Get our news on your inbox! x

Remember me Forgot password

MercoPress, en Español

Montevideo, July 1st 2025 - 21:13 UTC

International

  • Friday, June 30th 2023 - 07:52 UTC

    Scotland suspends plans to create Protected Marine Areas in 10% of its waters

    Net Zero Secretary Mairi McAllan said the government was firmly committed to enhancing marine protection, “but current plans would not be progressed.”

    Under strong pressure from the fishing industry and some island communities, the Scottish government has scrapped plans to create Highly Protected Marine Areas in 10% of Scotland's seas. The proposals would have restricted fishing and other human activities in some coastal areas, in a bid to protect the environment.

  • Thursday, June 29th 2023 - 15:45 UTC

    World Bank approves $150 million loan to boost green hydrogen investment in Chile

    This collaboration aims to expedite hydrogen deployment in emerging markets and developing countries

    In a significant move towards promoting sustainable energy solutions, the World Bank Board of Directors has approved a loan of $150 million to support green hydrogen projects in Chile. This loan marks the World Bank's first endeavor in promoting green hydrogen and aligns with Chile's commitment to achieving carbon neutrality by 2050. The investment aims to accelerate the country's green growth, energy transition, and foster a resilient and inclusive economic development.

  • Thursday, June 29th 2023 - 10:42 UTC

    Portuguese President wants EU-Mercosur deal ratified this year

    “If we choose the path of democracy, we choose the path of the dignity of the person,” Rebelo stressed

    Portugal's President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa said Wednesday it was essential that an agreement between Mercosur and the European Union (EU) “be concluded as soon as possible,” Agencia Brasil reported. Rebelo made those remarks during a forum in Lisbon which was also attended by Brazilian Vice President Geraldo Alckmin, who is also the South American country's Minister of Development, Industry, Commerce, and Services.

  • Thursday, June 29th 2023 - 07:23 UTC

    What just happened in Russia?

    Vladimir Putin with Aleksandr Lukashenko, the president of Belarus and Europe’s longest-ruling dictator

    By Gwynne Dyer - Hundreds of analysts in a dozen countries are working on that mystery right now because Russia is still an important place and Putin’s power has clearly been damaged by this bizarre incident

  • Thursday, June 29th 2023 - 02:25 UTC

    UK pension funds in the limelight because of massive investments in fossil fuel firms

    Make My Money Matter revealed that UK’s pension funds should review their £88 billion worth of investment in equities and bonds of fossil fuel firms

    Controversy in the UK over pension funds and London's commitment to keep to the Paris Agreement goals. In effect this Wednesday, the climate finance campaign Make My Money Matter revealed that UK’s pension funds should review their US$ $112 billion (£88 billion) worth of investment in equities and bonds of fossil fuel firms, as the funds are not anywhere near on track for aligning their portfolios to the Paris Agreement goals.

  • Wednesday, June 28th 2023 - 19:53 UTC

    South Koreans wake up younger on Wednesday, as Seoul adopts the global age counting system

    Under South Korea's traditional method of a person's age, an individual is already aged one at birth. Everyone's age then goes up on January 1, not on their birthday.

    People in South Korea woke up on Wednesday legally younger than they had been on Tuesday, and in many cases. The mass de-aging was down to a new law coming into effect, which scrapped a traditional age counting system, leaving South Koreans using the international standard method.

  • Wednesday, June 28th 2023 - 19:51 UTC

    Do you love pizza? So did the Romans two thousand years ago in Pompeii

    The newly discovered image has some significant differences from pizza dishes that are enjoyed today, since tomato and mozzarella cheese were not available then

    A 2,000 year old fresco depicting what might be a predecessor of the classical Italian Pizza has been found in the ruins of the city of Pompeii. Archeologists assume that the flat bread portrayed in the fresco, next to a wine goblet, may have been eaten with fruits such as pomegranate or dates, or dressed with species, pistachio and a type of pesto sauce.

  • Tuesday, June 27th 2023 - 11:09 UTC

    Falklands war: Medals for Galician sailors forcibly turned into the crew of a spy vessel monitoring UK Task Force

    The Argentine intelligence officer in charge told them not to be scared, “a missile is worth a million dollars and the English are not going to spend one on a fishing vessel”.

    The Argentine consulate in Vigo, Spain held a ceremony to acknowledge the valor and dedication of two Galician sailors from Vigo and Cangas who were forcibly recruited into the Falklands conflict, 41 years ago, by the Argentine navy when they were about to begin their fishing season in the South Atlantic on board the vessel Usurbil.

  • Tuesday, June 27th 2023 - 08:25 UTC

    Mercosur/EU trade accord: Lula describes EU amendments as 'unacceptable”, but will continue talks

    “I intend to discuss this matter with President Emmanuel Macron because France strongly defends its agricultural interests,” Lula stated

    Brazilian president Lula da Silva reiterated his support for the signing of the agreement between the European Union (EU) and Mercosur but expressed his dissatisfaction with the additional terms proposed by the European bloc, calling them “unacceptable.”

  • Monday, June 26th 2023 - 15:52 UTC

    Harold Briley, 1931 to 2023

    Harold and Norah Briley on their 60th Wedding Anniversary

    Tributes have been pouring in for Harold Briley, who passed away in the small hours of 26 June 2023, surrounded by his family, after a long battle with cancer, which he bore bravely.