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Montevideo, October 24th 2025 - 19:57 UTC

Tag: European Union

  • Tuesday, July 30th 2019 - 09:35 UTC

    France leading the search for the next head of the IMF

    While France has not openly expressed support for Kristalina Georgieva, French officials have spoken highly of her nomination

    France is seen supporting Kristalina Georgieva to be the next head of the International Monetary Fund as the EU seeks to agree on a single candidate ahead of the lender's Sept 6 deadline, according to several European officials familiar with the deliberations.

  • Monday, July 29th 2019 - 09:57 UTC

    EU warns Argentina and Brazil on credit agencies ratings regulations

    Valdis Dombrovskis, EU commission vice-president told the FT that the decision on rating agencies set “some kind of a precedent for monitoring adherence”.

    The European Commission will deem that Canada, Brazil, Singapore, Argentina and Australia don't regulate credit ratings agencies with the same rigor as the EU, the Financial Times reported on Sunday, citing a document. The decision would withdraw some market access rights of the country, removing a status that makes it possible for European banks to rely on the ratings.

  • Thursday, July 25th 2019 - 08:09 UTC

    Boris, the last Prime Minister of the United Kingdom?

    Johnson wouldn’t be in Downing Street today if there had not been an election in Britain two months ago

    By Gwynne Dyer - It has been suggested that Boris Johnson (who becomes the prime minister of the United Kingdom, UK) is what you would get if Donald Trump had been educated at Eton and Oxford. Maybe, although there is a great gulf between Trump’s bombastic self-promotion and Johnson’s self-deprecating, rather shambolic persona.

  • Tuesday, July 23rd 2019 - 09:55 UTC

    All ready for Boris Johnson to attempt to overcome the Brexit hurdle

    The new party leader will be announced on Tuesday and take over as prime minister on Wednesday.

    Ballots closed in the race to become Britain's next prime minister on Monday, with the favorite Boris Johnson facing more defections by ministers over his Brexit plan. The country's new leader will take the reins this week and have just three months to attempt to resolve a three-year Brexit crisis that could damage economies on both sides of the Channel and determine the fate of generations of Britons.

  • Monday, July 22nd 2019 - 09:42 UTC

    Hammond will resign if Boris Johnson becomes prime minister: he does not accept a no-deal Brexit

    
A loyal Conservative, Hammond said his fears over a no deal forced him to vote against the government for the first time in his 22-year political career last week

    British finance minister Philip Hammond said on Sunday that he would resign if Boris Johnson became prime minister because he felt unable to support a leader happy to take the country out of the European Union without a deal.

  • Saturday, July 20th 2019 - 08:11 UTC

    UK Full-blown recession in a no deal exit from the EU?

    A no-deal Brexit could cause the economy to contract by 2% by the end of 2020, the OBR said, referring to International Monetary Fund forecasts.

    Britain might be entering a full-blown recession that a no-deal exit from the European Union would compound, blowing a 30 billion-pound hole in the public finances, a budget watchdog said. The Office for Budget Responsibility said the economy probably flat-lined or might have contracted in the second quarter.

  • Friday, July 19th 2019 - 09:57 UTC

    Falklands' government and fishing industry reject MLA Spink's 'breezy' Brexit

    Fortuna General Manager Mike Poole: ”Falklands-flagged fishing fleet is known as a quality operation that contributes to the high standard of the Red Ensign”

    The impact of Brexit on the Falkland Islands' fishing industry could be “significant” according to the fishing industry, contradicting lawmaker MLA Roger Spink’s view in last week's Penguin News that there were measures that could be undertaken to mitigate the impact of potential tariffs.

  • Friday, July 12th 2019 - 23:56 UTC

    Falkland Islands economy and Brexit…how tough will it be?

    The issue said MLA Spink is the Loligo - this involves Falklands companies having Joint Ventures with Spanish Companies and the exports go to Europe

    Last week Penguin News reported on the uncertainty surrounding Brexit causing a slump in meat sales from the Falkland Islands Meat Company and lower prices.

  • Wednesday, July 10th 2019 - 10:00 UTC

    Guaidó justifies his dialogue strategy with the Maduro government

    ”The great difference in this process is the pressure we have achieved and must increase, that the world recognizes the situation in our country and is committed to achieving solutions,” Guaidó said.

    The government of Nicolás Maduro and the Venezuelan opposition will sit down at the same table to negotiate an exit to the political, social and economic crisis that the country is experiencing, this time in Barbados, despite the little motivation that exists among the Venezuelans to consolidate an agreement and the unsuccessful attempts of the past.

  • Tuesday, July 9th 2019 - 09:44 UTC

    Mercosur/EU trade agreement very positive for the Brazilian meat industry

    “A deal of this magnitude is like an invitation card for speaking with other countries and trade blocs,” Camardelli admitted

    A trade deal between the European Union and South America’s Mercosur bloc of countries could facilitate other agreements and open up new markets for Brazil’s massive beef-packing industry, a trade group said.