International

• Saturday, October 29th 2011 - 03:24 UTC

  Trichet warns Euro crisis ‘isn’t over’; calls for precise, quick enforcement of deal

  

  European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet said in an interview in a German newspaper to be published on Sunday that the Euro zone sovereign debt crisis was not yet over and that it was too early for the all-clear signal.

• Saturday, October 29th 2011 - 03:19 UTC

  London School of Economics tarnished by links with the Gaddafi family

  

  London School of Economics (LSE), one of the most renowned branches of the University of London, is currently making news due to the activities of a couple of its more infamous, rather than famous, alumni - one of them named Gaddafi.

• Friday, October 28th 2011 - 17:07 UTC

  British crown updates succession rules: end of gender and religion discrimination

  

  Centuries of British royal discrimination came to an end Friday after Commonwealth leaders agreed to drop rules that give sons precedence as heir to the throne and bar anyone in line for the crown from marrying a Roman Catholic.

• Friday, October 28th 2011 - 16:36 UTC

  German highest court could delay implementation of Euro bail out accord

  

  The German highest court suspended Friday a parliamentary committee's right to approve urgent actions by the Euro zone's bailout fund, potentially delaying decision-making in Europe's top economy on key moves to tackle the bloc's crisis

• Friday, October 28th 2011 - 16:19 UTC

  Record unemployment in Spain hits 21.5% with five million out of a job

  

  Spain's unemployment hit a 15-year high in the third quarter with little hope new jobs will be created any time soon by a battered economy that remains at the forefront of investor concerns about Europe's debt commitments.

• Friday, October 28th 2011 - 16:10 UTC

  Gibraltar new iconic Air Terminal readies for its inauguration

  

  Gibraltar’s new iconic £50m Air Terminal, flagged as an architectural symbol of the Government’s program of infrastructure development and a pivotal piece of the expansion of the local aviation industry, will be opened for viewing to the general public on November 3rd.

• Friday, October 28th 2011 - 05:07 UTC

  UK “defies South America” when it denies Argentina Malvinas sovereignty

  

  The Argentine representative before United Nations, Jorge Argüello claimed that the UK “defies the whole of South America” when it impedes Argentina from patrolling its own waters and exercising sovereignty over its own spaces.

• Friday, October 28th 2011 - 05:05 UTC

  South Georgia silver coin to commemorate Queen Elizabeth Diamond jubilee

  

  South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands will issue a commemorative silver coin to mark the Diamond jubilee of Queen Elizabeth it was announced by the latest edition of the SG Newsletter.

• Friday, October 28th 2011 - 04:39 UTC

  Sarkozy said Greece should have not joined the Euro in 2001: “it was not ready”

  

  French President Nicolas Sarkozy has said allowing Greece into the Euro zone in 2001 was a “mistake”. He said Greece was “not ready” at the time, but he added, it could be rescued thanks to Wednesday's EU deal on the euro debt crisis

• Thursday, October 27th 2011 - 23:34 UTC

  Euro zone largest bank profits down as bad loans in Spain keep growing

  

  The Euro zone's biggest bank Santander said it expected bad loans in Spain to keep on growing as Spaniards, blighted by unemployment and heavy mortgage debt, fall into arrears on payments.