International

• Friday, October 2nd 2015 - 05:58 UTC

  Mercosur and EU analyze 'level of ambition' of their trade proposals

  

  Technical delegates from Mercosur and the European Union are holding a round of talks in Asunción to consider 'levels of ambition' for the coming exchange of tariff proposals with the purpose of reaching a much delayed free trade agreement, said Paraguayan Deputy Economic Relations minister, Rigoberto Gauto.

• Friday, October 2nd 2015 - 05:42 UTC

  Italian oil giant ENI to attempt oil production in the Norwegian Arctic

  

  As Shell retreats from the Arctic, the Italian oil giant Eni is making final preparations for its own oil exploration venture in the Norwegian Arctic, reports the UK media. Eni has vowed to press ahead with oil production ($5.5bn project), in the Norwegian Arctic, by the end of the year, undeterred by Shell’s decision to abandon its quest for Arctic oil.

• Friday, October 2nd 2015 - 05:20 UTC

  Caricom fully supports Guyana's 'territorial integrity' and insists the Caribbean is Zone of Peace

  

  Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM) Foreign Ministers have welcomed Venezuela’s decision to receive a United Nations (UN) technical team which will provide recommendations to the UN Secretary-General on the way forward to a full and final solution to its territorial dispute with Guyana. And they say they fully support Guyana’s “territorial integrity”.

• Thursday, October 1st 2015 - 08:45 UTC

  Slumping demand from China and Brazil put a drag on world trade, says WTO

  

  The World Trade Organization shaved half a percentage point off its global trade projections for 2015, after a disappointing first half of the year left export growth weakened across the developing world. World merchandise trade volume is expected to rise 2.8% for the year, down from April projections of 3.3%. The WTO also revised its 2016 projections to 3.9%, from 4.0%.

• Thursday, October 1st 2015 - 08:31 UTC

  A homage, ‘Keep calm and carry on’

  

  By Alex Salmond (*) - I do not know if Artur Mas, the president of Catalonia, deliberately chose the eclipse of the super-moon as the day on which to hold the most important election in Catalonia’s democratic history.

• Thursday, October 1st 2015 - 08:13 UTC

  Falklands: Cameron calls on Caribbean islands to support Islands right to self determination

  

  British Prime Minister David Cameron has urged Caribbean countries to stop giving support to Argentine sovereignty claims over the Falkland Islands He told the Jamaican parliament it was time to “stand up for the rights of small islands” to self-determination.

• Thursday, October 1st 2015 - 08:06 UTC

  Falkland Islands Association Honorary Secretary Colin Wright obituary

  

  It is with great regret that we have to report the death of Colin Wright, Honorary Secretary of the Falkland Islands Association (FIA), on 30 September 2015. He will be sorely missed by his many colleagues and friends.

• Thursday, October 1st 2015 - 07:54 UTC

  Cameron rules out reparations for slave trade and urges Caribbean countries to 'move on'

  

  Prime Minister David Cameron has ruled out making reparations for Britain's role in the historic slave trade and urged Caribbean countries to “move on”. Cameron acknowledged that “these wounds run very deep” during his visit to Jamaica, where he faced calls to apologize from campaigners.

• Thursday, October 1st 2015 - 07:26 UTC

  Labour ‘absolutely’ committed to Gibraltar’s self-determination

  

  The Gibraltar Chronicle reports that Britain’s Labour Party this week gave an ‘absolute’ commitment to uphold the right of the people of Gibraltar to self-determination. Speaking at a reception organized by the Gibraltar Government on the fringe of the Labour Party conference in Brighton, Hilary Benn, the shadow Foreign Secretary, was unequivocal with his words.

• Thursday, October 1st 2015 - 05:19 UTC

  Falklands: Argentina waiting for a reply to its project to identify remains buried at Darwin

  

  Argentina is concerned that there has been no reply from the UK regarding its initiative and request to identify the remains of the Argentine combatants buried at the Darwin cemetery, or Argentine memorial, in the Falkland Islands, according to a release from the Argentine foreign ministry.