International

Tuesday, May 29th 2012 - 17:47 UTC
Sweden’s Saab invests in Brazil’s aerospace defence industry

Sweden's premier defense and security company, Saab, is strengthening its relationship with a Brazilian integrator of aero-structures. Saab, manufacturer of the Gripen jet fighter that has partnered in the past with the company Akaer, said it is now financially investing in the company.
Tuesday, May 29th 2012 - 17:41 UTC
Indonesia stops US beef imports because of a mad cow case in California

Indonesia has stopped imports of US beef, following a case of mad cow disease that was detected in California, reports Farming News Daily. Indonesia Agriculture Minister Suswono said the government had no time frame, but said the suspension applied to all beef shipped after April 24.
Tuesday, May 29th 2012 - 04:33 UTC
Regional UN decolonization seminar in Quito with Syrian rapporteur

The UN Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, also known as the Special Committee of 24, will hold its regional Pacific seminar on decolonization in Quito, Ecuador, from 30 May to 1 June 2012.
Tuesday, May 29th 2012 - 04:27 UTC
UK former union leader beats Latam candidate and is next ILO director general

The United Nations International Labor Organization on Monday selected a former trade union leader, Guy Ryder of Britain, to become its new director general, a position that puts him at the forefront of an agency pushing to improve labor conditions around the world.
Tuesday, May 29th 2012 - 04:12 UTC
Argentine human rights lawyer to become FIFA first head of Ethics Committee

FIFA, the official international governing body of football is set to appoint top human rights lawyer Luis Moreno Ocampo as the first head of the new Ethics committee’s investigation arm.
Tuesday, May 29th 2012 - 04:02 UTC
Spain calls on Europe for a show of force “to dissipate any doubts about the Euro”

Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy called for a show of force from European authorities as his government sought ways to avoid tapping markets to fund the bailout of the nation’s third-biggest lender.
Monday, May 28th 2012 - 19:56 UTC
Santander denies plans to divest from Brazil; affiliate represents 30% of the group’s profits

Spain’s leading bank Santander denied any plan to sell its Brazilian affiliate full or partly, as was published in the Sao Paulo media following discussions with Bradesco, another top listed Brazilian bank.
Monday, May 28th 2012 - 19:16 UTC
Spanish King on high profile PPRR visit to recover “lost time and ground” in South America

Spain’s King Juan Carlos will be travelling to Brazil and Chile in the first week of June to strengthen ties with two strategic associates and in preparation of the Ibero-American summit to take place in Cadiz. The King will be accompanied by Foreign Affairs minister Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo and a business delegation.
Monday, May 28th 2012 - 16:52 UTC
British drinks group buys cachaça distillery in Brazil as it expands to emerging markets

British drinks group Diageo is buying a maker of Brazil's most popular spirit, cachaça for about 470 million dollars, boosting its expansion in fast-growing emerging markets while it fights for a bigger prize in tequila.
Monday, May 28th 2012 - 16:32 UTC
Hague-Garcia-Margallo to address Gibraltar fishing incidents and border queues

Gibraltar figures importantly on the agenda for a Tuesday meeting scheduled in London between Foreign Secretary William Hague and Spanish counterpart Jose Garcia-Margallo particularly following on the recent fishing incidents and the long queues being imposed at the border by Spanish authorities.