International

• Wednesday, April 26th 2023 - 03:23 UTC

  Germany divided on the idea of a four-day working week on full pay; ex communist landers and Free Democrats skeptical

  

  Contrary to recent legislation in Chile and in other European countries, a survey found that 55% of people living in Germany do not consider four-day working weeks on full pay desirable, according to the results published on Tuesday. The four-day model, as opposed to the five-day workweek that is customary in most industrialized countries, has been the subject of many trials in recent times.

• Wednesday, April 26th 2023 - 01:57 UTC

  Falklands' population ensures access to the best of British TV and Radio content

  

  The Falkland Islands Government has announced that they have signed a new agreement with BFBS Media Ltd for the continued provision of Television, Radio and MiPlayer Services for the Falkland Islands.

• Tuesday, April 25th 2023 - 11:52 UTC

  Lula wants partnerships with private companies in developments to come

  

  Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Monday told a group of businessmen in the Portuguese city of Porto that his country was not willing to sell any public company but it would nevertheless welcome private entrepreneurship “to partner with us in what we need to create anew.”

• Monday, April 24th 2023 - 17:05 UTC

  Worldwide military expenditure increased 3,7% in 2022, SIPRI report

  

  The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), a leading global security think tank, reported that countries around the world are spending record amounts of money in defense budgets. Some of the reasons for this new trend, inflation, the war in Ukraine, US efforts to outpace China.

• Monday, April 24th 2023 - 16:32 UTC

  Moscow warns Ukraine's Black Sea “export channel” conditioned by West obstacles to Russian trade

  

  Moscow warned that the outlook for extending a deal beyond May 18 that allows the safe wartime export of grain and fertilizer from several Ukrainian Black Sea ports was “not great” as Russia’s own such exports still faced obstacles.

• Monday, April 24th 2023 - 10:59 UTC

  Brazilian official says Mercosur-EU deal may be closed this year

  

  Márcio Elias, executive secretary of Brazil's Ministry of Development, Industry, Trade, and Services, said Sunday that the federal government intends to close the free trade agreement between Mercosur and the European Union this year.

• Monday, April 24th 2023 - 10:41 UTC

  Portugal and Brazil do not think alike regarding Ukraine

  

  While Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva insisted in Lisbon on the need for a “negotiated” peace between Russia and Ukraine, his Portuguese hosts were quick to show their disagreement with an initiative that could “benefit the offender.”

• Saturday, April 22nd 2023 - 10:49 UTC

  Why was Lula not quite welcome in Lisbon?

  

  Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Friday landed in Lisbon for the first stop of his European tour seeking to overcome the isolation the South American country sank into under Jair Bolsonaro. However, it was not all cheers and smiles following his remarks regarding Ukraine and Russia, whom he both blamed for starting the current war.

• Friday, April 21st 2023 - 10:08 UTC

  Except for Argentina, the ECLAC study highlights that in the region “inflationary pressures have slowed down”

  

  According to an ECLAC (Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean: an organization of the United Nations that supports trade and economic growth in Latin America and the Caribbean) study released Thursday, Latin America's growth for the year 20023 was forecast to be averaging 1.2%.

• Friday, April 21st 2023 - 10:05 UTC

  Lavrov strengthens Moscow's ties with Havanna

  

  Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov Thursday told Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel that Moscow continued to reject the economic, commercial, and financial blockade imposed by Washington on Havanna. The Russian diplomat also met with former President Raúl Castro and with his Cuban counterpart, Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla during the last stop of his Latin America and Caribbean tour which included Brazil, Venezuela, and Nicaragua.