International

• Thursday, September 30th 2021 - 09:50 UTC

  Uruguayan gov't appoints preliminary team to advance on FTA with China

  

  Uruguay's Foreign Minister Francisco Bustillo Tuesday announced the formation of a preliminary negotiating team to start talks with China over a future free trade agreement.

• Thursday, September 30th 2021 - 09:08 UTC

  Rockhopper hosting a retail investor meeting on Falklands' oil industry

  

  Rockhopper Exploration plc (AIM: RKH), the oil and gas exploration and production company with key interests in the North Falkland Basin, confirms it will be hosting a retail investor meeting this Thursday, 30 September 2021.

• Thursday, September 30th 2021 - 09:06 UTC

  UK and France clash over fishing licenses in Jersey island's waters

  

  The United Kingdom and France are again clashing over post-Brexit fishing rights since the island of Jersey rejected 75 license requests from French fishermen. Paris announced retaliatory measures in fifteen days if the situation is not reversed.

• Thursday, September 30th 2021 - 09:00 UTC

  Can Argentina Finally Realize Its Oil Potential?

  

  By Matthew Smith for Oilprice.com – For a decade, successive Argentine governments in Buenos Aires have enacted a range of policies aimed at reducing energy imports and exploiting the Latin American country’s vast hydrocarbon potential.

• Thursday, September 30th 2021 - 08:35 UTC

  Falklands' new waste management scheme gets the green light

  

  The revised scheme for the new Waste Management Facility has been approved by the Planning and Building Committee. The new plans are for a waste management facility including a household waste tipping area, a public waste center, an incinerator with a 30-meter high chimney and ash collection bay, and a waste storage area.

• Thursday, September 30th 2021 - 08:30 UTC

  Type 21 frigates' crews monument at San Carlos prepared for Falklands' 40th anniversary

  

  Falklands-based sailors tidied up the monument to crews of Type 21 frigates ahead of next year’s 40th anniversary of the conflict. A team of seven personnel who support the United Kingdom operations in the South Atlantic climbed Campito Hill which dominates nearby San Carlos Water – scene of several days of a bitter battle between the liberating fleet and Argentine aircraft in May 1982.

• Thursday, September 30th 2021 - 08:27 UTC

  James Bond 007 actor Daniel Craig made honorary Commander of the Royal Navy

  

  Actor Daniel Craig has been made an honorary Commander in the Royal Navy – matching the on-screen rank of James Bond. Commander Craig’s appointment as an honorary officer reflects his support for UK Armed Forces and links it with the legacy created through the guise of the fictional British secret agent.

• Wednesday, September 29th 2021 - 08:27 UTC

  Argentine meat sales to China to resume next week; the rest of the world will have to wait until 2022

  

  Argentina will resume meat exports to China as of this coming Monday, it was announced Tuesday in Buenos Aires.

• Tuesday, September 28th 2021 - 08:43 UTC

  Black market of COVID-19 vaccination certificates on the rise

  

  Immunization requirements for travellers or workers have resulted in the development of a black market of Covid-19 vaccination certificates on the Internet, the Buenos Aires daily Crónica reported Monday.

• Tuesday, September 28th 2021 - 08:30 UTC

  Peruvian currency plunges against US dollar following PM's nationalization threat against gas supplier

  

  The Peruvian sol fell sharply Monday against the US dollar in Lima markets following Sunday's statements from Prime Minister Guido Bellido, who threatened the new government might stabilize the cooking gas supplier Camisea.