International

• Monday, September 14th 2009 - 08:49 UTC

  Spain resumes Gibraltar-Algeciras maritime link 40 years later

  

  Maritime links between Gibraltar and Algeciras, Spain will be resumed next month after an interruption of 40 years, a spokesman for the Spanish shipping firm Transcoma confirmed to the Gibraltar Chronicle over the weekend.

• Saturday, September 12th 2009 - 11:57 UTC

  France cautions Venezuela on “nuclear links” with Iran

  

  France cautioned Venezuela that any nuclear technology transfer from Iran would represent a “violation of United Nations Security Council resolutions”.

• Saturday, September 12th 2009 - 11:41 UTC

  German ships making history cruising Asia to Europe via Russia’s Arctic

  

  Two German merchant ships are sailing from Asia to Europe via Russia's Arctic coast, having negotiated the once impassable North East Passage. This route is usually frozen but rising temperatures in the region caused by global warming have melted much of the ice allowing large ships to go through.

• Saturday, September 12th 2009 - 10:41 UTC

  Gibraltar reaffirms self determination on National Day celebrations

  

  Gibraltar celebrated on September 10th its National Day reaffirming its right to determine its future in accordance with the people’s wishes, rights and aspirations.

• Friday, September 11th 2009 - 10:33 UTC

  “Milk strike” and dairies blockades announce EU farmers

  

  The European Milk Board, representing milk producer organisations from eight European countries, has announced a “far-reaching revolt”, including farmer blockades of dairies and the withholding of milk from the market.

• Friday, September 11th 2009 - 10:30 UTC

  China boosts train industry with 42 new high-speed railway lines

  

  China has announced plans to build 42 new high-speed railway lines over the next three years. In a breakthrough, China has developed trains that can run on both high-speed and normal lines, said railway official Zhang Shuguang.

• Friday, September 11th 2009 - 08:16 UTC

  Oil price climbs on expectations of global economic recovery

  

  Oil prices closed Thursday above 72 US dollars a barrel following the meeting of the producers' cartel OPEC on Wednesday and the International Energy Agency forecast of stronger demand as the global economy recovers.

• Friday, September 11th 2009 - 08:13 UTC

  Bank of England leaves rates and quantitative easing unchanged

  

  The Bank of England held the United Kingdom’s base rate at 0.5% Thursday, marking the sixth consecutive month of record low rates. The Bank's Monetary Policy Committee also made no changes to its quantitative easing policy.

• Friday, September 11th 2009 - 07:59 UTC

  Chavez claims Israel wants to exterminate Palestinians

  

  Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez Friday told the Israeli people not to support their “genocidal” government that killed 1434 Palestinians, a third of them civilians, during the latest war on Gaza.

• Friday, September 11th 2009 - 07:56 UTC

  Canadian car parts manufacturer takes over GM German and UK operations

  

  General Motors (GM) has announced that it has chosen the Canadian car parts manufacturer Magna to buy Opel and its sister company Vauxhall. The decision was welcomed by German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who said she was “very pleased” about it.