International

• Sunday, January 2nd 2011 - 23:33 UTC

  Air traffic growth moderates: begins to expand at historic rates, says IATA

  

  International scheduled air traffic results for November showed an 8.2% year-on-year passenger traffic growth and a 5.4% increase for freight, according to the latest report from the International Air Transport Association (IATA).

• Sunday, January 2nd 2011 - 23:30 UTC

  China reiterates commitment to combat consumer inflation

  

  Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao vowed again to step up efforts to keep consumer inflation in check in 2011, state media reported on Sunday.

• Sunday, January 2nd 2011 - 23:27 UTC

  US warships try to avoid docking in Gibraltar to keep strong relation with Spain

  

  Secret US document newly released by Wikileaks underscores the critical importance of Spain as a strategic logistics hub for the US military. The document details the importance of bases such as Rota, just a short drive from Gibraltar.

• Sunday, January 2nd 2011 - 22:18 UTC

  Bank of England remembers home owners rates sometime will ‘normalize’ at 5%

  

  United Kingdom home owners need to prepare for a series of interest rate rises to around 5%, a Bank of England official has warned. Paul Fisher, who is a member of the Bank's rate-setting Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), said officials would like the current 0.5% base rate to rise to a “normalized” level 10 times as big.

• Sunday, January 2nd 2011 - 21:54 UTC

  Britain expects increase in tourist numbers to reach 30 million this year

  

  Overseas visits by foreign residents to Britain are likely to increase by 300,000 next year, UK's tourist chiefs have predicted. Numbers will be around 30 million - a 1% rise on the 2010 figure, the VisitBritain organization said.

• Sunday, January 2nd 2011 - 21:27 UTC

  Spain will only discuss Gibraltar sovereignty issues with the UK

  

  Spain will not discuss any issue that affects Gibraltar’ sovereignty within the context of the Trilateral Forum, Spanish Foreign Minister Trinidad Jimenez said in an interview over the Christmas break and some its extracts collected in the Gibraltar Chronicle.

• Friday, December 31st 2010 - 02:49 UTC

  Happy New Year to all our subscribers and readers!

  

  All of us at MercoPress.com wish our subscribers and readers the very best Happy New Year!.

• Thursday, December 30th 2010 - 08:06 UTC

  According The Times Chile Miners Named “Team of the Year”

  

  The 33 miners who survived 69 days at a depth of some 700 meters (2,300 feet) down a Chilean mine were named “Team of the Year” on Tuesday by The Times of London

• Wednesday, December 29th 2010 - 21:41 UTC

  Chile can’t keep up with demand for salt from frozen Europe

  

  As a result of the cold front affecting Europe, Chile’s Sociedad Punta de Lobos (SPL) —salt producer and exporter—is working at full capacity to export salt destined primarily for Belgium, Holland, Germany and France.

• Tuesday, December 28th 2010 - 11:59 UTC

  Argentina rejects Cameron’s refusal to negotiate over the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands

  

  The Argentine Government yesterday rejected recent declarations of the British Prime Minister David Cameron who said that he would not negotiate over the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands despite insistent claims from the South American country.