International

• Tuesday, November 21st 2017 - 13:16 UTC

  ECB warns banks that they “need to have substance locally” in post Brexit

  

  European regulators have warned banks working on post-Brexit plans that they will “need to have substance locally” to serve European clients. The European Central Bank said some of the proposals it has reviewed are inadequate and risk creating “empty shells”.

• Tuesday, November 21st 2017 - 09:55 UTC

  London looses European Banking Authority to Paris and European Medical Agency to Amsterdam

  

  Paris has won a battle to host the European Banking Authority (EBA), which will relocate from London after the UK leaves the European Union. The French capital's victory follows a win earlier for Amsterdam, which will host the London-based European Medicines Agency (EMA).

• Tuesday, November 21st 2017 - 09:27 UTC

  Wales and Galicia sign bilateral accord to minimize Brexit impact for fishing sector

  

  Galicia and Wales intend to sign their own bilateral agreement to try to minimize the impact that Brexit will have and avoid damage to the fishing sector. The announcement was made by Galician president Alberto Núñez Feijoo, after having obtained a positive response to his invitation to the Welsh prime minister, Carwyn Jones.

• Tuesday, November 21st 2017 - 09:22 UTC

  Goldman Sachs CEO on Brexit: “So much at stake, why not make sure consensus still there?”

  

  The chief executive of Goldman Sachs, Lloyd Blankfein, has suggested holding another referendum on Brexit and tweeted: “Here in UK, lots of hand-wringing from CEOs over #Brexit... So much at stake, why not make sure consensus still there?”

• Tuesday, November 21st 2017 - 08:20 UTC

  Britain sends special highly skilled unit SPAG, to help with the submarine search

  

  Britain has increased efforts to help find the missing Argentine submarine ARA San Juan in the vast stormy South Atlantic. HMS Protector, the Royal Navy's Ice Patrol ship, is now in the search area where the submarine last made contact on Wednesday.

• Tuesday, November 21st 2017 - 07:54 UTC

  Angela Merkel ready to fight a snap election if necessary to overcome political crisis

  

  German chancellor Angela Merkel has vowed to fight a snap election if necessary to secure a fourth term in office and end her country’s political crisis. Dr Merkel faces an uncertain future after coalition talks collapsed on Sunday evening after almost five weeks – two months after Germany’s federal election.

• Tuesday, November 21st 2017 - 07:44 UTC

  Queen honors Duke of Edinburgh as they celebrate 70 years of marriage

  

  The Queen has presented the Duke of Edinburgh with a rare honor as a special anniversary present as they celebrate 70 years of marriage. As the royal couple reached their milestone platinum wedding anniversary yesterday, Elizabeth II appointed Philip a Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO) for services to the sovereign.

• Monday, November 20th 2017 - 11:53 UTC

  Calls for an ICC investigation into abuses of murder and torture by Venezuelan leaders

  

  Venezuela’s former attorney general urged the International Criminal Court to launch an investigation into alleged abuses of murder and torture by the leaders of the crisis-hit country. President “Nicolas Maduro and his government must pay for this, for these crimes against humanity,” said Luisa Ortega, after handing over to the tribunal in The Hague a dossier containing 1,000 pieces of evidence.

• Monday, November 20th 2017 - 11:19 UTC

  Ex Chilean Junta member and supporter of the UK effort during the Falklands conflict has died

  

  Fernando Matthei Chile's ex commander of the Air Force and member of the military Junta, led by Augusto Pinchet, died on Sunday at the age of 92. The former pilot, was the father of Evelyn Matthei, who run and lost against Michelle Bachelet in the 2013 presidential election and since 2016 is mayor of Providencia, one of the main districts fo the capital Santiago.

• Monday, November 20th 2017 - 09:27 UTC

  The Work in Fishing Convention, ILO 188, has come into force

  

  A major boost to efforts to improve working conditions for millions of workers in the fishing sector came into force on November 16 with the International Labor Convention 188.