International

• Monday, October 15th 2012 - 18:32 UTC

  Scotland to hold an independence referendum before the end of 2014

  

  A referendum on Scottish independence will take place before the end of 2014 following an agreement signed on Monday by UK Prime Minister David Cameron and Scottish leader Alex Salmond.

• Monday, October 15th 2012 - 07:39 UTC

  Gibraltar condemns Spanish policy of deliberate delays at the border crossing

  

  The Gibraltar Government strongly condemned the lengthy and deliberate delays to cross the frontier into Spain which have been experienced by Gibraltarians and visitors to Gibraltar. Chief Minister Fabian Picardo, currently in London has already been in touch with the UK Government and urged them to take up the matter with Spain at the highest level

• Monday, October 15th 2012 - 07:06 UTC

  Chilean student demonstrations leaders honoured with human rights prize in US

  

  Two student leaders who have been at the head of the 18 months long demonstrations in Chile demanding an overhaul of the education system will be honoured this week with the 2012 Letelier-Moffit Human Rights Prize in representation of the Chilean Students Federation.

• Friday, October 12th 2012 - 17:03 UTC

  Strong support from the Nobel Prize for a battered European Union

  

  The European Union won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for promoting peace, democracy and human rights over six decades in an award seen as a morale boost as the bloc struggles to resolve its economic crisis.

• Friday, October 12th 2012 - 06:11 UTC

  Chinese dissident says Nobel in Literature was meant to please Beijing

  

  Prominent Chinese dissident Wei Jingsheng on Thursday criticized the awarding of the Nobel literature prize to officially tolerated author Mo Yan, saying the move was meant to please Beijing.

• Friday, October 12th 2012 - 05:57 UTC

  Argentina sends top level political mission to Ghana after the ARA Libertad

  

  Argentina is sending a top level ministerial delegation to Ghana to discuss the release of the Navy’s tall vessel ARA Libertad, retained in the African country following a Thursday court ruling which confirmed the seizure on the complaint from a hedge fund.

• Friday, October 12th 2012 - 00:18 UTC

  Brazilian president calls for European ‘greater understanding’ of the Argentine situation

  

  President Dilma Rousseff, meeting with her Irish peer Michael D. Higgins said the global crisis has had a greater impact on Argentina than on Brazil, which has a stronger industrial base, and called for a better understanding of President Cristina Fernandez administration.

• Thursday, October 11th 2012 - 23:44 UTC

  US Noble Energy adds Nevada to its list of prospects which includes the Falklands

  

  Noble Energy which expects go be extracting oil from the Falkland Islands before 2020, said on Thursday it plans to explore for crude oil in areas of Nevada that have seen little drilling, as the US exploration and production company starts to assess its longer-term prospects.

• Thursday, October 11th 2012 - 23:41 UTC

  UK reaffirms sovereignty over Gibraltar and its territorial waters

  

  The British Government responded to Spain’s intervention at the UN Fourth Decolonization Committee with a firm statement about its commitment to the people of Gibraltar and their British sovereignty.

• Thursday, October 11th 2012 - 23:28 UTC

  IMF asks for “a bit more time” for Greece and Spain but Germany says it will affect confidence

  

  The IMF on Thursday backed giving debt-burdened Greece and Spain more time to reduce their budget deficits, cautioning that cutting too far, too fast would do more harm than good.