International

Monday, November 19th 2012 - 12:22 UTC
Latin America pledges support for Spain but warns austerity only deepens the crisis

Latin America pledged investment opportunities for recession-hit Spanish and Portuguese companies but warned its former colonial masters drastic cost cutting would only deepen their misery.
Monday, November 19th 2012 - 11:50 UTC
EU on collision course over long-term trillion Euro budget

European Union looks set for a new round of clashes this week as an extraordinary summit called to agree a long-term trillion-Euro budget heads for an ugly showdown, possibly even failure.
Monday, November 19th 2012 - 11:37 UTC
Gasoline rationing extended in New York until next Friday

Gasoline rationing in New York City which was scheduled to end on Monday has been extended through Friday, even as the gas station lines that prompted it have all but disappeared.
Monday, November 19th 2012 - 11:24 UTC
UN consensus decision confirms Spain formally abandons Gibraltar trilateral process

Spain’s decision to pull out of the trilateral process was formally recorded in the consensus decision on Gibraltar adopted by the United Nations General Assembly this year.
Monday, November 19th 2012 - 11:19 UTC
Australia imposes a two-year ban on super-trawlers

Australian Environment minister Tony Burke signed into force on Monday a two-year ban on any super trawler operating in the small pelagic fishery. The ban is based on a battery of new laws and seems directed to the arrival to Australia of the Dutch vessel Abel Tasman.
Sunday, November 18th 2012 - 23:54 UTC
No dispute over Falklands issues

Two Members of Westminster Parliament have been visiting the Islands during this period of remembrance as guests of the Falkland Islands Government.
Saturday, November 17th 2012 - 23:19 UTC
UK tells Spain any solution to fishing dispute must include Gibraltar government

UK has dismissed a comment by Spain’s Foreign Minister suggesting that Britain and Spain were poised to reach a bilateral solution to the fishing dispute. Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo said Spain was open to dialogue and that he and his British counterpart, William Hague, “talk a lot” about many issues, including Gibraltar
Saturday, November 17th 2012 - 23:09 UTC
IMF questions plan to restructure Greek debt: “pls reality, not wishful thinking”

An agreement among Greece's international creditors on reducing its large debt pile should be “rooted in reality and not in wishful thinking,” the head of the International Monetary Fund said ahead of a tense meeting with European leaders.
Saturday, November 17th 2012 - 22:53 UTC
Mercosur condemns “disproportionate use of force” in Gaza; calls for immediate cease fire

Mercosur condemned the “disproportionate use of force” in Gaza and called on Israel and Palestinians for an immediate cease fire of the conflict that has already left al least forty people killed, mostly civilians.
Saturday, November 17th 2012 - 06:30 UTC
Spain and Portugal call for Latam business opportunities and investment

Spain and Portugal sought help from their former Latin American colonies to rescue them from economic crisis through a new wave of trade and investment across the Atlantic Ocean.