International

• Thursday, December 6th 2012 - 21:26 UTC

  Gibraltar will be competing in UEFA 2013 Euro Futsal and U17 and U19

  

  The Union of European Football Associations, UEFA, has included Gibraltar in the Futsal qualifiers for the Euro 2013 Cup to be played in France next month and in the U17 and U19 tournaments to be disputed beginning next autumn. This is considered a remarkable step for Gibraltar’s football on the Uefa/GFA ‘road map’

• Thursday, December 6th 2012 - 00:35 UTC

  Repsol sues Chevron in New York over development of YPF energy assets

  

  Spain’s Repsol has sued Chevron Corp. in New York seeking to prevent the US oil giant from developing energy assets in Argentina. The federal lawsuit filed Tuesday follows other legal claims that the Spanish oil company has filed in Madrid and Washington, demanding more than 10 billion dollars in compensation for the majority stake in the YPF oil company that Argentina's government took over in April.

• Wednesday, December 5th 2012 - 23:53 UTC

  Argentina files complaints at WTO against US and EU for bans on beef and bio-diesel

  

  Argentina has filed complaints with the World Trade Organization against the United States over limits on beef and lemon shipments, and against the European Union and Spain for curbs on bio-diesel, Foreign Minister Hector Timerman announced.

• Wednesday, December 5th 2012 - 20:33 UTC

  Argentine bullying tactics are despicable says Falklands MLA Summers

  

  The Argentine Government’s acts of intimidation towards cruise companies which have planned to visit the Falkland Islands continues to impact on the Islands tourism industry with a further two ships cancelling their February visits on Wednesday.

• Wednesday, December 5th 2012 - 19:27 UTC

  Brazil confident for 2014 Cup but recalls the “national tragedy” of 1950 when defeated by Uruguay

  

  Brazil must not repeat the “national tragedy” of losing the 2014 World Cup as it did when it hosted the event in 1950, the country’s Minister of Sport Aldo Rebelo said. “We cannot repeat the national tragedy of 1950 when we lost to Uruguay” Rebelo told foreign journalists visiting Brazil as part of the build up to the finals. “It was like losing to your younger brother.

• Wednesday, December 5th 2012 - 18:32 UTC

  WHO sponsored research helps identify heavy lead contaminated areas in Peru

  

  Countries – especially those with a long mining history -- can substantially reduce lead poisoning in children by mapping contamination levels in the soil to identify high-risk areas and by taking measures to keep children away from those areas, according to a study published this month in the public health journal, the Bulletin of the World Health Organization.

• Wednesday, December 5th 2012 - 18:26 UTC

  Chevron dispute with Ecuador discussed by Correa with Cristina Fernandez

  

  Ecuador's President Rafael Correa said he discussed with his Argentine counterpart Cristina Fernandez the legal dispute with US oil giant Chevron that has spilled over into her country.

• Wednesday, December 5th 2012 - 18:17 UTC

  Royal Navy has a new Fleet Commander, Vice Admiral Philip Jones

  

  Royal Navy has welcomed its newly-appointed Fleet Commander and Deputy Chief of Naval Staff at a handover ceremony in Portsmouth. Vice Admiral Philip Jones takes up the role from outgoing Fleet Commander Admiral Sir George Zambellas who will continue in his NATO role, Commander Maritime Command, at Northwood in North West London.

• Wednesday, December 5th 2012 - 18:08 UTC

  London Mayor presses PM Cameron on the EU calling for a referendum

  

  London Mayor Boris Johnson heaped pressure on Prime Minister David Cameron this week by calling for a referendum on a deeply pared back British membership of the European Union.

• Wednesday, December 5th 2012 - 17:20 UTC

  Argentine Jewish organizations slam President Correa ‘disdainful words’ towards terrorist attacks’ victims

  

  Argentine Jewish organizations strongly criticized Ecuador’s president, Rafael Correa after he defended the Iranian government, comparing the 85 people killed in the 1994 AMIA attacks in Buenos Aires with the victims of “NATO bombings in Libya” in 2011.