International

• Wednesday, December 2nd 2009 - 12:10 UTC

  EU welcomes newly qualified seafood exports

  

  The European Union (EU) informed the National Directorate of Aquatic Resources (DINARA) that Uruguay will be able to resume shipments of seafood products to the EU market. This announcement marks the end of restrictions imposed by the European bloc in 2008.

• Tuesday, December 1st 2009 - 13:10 UTC

  Mercosur/EU political support to bolster technical meetings

  

  Mercosur officials together with representatives from Spain, Portugal and the European Community agreed Monday to provide greater emphasis to the technical meetings with the purpose of advancing towards an association agreement between the two blocks.

• Tuesday, December 1st 2009 - 12:59 UTC

  Argentina protests Lisbon Treaty which has Falklands as associate territory

  

  With the coming into effect December first of the European Union Lisbon Treaty, Argentina has instructed its embassies to protest EU pretensions that Malvinas, South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands and surrounding maritime spaces, and the Argentine Antarctic sector are EU associate territories.

• Tuesday, December 1st 2009 - 12:55 UTC

  RAF investigating “minor incident” involving a Typhoon in the Falklands

  

  An investigation has been launched after minor damage was found on two UK Royal Air Force aircraft shortly after they had completed an in-flight refuelling sortie near the Falkland Islands.

• Tuesday, December 1st 2009 - 12:41 UTC

  Second woman receives Military Cross as Falklands veteran sells medal

  

  Their extraordinary acts of bravery are separated by 27 years. But as the first woman in the Royal Navy to be awarded the Military Cross proudly collected her medal at Buckingham Palace today a veteran who received the equivalent award for his actions in the Falklands put his medal up for sale.

• Tuesday, December 1st 2009 - 11:05 UTC

  Ibero-American summit divided over the Honduras political situation

  

  Portugal's Foreign Affairs Minister Luis Amado said on Monday that Portugal is working as a mediator among Ibero-American countries to achieve a consensus on the Honduras political situation that is threatening the 19th summit’s final declaration.

• Tuesday, December 1st 2009 - 07:35 UTC

  Mercosur, India and African nations begin trade and investment talks

  

  Brazil launched this week in Geneva a round of negotiations to further liberate trade between Mercosur, India and the Union of Nations from Austral Africa with the purpose of ratifying south-south cooperation, while global negotiations in the framework of the Doha Round remain stalled.

• Monday, November 30th 2009 - 12:43 UTC

  United Arab Emirates promises extra liquidity to Dubai’s banks

  

  The central bank of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has said it will provide banks with extra liquidity. The news comes days after the state-owned Dubai World said it would ask for an extension on repaying its debts, sending world stock markets tumbling.

• Monday, November 30th 2009 - 12:37 UTC

  Lucky strike: Brazil supports England’s bid to host World Cup in 2018

  

  The world's most successful football country has delivered a fresh lifeline to England's under-fire bid to host the World Cup in 2018. Brazilian President Lula da Silva said the time was right for the tournament to come back to Britain for the first time since 1966.

• Monday, November 30th 2009 - 12:32 UTC

  China admits “controllable and gradual measures” rises in Yuan’s value

  

  Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said Monday a stable Yuan is good for both China and Europe and reiterated Beijing's policy of allowing only gradual and manageable rises in the currency's value.