Get our news on your inbox! x

Remember me Forgot password

MercoPress, en Español

Montevideo, July 26th 2024 - 23:48 UTC

International

  • Monday, July 8th 2024 - 08:01 UTC

    John Healey, MP since 1997, Secretary of State for Defense

    Secretary Healey, ”We will cooperate closely with allies and partners to protect the values at the heart of our democracies.”

    The Falkland Islands Government Office in London congratulated John Healey MP on his appointment as Secretary of State for Defense. And in an X message underlined that FIGO looks forward to working with Secretary Healey for the benefit of UK and the Falklands.

  • Monday, July 8th 2024 - 07:55 UTC

    It’s time to reset Britain’s relations with Europe: article by David Lammy

    Lammy MP, “throughout my political career, absolutely committed to a close partnership with our European neighbors.”

    The Falkland Islands Government London Office extended congratulations to David Lammy MP on his appointment as Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, and in an X message thanked the Secretary for his continued support for Falkland Islanders right to self determination.

  • Monday, July 8th 2024 - 07:30 UTC

    PM Starmer's commitment with the Falkland Islands

    Richard Hyslop, head of FIGO, MLA Mark Pollard, Keir Starmer, MLA John Birmingham and Michael Betts, FIGO staff

    Every year the Falkland Islands elected Legislative Assembly sends two of its members to the round of United Kingdom political parties conferences, mainly Conservatives, Labour, Liberal Democrats and the Scottish National Party, held in UK to strongly lobby for the Islands.

  • Monday, July 8th 2024 - 07:15 UTC

    New variants of Covid-19 spreading rapidly worldwide

    Experts fear an increase in contagions during the Paris Olympic Games later this month

    Ecuadorean health authorities have reported that the new FLiRT (KP.2) variant of Covid-19 had reached the country after two individuals -a 24-year-old man and a 42-year-old woman- tested positive in the Cotopaxi province. Both patients were vaccinated, the Health Ministry also noted. Local experts recalled that although not lethal, FLiRT was highly contagious, and therefore insisted on the importance of personal hygiene.

  • Saturday, July 6th 2024 - 10:55 UTC

    Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer is on the job and Saturday will hold his first cabinet meeting

    PM Keir Starmer and “First Lady” Victoria Alexander

    Sir Keir Starmer's new cabinet will meet for the first time on Saturday morning - the first full day of Labour being in power, points out a BBC report. Rachel Reeves is the UK's first female chancellor, while Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner is also among a record 11 women in the team of 25. Sir Keir appointed his cabinet on Friday after Labor's landslide election win, and in his first speech as PM said the work of change “begins immediately”.

  • Saturday, July 6th 2024 - 08:28 UTC

    Pezeshkian becomes Iran's new President-elect

    Pezeshkian has been critical on the veil imposed on women and is expected to seek a rapprochement to the West

    Heart surgeon and former Health Minister Masoud Pezeshkian has been confirmed Saturday as the winner of Iran's presidential election. The 69-year-old Reformist politician is expected to open up the country after seizing 53.6 % of the vote against the ultraconservative Saeed Jalili's 44.3 % amid a 49.9% turnout.

  • Saturday, July 6th 2024 - 07:26 UTC

    Falklands Legislative Assembly congratulates new UK Government

    The elected Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly extends its congratulations to the Labour Party on their victory in the UK General Election. We also extend our congratulations to The Right Honorable Sir Keir Starmer on his election as an MP, and subsequent appointment this as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom by His Majesty The King Charles III.

  • Friday, July 5th 2024 - 18:42 UTC

    Starmer goes through “kissing of the hands” and forms new UK gov't

    Starmer praised his predecessor for being the first Asian person to hold such a high office

    Sir Keir Starmer was sworn in Friday as the UK’s new prime minister in lieu of the Conservative Rishi Sunak who turned in his resignation following Thursday's appalling electoral defeat earning Labour at least 412 of the 650 seats in Parliament.

  • Friday, July 5th 2024 - 10:55 UTC

    UKs Labour wins with a huge majority; Tories in disarray lose votes to Reform, Liberals and Greens

    Labour leader Keir Starmer delivered a victory speech in London as the voting confirmed that he will be the next prime minister of the U.K.

    U.K.’s Labour Party is on course to win a huge parliamentary majority in the country’s general election, putting an end to 14 years of Conservative governments. Labour is forecasted to have a majority of 166 seats in the House of Commons.

  • Friday, July 5th 2024 - 06:43 UTC

    Brazil has opened its market for Australian mutton and lamb

    Uruguayan farmers face difficulties selling the wool clip, and access to traditional Arab countries for live sheep and meat has become quite challenging

    Despite Mercosur partners with significant flocks, Brazil has reopened its market for Australian mutton and lambt, including sheep meat by-products and edible offal, the Australian Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry announced this week.