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Montevideo, July 3rd 2026 - 23:53 UTC

Politics

  • Thursday, May 11th 2017 - 12:38 UTC

    Chile cuts steel for its new 13.000 tons icebreaker to be operational in 2022/23

    “It's a great day for Chile and a great honor for me to participate in the steel plate cutting ceremony of this new icebreaker”, said president Bachelet

    Chilean president Michelle Bachelet cut the first sheet of steel for the construction of the country's new icebreaker which is expected to be operational for the 2022/23 Antarctic season, replacing the ageing Almirante Oscar Viel. The US$ 200 million plus project based on a contract with naval architects and marine engineers Vard Marine, will be built at ASMAR Talcahuano, Shipbuilding & Ship Repair Company.

  • Thursday, May 11th 2017 - 12:25 UTC

    Australian conservative government to raise taxes on five biggest banks

    Morrison said $6.2bn would be raised over four years by the new levy on big five: ANZ Bank, Westpac, National Australia Bank, Commonwealth, and Macquarie.

    Australian Treasurer Scott Morrison has unveiled a new budget which includes a surprise rise in taxation for the country's five biggest banks from July. Morrison also announced education savings which will see students pay a greater share of the cost of degrees, while infrastructure projects, health and housing affordability were also high on the government's agenda.

  • Thursday, May 11th 2017 - 11:36 UTC

    Falklands worried M/V Uruguay Reefer seems doomed to sink in the Islands Conservation Zones

    Baltmed Reefer Services Ltd. reported last Friday that cargo vessel MV Uruguay Reefer had sent a distress signal and reported severe flooding in the cargo holds.(Pic PN)

    The Falkland Islands Government (FIG) is closely monitoring the situation of the stranded M/V Uruguay Reefer and has been in contact with the vessel operators to impress upon them the need to find a solution which avoids the vessel sinking in Falkland Island Conservation Zones.

  • Thursday, May 11th 2017 - 11:29 UTC

    Lula was questioned for five hours and later called the corruption case “a farce”

    The closed hearing put Lula face-to-face with Judge Sergio Moro, a hero to many Brazilians for his relentless pursuit of powerful figures in Petrobras graft probe

    Brazil's former president Lula da Silva called the corruption trial threatening to end his storied career a “farce” during almost five hours of testimony on Wednesday. Lula is accused of receiving a seaside apartment as a kickback from the OAS construction company, and if found guilty could be barred from running for office and even jailed, destroying his hopes of coming back to power in the 2018 presidential elections.

  • Thursday, May 11th 2017 - 10:17 UTC

    Milestone ruling in Europe: parents of EU children have the right to residence

    The ECJ argued that any threat to the mother's right to remain in the EU would deprive the child of the “genuine enjoyment” of her own rights under EU law.

    Non-EU citizens may have the right to residence in the EU if their children are EU citizens, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled. The case refers to a woman from Venezuela who had a child with a Dutch citizen from whom she has since legally separated. She was denied social welfare and child benefit payments by Dutch authorities.

  • Thursday, May 11th 2017 - 09:56 UTC

    Gibraltar preparing for a hard Brexit; expects new opportunities for financial services

    “We have a with a firm commitment from the UK government to maintain and broaden access to their financial markets from Gibraltar,” Mr Tipping said.

    Gibraltar is preparing for a hard Brexit but expects new opportunities for its financial services sector despite the challenges ahead, Finance Centre Director James Tipping told a European Parliament committee in Brussels. Mr Tipping told the parliament’s Committee of Inquiry into Money Laundering, Tax Avoidance and Tax Evasion that Gibraltar’s finance centre was “small by European standards” but crucial to Gibraltar’s economy.

  • Wednesday, May 10th 2017 - 08:44 UTC

    Malvinas Families want Argentina to resume next of kin trips to Darwin cemetery

    Malcorra told Maria Fernanda Araujo, that such talks should take place once the DNA remains identification process at the Darwin cemetery, has been completed.

    The Malvinas Families Commission have requested foreign minister Susana Malcorra for the Argentine state to resume the organization and financing of trips of relatives to the Darwin cemetery where the Argentine soldiers fallen during the 1982 conflict are buried, reports Clarin.

  • Wednesday, May 10th 2017 - 08:23 UTC

    Falklands fisheries: Galicia fleet analyzes impact of Brexit

    The Galicia fleet was the first to approach the Falklands and offer a fair deal

    The future of Galician fishing after “Brexit” could generate “very harmful” measures in the field of fish imports from a fisheries that is as wealthy and important for the Galician fleet as that of the Falkland Islands.

  • Wednesday, May 10th 2017 - 08:06 UTC

    Germany optimistic about “a friendly and sensible political agreement” over Gibraltar

    Martin Schäfer, Foreign Ministry spokesperson said ”one side or the other, probably the UK, will want to put Gibraltar on the agenda” for Brexit negotiations.

    The German Government believes Brexit offers “a possibly historic opportunity” for the UK and Spain to reach “a friendly and sensible” political agreement over Gibraltar’s legal status, according to Spanish press reports.

  • Wednesday, May 10th 2017 - 07:06 UTC

    “Malvinas Islands already have a flag”

    Argentina's extreme south flag

    The initiative from an Argentine member of Congress to create a flag for the Malvinas Islands was rejected by Tierra del Fuego governor Rosana Bertone, who recalled that the Malvinas Islands are an integral part of the province of Tierra del Fuego, Antarctica and South Atlantic Islands.