International

• Monday, September 2nd 2013 - 12:28 UTC

  Falklands’ Argos considering drilling finance options and confident about new exploration round

  

  Falkland Islands Argos Resources oil and exploration company have said that they are extremely well placed to participate in the next round of exploration drilling in the Falklands and they are continuing to consider various ways to finance drilling.

• Monday, September 2nd 2013 - 12:17 UTC

  Majority of Britons support government policy on Gibraltar according to Spanish poll

  

  The dispute over Gibraltar figures low on the list of priorities for the average Spaniard, despite widespread media coverage and the fact that it taps into common feelings of national pride and identity, according to a survey conducted by the leading Spanish think tank Real Instituto Elcano both in Spain and the UK, and released on Sunday

• Monday, September 2nd 2013 - 02:29 UTC

  TAM and South African Airways sign codeshare agreement

  

  South African Airways (SAA) and Brazilian carrier TAM Airlines have signed a codeshare agreement to increase access to destinations in both countries for both leisure and business travellers.

• Saturday, August 31st 2013 - 18:22 UTC

  UNICEF says 2.3 million under-16s in Spain at risk of malnutrition

  

  The continuing fall in household income in Spain is causing many families to cut down on basic necessities such as food and it is estimated that a quarter of under-16, or 2.3 million are at risk of malnutrition, according to a recent statement by Gabriel González-Bueno, responsible for Child Policies at UNICEF in Spain.

• Saturday, August 31st 2013 - 18:03 UTC

  Unasur embarrassment: Suriname president’s son arrested by US on drug and arms trafficking

  

  Suriname opposition legislators have called on President Desi Bouterse to resign as well as to clarify the circumstances surrounding the arrest of his son by United States law enforcement authorities in Panama earlier this week.

• Saturday, August 31st 2013 - 17:31 UTC

  Chronicle of a removal foretold: Francis names new ‘prime minister’

  

  Pope Francis and his orthodox reform approach sets a new tone for a Vatican beset by scandals by naming a veteran diplomat as secretary of state, a role often called the “deputy pope”.

• Saturday, August 31st 2013 - 15:27 UTC

  Uruguay fearing the wrath of Cristina Fernandez denies authorization to expand pulp mill capacity

  

  The Uruguayan government fearful of Argentine President Cristina Fernandez’s reaction will not authorize the local UPM pulp mill to expand its production capacity from 1 million to 1.3 million tons annually, in the short term, according to company and government sources.

• Saturday, August 31st 2013 - 01:39 UTC

  Falklands’ Argentina banned oil companies linked to YPF partner Chevron

  

  An Argentine lawmaker claims that the US oil corporation Chevron which is investing heavily in developing shale resources in Neuquen with YPF is a partner of Oil Spill Response Limited that is also involved with the oil companies operating in the South Atlantic in Argentine waters but licensed by the Falkland Islands government.

• Saturday, August 31st 2013 - 01:02 UTC

  Zoe Davies wins British Ecology Society photo competition

  

  The British Ecology Society has named the winners of its annual photography competition.

• Friday, August 30th 2013 - 23:58 UTC

  Spain plans to damage Gibraltar economy by fining companies in the bunkering business

  

  Spain plans to fine bunkering companies operating in Gibraltar waters sums of up to two million Euros and the Finance ministry was planning to ban the sale of petroleum products to the Rock, particularly since they pay no VAT.