 1st 2017 - 09:39 UTC

  Falklands' Darwin cemetery Red Cross team flies to the Islands on Saturday

  

  The International Committee of the Red Cross, ICRC, which will lead the task of identifying the unknown Argentine combatants buried at the Darwin cemetery in the Falkland Islands, and currently in Buenos Aires, will be arriving in the Islands next Saturday and work is expected to begin as had been anticipated on 19 June.

• Thursday, June 1st 2017 - 07:32 UTC

  UK June 8 election opinion polls marred in controversy

  

  Prime Minister Theresa May could lose control of parliament in Britain's June 8 election, according to a projection by polling company YouGov, raising the prospect of political turmoil just as formal Brexit talks begin.

• Wednesday, May 31st 2017 - 20:55 UTC

  Falklands government releases events of the 35th anniversary of the War

  

  The Falkland Islands Government has released details of imminent events, both official and informal, which will focus on the 35th Anniversary of the 1982 War. Additionally, FIG announced that the following people shall be here as official guests of the Government from the 12th-16th June:

• Wednesday, May 31st 2017 - 05:52 UTC

  World No Tobacco Day 2017: for health, prosperity, the environment and national development

  

  Action to stamp out tobacco use can help countries prevent millions of people falling ill and dying from tobacco-related disease, combat poverty and, according to a first-ever WHO report, reduce large-scale environmental degradation.