Politics

• Monday, October 24th 2016 - 08:55 UTC

  Uruguay first league match suspended following shootings among hooligan gangs

  

  Uruguay figures among the ten best national teams in the world according to the FIFA rating and has players in some of the top European teams, but back home things are quite different: a Sunday first league match was suspended at half time following shootings among hooligan gangs in one of the stadium's toilets, according to the first official reports.

• Monday, October 24th 2016 - 08:36 UTC

  Large banks preparing to relocate out of UK over Brexit fears warns BBA

  

  Large banks are getting ready to relocate out of the UK early next year over fears around Brexit, the British Bankers' Association (BBA) has warned. Writing in The Observer its boss Anthony Browne also says smaller banks could move operations overseas by 2017.

• Sunday, October 23rd 2016 - 07:18 UTC

  First of the UK’s new nuclear deterrent submarines has been named “Dreadnought”

  

  The United Kingdom Defence Secretary Michael Fallon has announced that, to mark Trafalgar Day, Her Majesty the Queen has graciously approved that ‘Dreadnought’, one of the most famous names in the Royal Navy, will become the lead boat and class name for the Royal Navy’s new successor submarines.

• Sunday, October 23rd 2016 - 06:50 UTC

  Rapprochement with Cuba: Four decades ago Jimmy Carter tried to come to terms with Havana

  

  Four decades ago, U.S. ex president James Carter tried to do in secret what Barack Obama finally achieved publicly and in a less adverse context: to start a process to normalize relations between the United States and Cuba. In a long article, the Cuban newspaper Granma reveals that Carter (1976/1980) had been the only US president who set in writing his intention to promote dialogue between Washington and Havana.

• Saturday, October 22nd 2016 - 10:31 UTC

  Uruguay expects a no-growth cruise season; Buenos Aires port rates discourage companies

  

  Uruguay is expecting some 150 cruise calls this coming season 2016/17 which begins next month and represents some 300.000 visitors, according to Tourism minister Liliam Kechichian who nevertheless admitted that growth prospects are somehow behind schedule because of the high costs of reaching and operating in the port of Buenos Aires.

• Saturday, October 22nd 2016 - 09:33 UTC

  US receives Monday OAS Electoral observation mission ahead of 8 November vote

  

  Next Monday, October 24th, the Chief of the Organization of American States Electoral Observation Mission (OAS/EOM) to the United States, former Costa Rican President Laura Chinchilla, will begin a preliminary visit to the United States during which she will hold meetings with key authorities and stakeholders of the electoral process in the states of Georgia and Pennsylvania, as well as the District of Columbia.

• Saturday, October 22nd 2016 - 09:10 UTC

  Trump's “rigged system” claim receives strong support in opinion polls

  

  The Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump gained on his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton among US voters this week, cutting her lead nearly in half, according to Reuters/Ipsos polling released on Friday. The polling data showed Trump's argument that the Nov. 8 election is “rigged” against him has resonated with members of his party.

• Saturday, October 22nd 2016 - 08:46 UTC

  Falklands and Chilean/British University sign MOU in Santiago on cooperation and exchange of students

  

  Member of the Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly, Hon. Dr Barry Elsby MLA, continued his official trip in Chile by meeting with members of the Ministry of Education in Santiago on Wednesday.

• Friday, October 21st 2016 - 08:15 UTC

  Euro central bank leaves rates and stimulus program unchanged

  

  The European Central Bank left its key interest rates and its bond-buying stimulus program unchanged on Thursday as it seeks more data on the strength of Europe’s modest economic recovery. The decision came at a meeting of the bank’s 25 member governing council at its headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany.

• Friday, October 21st 2016 - 08:06 UTC

  García-Margallo claims “confidential” talks on co-sovereignty with Gibraltar personalities

  

  Spain’s caretaker Minister for Foreign Affairs, José Manuel García-Margallo, claimed that he had held “confidential” talks on co-sovereignty with “personalities” in Gibraltar. However the minister gave no indication as to who he had spoken to, according to Spanish press reports.