International

Friday, July 5th 2013 - 03:26 UTC
Gibraltar ruling party wins by-election; vote of confidence for CM Picardo

By Jim Watt - Gibraltar’s ruling GSLP candidate Albert Isola had a comfortable win in Thursday’s by-election. The election was called due to the death of the popular MP Charles Bruzon.
Friday, July 5th 2013 - 00:50 UTC
FIFA wants 2030 World Cup centenary jointly staged by Uruguay and Argentina

FIFA wants the centenary World Cup in 2030 to be jointly staged by Uruguay and Argentina, who met in the final of the inaugural tournament, Argentine FA (AFA) president Julio Grondona said on Thursday.
Friday, July 5th 2013 - 00:30 UTC
Buenos Aires will host the 3rd Summer Youth Olympic Games in 2018

The City of Buenos Aires will be hosting the 3rd Summer Youth Olympic Games in 2018, International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Jacques Rogge announced following a vote by the IOC members at an Extraordinary IOC Session in Lausanne.
Wednesday, July 3rd 2013 - 11:54 UTC
Interview with Dick Sawle, Falklands MLA

The holding of a self-determination referendum in the Falklands Islands in March this year attracted media attention all over the world. Once more, British democratic culture and the concept of self-determination clashed with government by decree and the use of force to impose a certain political system. Some weeks later, with the Islands out of the limelight but while tensions remain, Help Catalonia talked to Hon. Dick Sawle, one of the members of the local Legislative Assembly.
Wednesday, July 3rd 2013 - 11:45 UTC
Rockhopper: High Court confirms the cancellation of the Company's Share Premium Account

Rockhopper Exploration plc (AIM: RKH), the North Falkland Basin oil and gas company, announces that at a hearing today, the Companies Court of the Chancery Division of the High Court of Justice confirmed the cancellation of the Company's share premium account (“Cancellation of Share Premium Account”). The Cancellation of the Share Premium Account is expected to become effective tomorrow, 4 July 2013.
Wednesday, July 3rd 2013 - 03:38 UTC
OAS Secretary General Expresses Deep Displeasure over Airplane Incident involving President Morales in Europe

The Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), José Miguel Insulza, expressed his deep displeasure with the decision of the aviation authorities of several European countries that denied the use of airspace to the plane carrying the President of the Plurinational State of Bolivia, Evo Morales, from Moscow to La Paz.
Wednesday, July 3rd 2013 - 03:25 UTC
Evo Morales' plane rerouted on suspicion Snowden on board.

The plane carrying Bolivian President Evo Morales home from Russia was rerouted to Austria on Tuesday after France and Portugal refused to let it cross their airspace because of suspicions that NSA leaker Edward Snowden was on board, the country's foreign minister said.
Tuesday, July 2nd 2013 - 10:08 UTC
Unedited full version of Edward Snowden statement

US citizenship: a weapon for the government? Is this spy a hero or criminal? A petition demanding the Obama administration pardon Snowden has collected over 120,000 digital signatures, way above the threshold where the White House should issue a response.
Monday, July 1st 2013 - 21:29 UTC
Croatia joins the European Union

On the 1 July 2013, Croatia became the 28th member of the EU after a decade of carrying out all the reforms needed to bring it into line with EU laws and standards.
Friday, June 28th 2013 - 07:37 UTC
Aditya Birla Group has the largest business turnover among Indian companies in Latin

Aditya Birla Group is a late entrant to Latin America and came very much later than the Tatas and Reliance, the other big iconic Indian business groups. However Birla has made up for lost time by emerging as the Indian company with the largest annual business turnover in Latin America, which was around 1.8 billion dollars last year. Birla is also the largest investor from the Indian private sector in Latin America.