International

• Tuesday, September 2nd 2014 - 20:01 UTC

  Why the debate over energy storage utterly misses the point

  

  The debate over which energy storage technology will prove to be the best in the long-term is woefully misguided. Many technologies have been tested in the field or been fully installed, but their real-world applications have created constant questions around a number of fixed themes: the three-points concern cost, technology, and potential environmental impact, as well as the need for specific regulation and end-of-life management.

• Tuesday, September 2nd 2014 - 19:53 UTC

  New Zealand increases hoki TAAC following successful stock conservation management

  

  The Deepwater Group says the increase in the total allowable commercial catch (TACC) for hoki shows the benefits of a long term commitment to build biomass in this major New Zealand fishery. An increase in the hoki catch, from 150,000 to 160,000 tons, was announced on at the Seafood Industry Conference in Wellington by the Minister for Primary Industries Nathan Guy.

• Tuesday, September 2nd 2014 - 08:36 UTC

  Dragui and Hollande agree to spur demand and head off the risk of deflation

  

  French President Francois Hollande and Mario Draghi the head of the European Central Bank (ECB) have agreed that European demand must be lifted to head off a risk of deflation, French officials said.

• Tuesday, September 2nd 2014 - 08:11 UTC

  Falkland Islands attendance of Bird Fair in Egleton proved a huge success

  

  This year’s Bird Fair in Egleton, Rutland, had even more exhibitors than ever and was certainly worth Falkland Islands Holidays (FIH) attending, said Jenny Luxton of FIH who anticipated that the coming season is looking very busy based on the interest shown by visitors to the stands.

• Tuesday, September 2nd 2014 - 07:43 UTC

  Falklands/Malvinas issue to be addressed by Mercosur parliament 11 November

  

  The Mercosur Parliament, Parlasur will be holding a special session next 11 November in Montevideo dedicated to the Falklands/Malvinas Islands sovereignty issue, it was announced this Monday in Buenos Aires during a visit of a delegation from the regional legislative to the Argentine congress.

• Tuesday, September 2nd 2014 - 07:36 UTC

  Pescanova seems to be turning around following a severe financial purge

  

  The approval of the creditors’ agreement considering reductions over 90% of the debt helped the Galician multinational firm Pescanova achieve a net profit of EUR 1,790 million in the first half of this year. The six-month accounts submitted to the Spanish National Securities Market Commission (CNMV) show the cancellation of the firm’s bulky insolvency has meant the entry of EUR 2,3 million, which in the accounts figure as income.

• Tuesday, September 2nd 2014 - 07:19 UTC

  UK announces plans to strip suspected Islamist militants of their passports

  

  UK Prime Minister David Cameron announced plans to strip suspected Islamist militants of their passports temporarily, to combat the threat posed by radicalized Britons returning from Syria and Iraq.

• Tuesday, September 2nd 2014 - 06:57 UTC

  Interreligious soccer match had Maradona as one of the outstanding stars

  

  Diego Maradona and Roberto Baggio were among a host of former soccer stars who played in an interreligious charity match backed by Pope Francis on Monday night. The Argentine pope, an avid soccer fan, did not attend the match but had an audience with both teams earlier in the day and also broadcast a message on the big screens at Rome's Olympic Stadium ahead of kickoff.

• Tuesday, September 2nd 2014 - 06:34 UTC

  Spain's Iberia returns to Carrasco with 2.300 seats a week on the Montevideo-Madrid route

  

  Spain's flag carrier Iberia made its return to Uruguay on Monday after being out of the South American country's market for 18 months, marking the resumption of a route that will offer up to 2,300 seats to travelers on a weekly basis. Iberia, a unit of IAG, will be providing service on the Madrid-Montevideo and Montevideo-Madrid route with four weekly flights.

• Tuesday, September 2nd 2014 - 00:18 UTC

  Ukraine's Next Crisis? Economic disaster

  

  Ukraine's next crisis will be a devastatingly economic one, as violent conflict destroys critical infrastructure in the east and brings key industry to a halt, furthering weakening the energy sector by crippling coal-based electricity production.