Politics

• Friday, February 12th 2021 - 09:40 UTC

  Falklands emphasizes the Restriction of Movement declaration on access to MPC

  

  The Falkland Islands government has reviewed and emphasized the Declaration of Emergency restriction movements, under regulations 11 and 12, which remain in full force, particularly referred to MPC and dependencies access, and possible essential travel.

• Friday, February 12th 2021 - 09:33 UTC

  UK/EU talks to overcome post Brexit frictions in Northern Ireland; Dublin pleads for calm

  

  Britain and the EU vowed on Thursday to resolve post-Brexit trade frictions over the Northern Ireland border in the wake of the UK's departure from the bloc. Northern Ireland was barely mentioned in the parliamentary debates prior to the 2016 Brexit referendum.

• Friday, February 12th 2021 - 09:32 UTC

  Argentina's Patagonia bank teams with Swiss UBS and Banco do Brasil to have a global platform

  

  UBS BB Investment Bank, a joint venture between UBS Group AG and Banco do Brasil SA for South America, reached a collaboration agreement with Argentina’s Banco Patagonia SA.

• Friday, February 12th 2021 - 09:18 UTC

  Australian landmark legislation for its dispute with Google and Facebook

  

  Landmark legislation to force Alphabet's Google and Facebook to pay publishers and broadcasters for content, will be introduced by Australia next week. The bill and its outcome is being closely watched around the world.

• Friday, February 12th 2021 - 09:18 UTC

  Brazil congress passes bill granting the central bank greater autonomy

  

  Brazil's lower house of Congress on Wednesday approved the text of a bill granting the central bank autonomy, which will set fixed four-year terms for the bank's president and directors, and tighter rules on their exit from office.

• Friday, February 12th 2021 - 08:39 UTC

  BBC World News barred from China in retaliation for UK revoking Beijing's CGTN network

  

  Chinese regulators have accused the UK's global broadcaster of breaking China's media code. The move follows the decision by UK authorities to revoke the license for China's global state TV network CGTN.

• Thursday, February 11th 2021 - 09:51 UTC

  Falklands' lack of tradespeople affecting housing and public works programs

  

  With an economy growing sustainedly 3,9% annually, full employment, and with ambitious public works and housing projects in the books, the ongoing problem of the lack of tradespeople in the Falkland Islands has become more evident and challenging. Penguin News invited MLA Barry Elsby to comment on the situation in an interview this week.

• Thursday, February 11th 2021 - 09:45 UTC

  Argentina's goal of an IMF agreement by May, “is an ambitious timeline”

  

  Argentina is planning to reach an agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on a new restructuring program by May, an ambitious timeline according to the IMF’s Western Hemisphere Director Alejandro Werner.

• Thursday, February 11th 2021 - 09:06 UTC

  Google's dominance of digital advertising exposed in Australia

  

  Google's dominance of digital advertising technology in Australia needs to be addressed, the country's competition watchdog said, opening up another front in its battle with the US giant.

• Thursday, February 11th 2021 - 08:47 UTC

  Brazilian Central Bank says inflation outlook rose for the fifth week running

  

  Brazil's central bank weekly FOCUS survey of some 100 economists and financial institutions indicated that the outlook for inflation in the country rose for the fifth consecutive week, and is getting closer to the bank's target for the year.