International

• Friday, May 30th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  European fishermen up in arms over fuel prices

  Thousands of fishermen in Portugal, Spain, France, Italy and Belgium are on strike protesting rising fuel prices. Union leaders said on Thursday Portugal's entire coastal fleet stayed in port on Friday, while in Spain, 7,000 fishermen held protests at the agriculture ministry.

• Thursday, May 29th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  FAO anticipates sharp price hikes in food supplies

  Further sharp price hikes and continued volatility in markets for food supplies appear to be likely for the next few seasons, according to a report released Wednesday by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in the run-up to a summit on the global food crisis which is being held in Rome early next month.

• Thursday, May 29th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Soy gains in Chicago with Argentine farmers' conflict

  

  Soybean futures advanced in Chicago as Argentina's farmers decided to stop selling crops and livestock until next week in the third protest in two months over export taxes.

• Thursday, May 29th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  “Gibraltar reaction to Spanish environmentalists”

  The Voice of Gibraltar Group notes the inflammatory, premature, rabble rousing by Sr Antonio Munoz regarding possible repairs to HMS Superb in Gibraltar.

• Thursday, May 29th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Fish price in UK forecasted to increase 23% next 18 months

  The price of fish landed in the United Kingdom could rise by an average of 23% in the next 12 to 18 months because of rising fuel prices, a government agency warns. Seafish says the cost of some types of fish could go up by as much as 50%.

• Wednesday, May 28th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Saudi Arabia pumping more crude but oil futures rules

  

  Top oil exporter Saudi Arabia has boosted crude supply to help meet the world's need for fuel and may further increase output later if needed, a senior Gulf OPEC source said on Wednesday quoted by Reuters.

• Wednesday, May 28th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  UK nuclear sub strikes underwater pinnacle in Red Sea

  The United Kingdom Ministry of Defence has confirmed that the Royal Navy submarine HMS Superb struck an underwater pinnacle whilst on dived passage through the northern Red Sea on Monday 26 May 2008.

• Tuesday, May 27th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Over 80% of world fisheries over exploited warns Oceana

  

  Over 80% of the world's fisheries are at risk from over-fishing and the World Trade Organisation (WTO) must act urgently to scrap unsustainable subsidies, said the environmental group Oceana.

• Tuesday, May 27th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Canada prepares for the rush on Arctic claim and resources

  Canada is preparing to claim an area of the Arctic Ocean seabed equivalent in size to almost two million square kilometres as part of Ottawa's aggressive effort to defend the country's interests in the North, said Canadian Natural Resources Minister Gary Lunn.

• Tuesday, May 27th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Australia, Chile agree on comprehensive free trade pact

  Chile's Foreign Affairs Secretary Alejandro Foxley described the formalization of a free trade pact with Australia, which was announced in Santiago and Canberra on Tuesday as “very good news”. The official subscription of the agreement will be signed next July by Chilean minister Foxley.