International

• Friday, September 18th 2009 - 03:38 UTC

  Spain proposes strict fisheries sustainable management rules

  

  Spanish Minister of Environment and Rural and Marine Affairs (MARM), Elena Espinosa reiterated her government’s commitment to ensure the sustainability of marine resources and deemed it “crucial” to forge “rules of the game” that ensure “a sustainable management” in the international arena.

• Friday, September 18th 2009 - 03:36 UTC

  Ex-Barclays bankers stand to make 400 million USD for managing toxic assets

  

  A group of 45 bankers at Britain’s Barclays bypassed potential curbs on pay and bonuses by jumping ship to set up a Cayman Islands company and manage 12.3 billion US dollars of Barclays’ most toxic debt. They will be paid at least 400 million USD over ten years.

• Friday, September 18th 2009 - 03:23 UTC

  Spain’s rapprochement policy towards Gibraltar confirmed in Congress

  

  The opposition Partido Popular motion tabled before the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Spanish Parliament claiming sovereignty over Gibraltar territorial waters was last night defeated by some 20 votes, reports the Gibraltar Chronicle.

• Thursday, September 17th 2009 - 20:06 UTC

  Top marks for South Georgia fishery management

  

  SOUTH Georgia has been marked as the third highest scoring fishery in the world in terms of good management.

• Thursday, September 17th 2009 - 13:26 UTC

  China to invest 16 billion USD to develop new oilfields in Venezuela

  

  Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez announced Wednesday that China will invest 16 billion US dollars to boost oil production in the country particularly along the Orinoco River, as part of a strategy to reduce dependence on the US market.

• Thursday, September 17th 2009 - 13:23 UTC

  OECD warns of 25 million jobless in industrialized countries

  

  The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) says the global recession could cost 25 million people their jobs. This is despite recent signs that economies of its 30 member countries may be starting to recover.

• Thursday, September 17th 2009 - 13:19 UTC

  US/China “tit for tat” tires’ trade clash sounds alarm bell in WTO

  

  World Trade Organization Director General Pascal Lamy expressed concern Wednesday about the latest move from the US President Obama administration to restrict imports of Chinese-made tires.

• Thursday, September 17th 2009 - 13:10 UTC

  Jobless number climbs to 2.47 million in Britain, highest since 1997

  

  British unions and employers have reacted with alarm after unemployment surged to a 14-year high prompting fresh calls for Government help for the growing army of jobless. The total now stands at 2.47 million following a 210,000 rise in the three months to July.

• Thursday, September 17th 2009 - 04:31 UTC

  Spanish apology to Argentina for “protocol error” involving Falklands’ delegation

  

  Argentina formally accepted Wednesday apologies from the Spanish government which admitted having committed a “protocol error” on allowing the presence of a delegation from the Falkland Islands in an international fisheries sustainability conference, reports Efe, the Spanish government news agency quoting the head of Argentina’s Fisheries Department Norberto Yauhar.

• Wednesday, September 16th 2009 - 21:58 UTC

  Argentina protests Falklands participation in fishing summit

  

  FALKLANDS delegates at an important fisheries conference in Spain were infuriated this morning by an Argentine protest against their participation. The First World Summit on Fishing Sustainability is taking place in Baiona, Pontevedra.