International

• Thursday, September 19th 2013 - 07:47 UTC

  Praise for PM Cameron statements that BOT should not be described as tax havens

  

  Gibraltar’s Chief Minister Fabian Picardo and other leaders of the British Overseas Territories have welcomed remarks by the Prime Minister David Cameron that Overseas Territories should not be described as tax havens.

• Thursday, September 19th 2013 - 07:40 UTC

  Pope prepared to discuss the issue of divorced and remarried Catholics

  

  Pope Francis has said that next month he will meet with a group of eight cardinals to discuss the issue of divorced and remarried Catholics. The pope also referred to the scandals that have beset the Church, confirming that it is necessary to face the most serious problems with clarity, but without pessimism.

• Thursday, September 19th 2013 - 07:36 UTC

  HMS Lancaster visits Colombia to participate in the multinational exercise Unitas

  

  The Royal Navy warship HMS Lancaster has visited Colombia to strengthen relationships with the country. The vessel called at the port of Cartagena ahead of Exercise Unitas, a multinational exercise being played out in the region headed by the US Navy.

• Wednesday, September 18th 2013 - 21:27 UTC

  Former Public Security minister, new Argentine ambassador before OAS

  

  The new Permanent Representative of Argentina to the Organization of American States (OAS), Nilda Garré, presented credentials that accredit her to the hemispheric institution, during a ceremony held at the OAS headquarters in Washington, D.C.

• Wednesday, September 18th 2013 - 20:50 UTC

  EC fact-finding mission to Gibraltar/Spain arrives next September 25

  

  The European Commission will send a fact-finding mission to the Gibraltar-Spain border on September 25 to assess Spanish customs controls and their impact on freedom of movement. The date for the mission was confirmed on Wednesday following days of wrangling over the scope of its mandate, reports the Gibraltar Chronicle.

• Wednesday, September 18th 2013 - 20:45 UTC

  Gibraltar and Spain trade unions call for an end to border crossing dispute

  

  The Gibraltar branch of Unite the Union has joined forces with Spanish unions Comisiones Obreras [CC.OO] and Unión General de Trabajadores [UGT] to underscore their collective concern at the deterioration of cross-border relations because of the on-going dispute.

• Wednesday, September 18th 2013 - 20:33 UTC

  Fed decides to keep stimulus: fears of economy sluggishness and still slow labour market

  

  In a surprise move after a two-day meeting the US Federal Reserve said on Wednesday that it would continue buying bonds at a rate of 85 billion dollars monthly and expressed concern that a sharp rise in borrowing costs in recent months could weigh on the economy.

• Wednesday, September 18th 2013 - 06:51 UTC

  Scientists find a way to harness energy from sewage and waste water

  

  US scientists may have found a new way to produce clean energy by way of sewage and water waste, according to a new study. Engineers from Stanford University have developed a more efficient method to use microbes to harness electricity from wastewater.

• Wednesday, September 18th 2013 - 06:46 UTC

  Controversial figure named to advisory board of the Euro-zone leading bank

  

  Santander, the Euro zone's biggest bank, has hired Rodrigo Rato, under investigation in connection with allegations of fraud at state-rescued lender Bankia when he was chairman, to its international advisory board.

• Wednesday, September 18th 2013 - 06:43 UTC

  China will help Venezuela develop a huge oil field investing 14bn dollars

  

  China’s hydrocarbons company Sinopec and Venezuela’s PDVSA (Petroleos de Venezuela SA) agreed investments to develop the Junin 1 oil field in the Orinoco oil strip, which will demand 14 billion dollars for a daily extraction of 200.000 barrels, said PDVSA president Rafael Ramírez currently in Beijing.