Politics

Tuesday, April 26th 2016 - 08:28 UTC
Brexit impact on Falklands could be ''catastrophic” for the economy and might encourage Argentina

If Britain finally leaves the European Union it might encourage Argentina to be more aggressive, according to Sukey Cameron, Falkland Islands government representative in London interviewed by The Telegraph political correspondent Ben Riley-Smith.
Tuesday, April 26th 2016 - 08:04 UTC
Falklands renews VMS capability contract for tracking over 150 vessels

Big OceanData has been awarded a contract to provide the Government of the Falkland Islands with its vessel monitoring system (VMS) capability for another five years. For the first time the system will include AIS data, which will be integrated with existing Inmarsat tracking data from the fishing vessels.
Monday, April 25th 2016 - 21:16 UTC
Germany celebrates 500th anniversary of beer “purity law”

German Chancellor Angela Merkel praised the “world renown” of German beer in Ingolstadt, at a celebration marking the 500th anniversary of the beer purity law. The age-old rule has remained a staple of beer production. Hundreds of brewers from Germany and other European countries attended the celebration in Bavaria on Friday, with servers and guards in traditional costumes.
Monday, April 25th 2016 - 21:07 UTC
Germans thirst for beer dwindling; health consciousness prevailing

For 500 years Germany’s famous Beer Purity Law has been protecting the country’s beer drinkers from contaminants, chemicals and any other additives that unsavory merchants might have thought of adding. But the law, or Reinheitsgebot, which marked its 500th anniversary last Friday, has been unable to protect the country’s 1,350 brewers and the proud industry from a modern plague: health consciousness.
Monday, April 25th 2016 - 06:31 UTC
Chilean Navy celebrates “Month of the Sea” in Punta Arenas

Starting this Monday and until 4 May, the Chilean navy is celebrating the Month of the Sea, edition 2016, and has chosen Punta Arenas in the extreme south of the country as the epicenter of the event which includes the visit of president Michelle Bachelet on 3 May.
Monday, April 25th 2016 - 06:17 UTC
Falklands' future leaders at the Commonwealth Youth Parliament in Canada

The Falkland Islands Branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) would like to invite expressions of interest in representing the Islands at the Commonwealth Youth Parliament, CYP, 2016, to be held in Canada next November.
Monday, April 25th 2016 - 06:05 UTC
Meirelles mentioned as Finance minister in a Vice-president Temer administration

If Brazilian Vice President Michel Temer takes power, former central bank President Henrique Meirelles would accept the position of finance minister under the condition he was given approval rights over members of the entire economic team, newspaper Folha de S. Paulo reported on Sunday.
Monday, April 25th 2016 - 05:30 UTC
Belize-Guatemala incident reignites standing border dispute; OAS calls for a 'lasting peace'

The Organization of American States, OAS, has called on the governments of Belize and Guatemala to avoid an escalation of tensions, and renew efforts to establish a lasting peace. The OAS statement follows a previous repudiating “the death of a Guatemalan minor [Julio Alvarado, 13] at the hands of a Belizean patrol”.
Sunday, April 24th 2016 - 09:03 UTC
Anti/slavery crusader Harriet Tubman will command the $20 dollar bill

Anti-slavery crusader Harriet Tubman will become the first African-American to be featured on the face of US paper currency when she replaces President Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill. She will also be the first woman on US paper currency in more than a century.
Sunday, April 24th 2016 - 08:26 UTC
International major effort to cooperate on tax issues and halt evasion and elusion

The International Monetary Fund and the World Bank are joining forces with other international organizations to cooperate on tax issues and develop new tools and standards to halt tax base erosion and evasion.