International

• Wednesday, December 18th 2024 - 10:59 UTC

  EU/Mercosur trade deal: How detrimental for Mercosur and how beneficial for EU farmers?

  

  A few days after European Commission President Ursula von del Leyen signed a long-pending trade agreement with four South American nations, French farmers were back on the streets dumping manure. This time they parked the tractors near the tunnel in Calais that goes through the English Channel, according to a report from German political and business analyst Uwe Hessler.

• Wednesday, December 18th 2024 - 07:44 UTC

  Denmark releases anti-whaling activist Paul Watson; pledges to continue battling Japan’s illegal operations

  

  The Canadian-American anti-whaling activist Paul Watson was released from a Greenland jail after a five-month detention, where he was detained on an international arrest warrant by Interpol on request from the Japanese government.

• Wednesday, December 18th 2024 - 07:21 UTC

  New Mauritius government questions the Chagos archipelago agreement, “not enough benefits for our country”

  

  British media is reporting that the Republic of Mauritius has submitted changes to a proposed deal over the future of the Chagos Islands, with the country's new PM arguing the original agreement did not benefit his country enough.

• Wednesday, December 18th 2024 - 07:20 UTC

  Falklands Sports Council Team Kit for the Orkney Games in July 2025

  

  In preparation for the Falkland Islands' attendance at the 20th Island Games, to be held in Orkney in July 2025, the Falkland Islands National Sports Council presented the Team Kit design. Pictured are just some of the items.

• Tuesday, December 17th 2024 - 21:19 UTC

  EU: Venezuelan opposition leaders granted Sakharov Prize

  

  Venezuelan opposition leaders Edmundo González Urrutia and María Corina Machado were awarded Tuesday the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought by the European Parliament given their “efforts to restore freedom and democracy” in the South American country.

• Tuesday, December 17th 2024 - 10:20 UTC

  Moody's downgrades politically shaken France's credit rating

  

  A politically shaken France has been downgraded by Moody's Investors Service from “Aa2” to “Aa3” and the country's long-term outlook went from “stable” to “negative” amid the ongoing “fragmentation” following the appointment of Prime Minister François Bayrou.

• Monday, December 16th 2024 - 10:30 UTC

  Milei: “Taxes are theft”

  

  Argentine President Javier Milei said this weekend in an interview with the Italian TV Quarta Repubblica to be aired Monday that taxes “are theft.” The South American leader also insisted that “public spending cuts are not an unpopular measure.” Milei spent the weekend in Rome where he had a meeting with Prime Minister Georgia Meloni and participated in other business and political engagements.

• Monday, December 16th 2024 - 07:00 UTC

  Two tough low growth years ahead for Germany, indicates the Bundesbank

  

  The German central bank, Bundesbank, drastically trimmed the economic forecast for Germany in the next two years, 2025 and 2026, given structural issues, including German industry facing significant economic obstacles and with grim prospects for the country’s exports.

• Monday, December 16th 2024 - 06:26 UTC

  UK Statement at UN for Human Rights on Venezuela, “repression must stop”

  

  The Statement for the Intersessional ID with the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on Venezuela was delivered by the UK's Permanent Representative to the WTO and UN in Geneva, Simon Manley.

• Saturday, December 14th 2024 - 09:44 UTC

  Milei granted Italian citizenship in meeting with Meloni

  

  Argentine President Javier Milei Friday met with Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in Rome's Palazzo Chigi. It was their sixth encounter since the Libertarian's inauguration barely over a year ago. In a radio interview Friday, Milei said he and Meloni were friends before coming to power.