International

• Wednesday, July 27th 2011 - 03:36 UTC

  Gibraltar and La Línea jointly celebrate and promote neighbourly relations

  

  To promote good neighbourly relations and closer ties between Gibraltar and La Linea, the Spanish town Mayor, Gemma Araujo, hosted a Gibraltar Day at the official municipal pavilion of the La Linea Fair.

• Monday, July 25th 2011 - 21:01 UTC

  China determined to break the grip of the three major global iron ore miners

  

  China, the world's largest steelmaker and iron ore consumer, has set a target of dramatically increasing ore imports from Chinese-invested resources in the steel industry's 12th Five-Year Plan (2011-2015), an industry official said.

• Monday, July 25th 2011 - 20:53 UTC

  IMF calls for ‘swift rise in US debt ceiling’ and warns of risks to world economy

  

  The International Monetary Fund urged the United States to swiftly raise the debt ceiling to ward off risks of a credit downgrade that could damage the global economy.

• Monday, July 25th 2011 - 20:40 UTC

  Norwegian mass killer says the organization has “two more cells”

  

  Anders Behring Breivik told a Norwegian judge Monday his bombing and shooting rampage that killed over 80 people aimed to save Europe from a Muslim takeover, and said that “two more cells” existed in his organization.

• Monday, July 25th 2011 - 07:08 UTC

  EU/Mercosur agreement: “too much fear from both sides”

  

  A trade agreement between Mercosur and the European Union would significantly expand European investment given the increase in bilateral trade, but ‘there’s too much fear from both sides’, according to Adrian van den Hover head of international relations for Business Europe.

• Monday, July 25th 2011 - 05:54 UTC

  Norwegian mass-killer says he is a righteous ‘crusader’ fighting the tide of Islam

  

  Over 1,500 pages long and nearly a decade in the making, the manifesto detailing Norwegian mass-killer Anders Behring Breivik's murderous “crusade” gives a chilling picture of a self-confessed “monster.”

• Saturday, July 23rd 2011 - 06:36 UTC

  Double attack in Norway kills at least 87; one extreme-right extremist arrested

  

  Norwegian authorities early Saturday dramatically increased the death toll in a gun attack at a youth camp on the Norwegian island of Utoya to at least 80, bringing the total number dead in a pair of apparently related attacks Friday to 87.

• Friday, July 22nd 2011 - 06:24 UTC

  Organizing and hosting major sports events deliver a “positive social legacy”

  

  The upcoming World Cup soccer tournament and Summer Olympics in Brazil should be harnessed to deliver a “positive social legacy” for the South American country and beyond, the United Nations envoy for sports and peace has said.

• Friday, July 22nd 2011 - 01:59 UTC

  Weak Spanish government conditions enthusiasm for an EU/Mercosur deal

  

  The Spanish government's enthusiasm for an European Union free-trade agreement with Mercosur remains solid and Madrid seems willing to put some sectors of agriculture at risk in exchange for access to new markets for the country's multinationals.

• Friday, July 22nd 2011 - 00:25 UTC

  Paris-Berlin soften rescue terms admit “selective default” and announce Euro IMF

  

  Euro zone leaders agreed at an emergency summit on Thursday to give their financial rescue fund sweeping new powers to help Greece overcome its debt crisis and prevent market instability from spreading through the region.