Politics

Saturday, October 21st 2017 - 10:12 UTC
UK and EU agree to protect Ireland's Good Friday Agreement and Common Travel Area

Prime minister Theresa May has repeated that the unique circumstances of North Ireland will require a specific Brexit solution. “It is vital that joint work on the peace process is not affected in any way, it is too important for that,” said PM May in Brussels after a meeting of EU leaders.
Saturday, October 21st 2017 - 10:08 UTC
Theresa May Brexit efforts receive strong boost from Angela Merkel

German Chancellor Angela Merkel gave Theresa May a Brexit boost as EU leaders gathered for a summit in Brussels, saying there were “encouraging” signs that talks on the future UK/EU trade relationship could begin as early as December.
Saturday, October 21st 2017 - 08:09 UTC
King insists Catalonia “is and will remain” in Spain. Rajoy planning a general election next January

In his second intervention in the secession crisis, Spain's King Felipe VI has said Catalonia “is and will remain” an essential part of the country. He told an awards ceremony in the northern city of Oviedo that the Catalan government was causing a rift and Spain would solve the problem through democratic institutions.
Saturday, October 21st 2017 - 08:03 UTC
Catalonia customers withdrawing symbolic sums of money from banks leaving the region

Bank customers in Catalonia are withdrawing symbolic amounts of money from financial institutions that have moved their official headquarters to other locations in Spain amid a political crisis over the region’s independence bid.
Saturday, October 21st 2017 - 07:30 UTC
Uruguay government announces presence of hydrocarbons in an exploratory well

The Uruguayan government announced on Friday the presence of hydrocarbons in the north west of the country, in the framework of exploratory drilling by US based Schuepbach Energy. The discovery took place in the county of Paysandu, some 400kms north of the capital Montevideo.
Saturday, October 21st 2017 - 07:05 UTC
Family confirm body recovered in Argentine Patagonia is that of missing activist

The body recovered from a river bed in southern Argentina is that of a missing activist who disappeared two months ago during a police operation, his brother confirmed on Friday. Santiago Maldonado, a 28-year-old tattoo artist, was last seen being detained by paramilitary police as they moved to disperse a protest march by the Mapuche indigenous group in the Patagonia Chubut province, on August first.
Friday, October 20th 2017 - 14:08 UTC
UK government's plans for Brexit are in “paralysis”, claims Labour

The UK Government’s plans for Brexit are “in paralysis”, Labour claimed amid speculation crucial legislation will be delayed again. Shadow Brexit secretary Sir Keir Starmer said there was “chaos at the heart of Government” over the approach to leaving the European Union.
Friday, October 20th 2017 - 07:49 UTC
Spanish special cabinet meeting to take over powers of Catalonia

Spain is to hold a special Cabinet meeting at the weekend to activate measures to take control of Catalonia’s semi-autonomous powers after the region’s leader said he would formally declare independence if no talks were offered.
Friday, October 20th 2017 - 07:39 UTC
May expects no advance on Brexit talks at the EU leaders' summit

Prime Minister Theresa May has made clear that she is not expecting a Brexit breakthrough at this week’s summit of EU leaders, describing it as an opportunity to “take stock” of progress so far. Mrs. May said she would be setting out “ambitious plans” for further negotiations in the weeks ahead, and said she wanted to inject a new “urgency” into discussions on the post-Brexit rights of EU citizens living in the UK and Britons on the continent.
Friday, October 20th 2017 - 06:03 UTC
A Rose for Peace presented the Falklands by Argentine students

The large number of Argentine visitors to the Falkland Islands this week included pupils of the Don Bosco College in Ensenada. Having spent the first full day of their stay visiting the military cemeteries at Darwin and San Carlos where they paid tribute to the fallen of both sides in 1982, on Monday the group, whose visit was arranged in conjunction with the British Embassy in Buenos Aires, was given a presentation on the Falklands by the FIG Policy Department.