International

Thursday, July 26th 2012 - 20:35 UTC
Mujica warns Uruguay is going through an exceptional period, but it is also finite

President Jose Mujica said Uruguay was going through an ‘exceptional’ period vis-à-vis the world crisis but also warned that exceptionality has limits and is not forever.
Thursday, July 26th 2012 - 20:28 UTC
Uruguay central bank suggests “serene alert” attitude to address global crisis impact

Uruguay must adopt an attitude of “serene alert” given the “uncertainty and uncommon volatility” prevailing in the world said central bank president Mario Bergara, underlining the country has reduced “vulnerabilities” considerably.
Thursday, July 26th 2012 - 20:21 UTC
Russia will sacrifice 33.000 hogs because of African swine fever outbreak

Russian veterinary services have ordered the termination of 33.000 hogs following an outbreak of Africa swine pest, in the region of Tyer, in the neighbouring province of the capital Moscow.
Thursday, July 26th 2012 - 19:51 UTC
ECB to the rescue of Spain and Italy and avoid collapse of Euro zone

European Central Bank President Mario Draghi pledged on Thursday to do whatever was necessary to protect the Euro zone from collapse, including acting to lower unreasonably high government borrowing costs.
Thursday, July 26th 2012 - 19:42 UTC
FAO and OIE call on countries to comply with destruction of “rinderpest” virus samples

The UN's food agency FAO and the OIE (Animal health organization) called on countries on to comply with a 2011 global moratorium and destroy potentially dangerous “rinderpest” virus samples or put them into safe storage.
Thursday, July 26th 2012 - 18:38 UTC
Sea Shepherd leader Watson skips bail fearing extradition to Japan

Sea Shepherd leader Paul Watson has skipped bail and fled from Germany, with his supporters claiming they fear he would have been extradited to Japan over Antarctic whaling protests.
Thursday, July 26th 2012 - 09:07 UTC
Immigration compensated for fewer babies, helped Germany increase population

The number of babies born in Germany sank to a record low in 2011, official statistics showed Monday, but a surge in immigration to Europe's top economy led its population to grow.
Thursday, July 26th 2012 - 09:00 UTC
EC criticizes US risk rating agencies handling of the Euro-zone crisis

A top official from the European Commission was particularly critical of the credit risk rating agencies in their handling of the Euro crisis and Germany brushed aside the latest rating agencies announcement saying the country is in a very sound economic and financial situation.
Thursday, July 26th 2012 - 06:49 UTC
London Day 1: a blooper and an athlete ousted for racist remarks

The Olympic Games in London took off with a blooper that delayed a women’s football match and the ousting of a Greek athlete for tweeting racist remarks. It all started in Glasgow where the North Korean women's football team has walked off the pitch after their images were shown on a screen beside a South Korean flag.
Thursday, July 26th 2012 - 05:28 UTC
PM Cameron receives Dilma to talk about Olympics, trade and global economy

Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff held talks with British Prime Minister David Cameron on Wednesday to pick up some tips on staging the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.