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Wed, 23 Feb 2022 09:59:00 GMTMemorial events to mark Falklands 40th anniversary take shape
Four decades to the day that the fighting in the South Atlantic conflict came to an end, the National Memorial Arboretum near Lichfield will be the setting for a Falkland Islands ‘Liberation Day’ commemorative event, organi...
Wed, 23 Feb 2022 09:58:00 GMTFitch warns about sanctions to Russia's oil and gas sector: barrel could exceed US$100
If Western sanctions lead to Russia’s oil exports being completely cut off, the world can expect the international energy market to collapse, a senior figure at the US rating agency Fitch said on Tuesday.
Wed, 23 Feb 2022 09:55:00 GMTSpanish sailors in Falklands honor their fellow crew members from Villa de Pitanxo lost off Newfoundland
Crew members from the Spanish fleet which operates with Falkland Islands licenses met on Monday in the capital Stanley for a poignant ceremony to honor their fellow mariners who went down with the fishing vessel Villa de Pitanx...
Wed, 23 Feb 2022 09:50:00 GMTPrivate donation of £100,000 for expansion of Falklands Museum
The Staff and Trustees of the Falkland Islands Museum & National Trust announced on Tuesday that a donation of £100,000.00 has been made towards the Lookout Gallery & Exhibition Hall’s exhibitions and displays.
Wed, 23 Feb 2022 09:40:00 GMT"Europeans welcome to the new world and much dearer natural gas," former Russian president Medvedev
Europeans will soon have to pay €2,000 ($2,200) per thousand cubic meters of natural gas, former Russian president and current deputy chairman of the Security Council Dmitry Medvedev tweeted on Tuesday. The warning comes afte...
Wed, 23 Feb 2022 09:36:00 GMTIce core drilling in Antarctica to discover environment evolution over the last 1,5 million years
The first ice core drilling campaign of Beyond Epica-Oldest Ice has been successfully completed at the remote Little Dome C site in Antarctica – one of the most extreme places on Earth. By analyzing a deep ice core extracted...
Wed, 23 Feb 2022 09:34:00 GMTJoint Expeditionary Force led by UK, calls on Russia to de-escalate and engage in transparent dialogue
On Tuesday the ten Defense Ministers of the Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF) met at Belvoir Castle in England with UK Minister Ben Wallace as host, together with Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherl...
Wed, 23 Feb 2022 09:24:00 GMTNo more VAT for Uruguayan hotels to boost domestic travel
The Government of Uruguay has decided to scrap the Value Added Tax (VAT) from hotel bills paid by local nationals between March 1 and April 17 in a move to boost domestic tourism. The measure, which was already in force for for...
Wed, 23 Feb 2022 09:20:00 GMTFace masks stay but all other COVID-19 measures lifted in Paraguay
Paraguayan authorities Tuesday announced all COVID-19 restrictions would be lifted except facemasks and vaccination.
Wed, 23 Feb 2022 09:14:00 GMTBolivia's Justice far from the people, UN rapporteur says
UN Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers, Diego García-Sayán said Justice was "far from the people" of Bolivia.