International

• Monday, January 17th 2011 - 06:00 UTC

  Fight against illegal fishing brings concrete results

  

  European Commissioner for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, Maria Damanaki, attended the 6th International Forum on Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing in London this week. It marked the first birthday of the European Union’s (EU) regulation to fight IUU fishing.

• Tuesday, January 11th 2011 - 22:00 UTC

  Germany knew in 1952 Nazi Adolf Eichmann was hiding in Argentina

  

  The notorious Nazi Adolf Eichmann could have been caught sooner if Germany's intelligence agency had assisted, new information has revealed. The German Information Agency knew as early as 1952 that Eichmann, a chief organizer of the Nazi genocide against the Jews, was hiding in Argentina under a false name, the German tabloid Bild reported.

• Tuesday, January 11th 2011 - 21:56 UTC

  German bankers ready for the worst but confident they can cope with the situation

  

  Billions in loans have succeeded in pulling Greece and Ireland back from the brink of bankruptcy. But many bankers are still expecting the worst. A new Ernst & Young survey reports that almost half of German banking executives think at least one Euro-zone country will go bust.

• Tuesday, January 11th 2011 - 21:48 UTC

  Japan committed to stabilize the Euro and ensure growth in EU bilateral trade

  

  Japan is prepared to purchase over 20% of bonds that Euro-zone countries will be jointly issuing with the purpose of defusing tension and propping confidence in the Euro given the presistence of the European sovereign debt crisis, Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda said on Tuesday in Tokyo.

• Tuesday, January 11th 2011 - 21:38 UTC

  FAO food prices index marks record; threat for global growth and social stability

  

  The United Nation's Food and Agricultural Organization, FAO, global food prices index reached a record high in December, 2010 reported the organization this week. The FAO food index tracks a basket of 55 key food commodities including items such as wheat, cooking oil and fats and sugar.

• Friday, January 7th 2011 - 04:32 UTC

  India-Russia: Friends Forever

  

  It all began in 1955 with Indian Prime Minister Nehru’s maiden visit to the erstwhile Soviet Union and Khrushchev's reciprocal trip to India same year. Since then, Indo-Russian ties have withstood every test of time. During this period of over half a century, both nations ferried through turbulent waters. But the relationship between Moscow and New Delhi was never adversely affected per se.

• Friday, January 7th 2011 - 00:47 UTC

  Barcelona: Argentine private medevac plane arrested with 900k on cocaine

  

  Civil Guard officers based at Barcelona’s El Prat Airport have seized almost one ton of cocaine from a private medevac plane which recently landed at the airport, on a flight from Cabo Verde.

• Thursday, January 6th 2011 - 20:52 UTC

  Chile supports Israel-Palestine peace dialogue; Piñera to visit the area next March

  

  The Chilean presidency Secretary General Eva Von Baer reterated this week that the Chilean Executive “fully supports the dialogue between both sides, the state of Israel and Palestine, and we support the continuation of such dialogue, and from that dialogue the creation of an independent Palestine state”.

• Thursday, January 6th 2011 - 20:45 UTC

  China to the rescue of Europe confirms purchase of Spanish sovereign debt

  

  Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang has said Beijing is willing to buy about Euro 6 billion worth of Spanish public debt, Spanish newspaper El Pais reported on Thursday, citing government sources.

• Thursday, January 6th 2011 - 12:42 UTC

  Future Chinese PM promises full financial and economic support for Spain

  

  China has confidence in the Spanish financial market and will continue buying bonds issued by Spain’s government, Beijing’s Deputy prime minister said in an op-ed published in Madrid daily El Pais.