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Montevideo, July 3rd 2025 - 18:54 UTC

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  • Tuesday, March 31st 2015 - 08:41 UTC

    Falklands' clearance of Argentine mines planned to restart in mid-September

    “This latest phase is the fourth and largest, and is scheduled to take place over the next two years”, said Marot head of the demining program in Falklands

    The Falkland Islands program to clear mines planted by the invading Argentine forces in 1982, is scheduled to take a break at the end of April, following a very successful task all along summer according to Guy Marot, Program Manager for the Falkland Islands Demining Program Office, as reported in the FIG's edition of February.

  • Monday, March 30th 2015 - 09:34 UTC

    Carnival and associates to incorporate nine new cruise vessels by 2022

    Carnival Corporation signed this week two strategic memorandums that will add nine new cruise ships to the company’s fleet over a four-year period

    Carnival Corporation enters into strategic partnerships to add nine cruise ships to its fleet over a four-year period starting in 2019; shipbuilders Fincantieri and Meyer Werft to each build next-generation cruise ships for Carnival Corporation through two separate, long-term partnerships, reports Maritime Link.

  • Monday, March 30th 2015 - 06:58 UTC

    Falklands' oil industry advances despite the fall in oil prices, according to FT

    Sam Moody insists that a smaller scale plan at Sea Lion with an initial outlay of 1.8bn dollars or less, could guarantee the beginning of production before 2020”.

    A recent piece from the Financial Times points to the fact that despite the remoteness of the Falkland Islands, the fall of international oil prices and the ongoing conflict with Argentina, this has not impeded small oil and gas companies from going ahead with exploration, and hopefully before 2020 production, in the Islands waters.

  • Monday, March 30th 2015 - 06:47 UTC

    Citibank suspended in Argentina “until it revokes agreement with Griesa and holdout funds”

    The “precautionary suspension” was ordered as CNV considered that the bank “did not act according to Argentine banking law” said Kicillof

    Economy Minister Axel Kicillof said the suspension of Citibank Argentina, ordered by the National Securities Commission (CNV) financial watchdog, will stay in place until the bank revokes its agreement not to appeal US Judge Thomas Griesa’s ruling that interest payments on Argentina's restructured local law bonds could not be processed if the bank was allowed to make two one-off payments to help it exit its local custody business.

  • Monday, March 30th 2015 - 06:32 UTC

    French local elections confirm come back of Sarkozy and containment of Marie Le Pen

    ”The French people have massively rejected the policies of (President) Francois Hollande and his government,” he told party supporters.

    The far-right National Front (FN) made only limited gains in French local elections won by ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy's conservatives. The anti-immigrant, anti-EU party is likely to have won up to 108 local council seats, from holding only one currently. But they will have too few in any one of the 102 “departements” to control any of them, updated Sunday exit polls showed.

  • Sunday, March 29th 2015 - 09:47 UTC

    Sea Shepherd receives unexpected help in the 100-day chase of poacher

    For the past 100 days Sea Shepherd's flagship the Bob Barker has been chasing a poacher caught taking Patagonian toothfish from Australian territorial waters (Pic FB)

    One of Australia's biggest commercial fishing businesses has joined forces with militant environment group Sea Shepherd in an unheralded bid to stop pirate fishing boats. David Carter, from Perth-based Austral Fisheries, said the company was joining forces with Sea Shepherd because it wanted to lend moral support to the group's efforts to stamp out poaching.

  • Saturday, March 28th 2015 - 11:46 UTC

    Gibraltar Deputy Chief Minister lobbies Democrats and Republicans in US Congress

    Dr Garcia recalled Gibraltar has been a close ally of the US for over 200 years which dates back to the US’s first intervention overseas against the Barbary States

    Gibraltar Deputy Chief Minister Dr. Joseph Garcia highlighted the long and historic relationship between Gibraltar and the United States during a series of meetings in Washington. In a busy schedule Dr Garcia held meetings at the offices of both Democratic and Republican members of Congress on Capitol Hill.

  • Saturday, March 28th 2015 - 11:29 UTC

    British experts in sports security visited Uruguay to exchange experiences

    Ms. Storey and Mr. Galilee had the opportunity to attend a football match and to visit the Centenario Stadium, as well as other sports grounds.

    British experts in sports security visited Uruguay and shared experiences in sports security management with their counterparts. The UK delegation was made up of Sue Storey, Director of Sports and International Development, and Geoff Galilee, Sports Football Clubs Inspector of the Sports Ground Safety Authorization, SGSA.

  • Saturday, March 28th 2015 - 10:21 UTC

    HMS Lancaster takes over from HMS Dragon in South Atlantic patrol tasking

    “In many ways it’s a ground-breaking deployment for the Royal Navy, as we are taking new capabilities and equipment on operations for the first time”, said Commander Laughton

    Type 23 frigate HMS Lancaster sailed from her home in Portsmouth last week for a routine nine-month Atlantic patrol tasking, which includes the Falklands and South Georgia. She is the first ship in the Royal Navy to deploy with the new Wildcat helicopter, and her crew are wearing the newest naval uniform in 70 years.

  • Saturday, March 28th 2015 - 09:47 UTC

    Falklands' conflict hypothesis: Argentine Mirages are banned from flying on cloudy days

    “We have no conflict hypothesis. We are programmed for a defense policy based on the development of our capabilities”, said Rossi

    The Argentine government and media agree that the country does not have the military capacity to attack the Falkland Islands as feared by Britain. A report in daily La Nacion points out the Argentine armed forces lack landing crafts, troop transport vessels and even the Mirage fighter planes are banned from flying on cloudy days because of repeated problems with their instruments.