Politics

Saturday, January 18th 2014 - 06:32 UTC
Gibraltarians will travel to EU offices in Brussels to protest Spain's border controls

The Gibraltar Government will sponsor a group of Gibraltarians and local residents who plan to travel to Brussels to protest before the European Union about delays caused by Spanish checks at the border, reports the Gibraltar Chronicle. The group approached the Government in recent months and is said to include people from all walks of life and from all shades of political opinion.
Saturday, January 18th 2014 - 06:26 UTC
Hague tells Scotland that the “UK is stronger and safer together”

Foreign Secretary William Hague has said the United Kingdom is “stronger and safer together” as he outlined the case for Scotland to reject voting for independence. Mr. Hague spoke of shared values between Britain and Scotland and said that remaining united would give the UK greater international “clout” and allow it to be “better able to make a difference in the world”.
Saturday, January 18th 2014 - 06:21 UTC
Obama announces contention policy for NSA monitoring activities

President Barack Obama has announced a ban on US eavesdropping on the leaders of close friends and allies, and rein in the vast collection of Americans' phone data in a series of reforms triggered by Edward Snowden's revelations.
Saturday, January 18th 2014 - 06:16 UTC
Falklands new Attorney General is expected to arrive next March

Peter Judge MBE has been named as the next Attorney General of the Falkland Islands. Mr Judge, who is scheduled to arrive in March 2014, will succeed current Attorney General Mark Lewis.
Saturday, January 18th 2014 - 06:10 UTC
Haiti PM Lamonthe pledges free, fair and honest elections later this year

Haiti’s Prime Minister Laurent Lamonthe has pledged that his government will provide the necessary means to the electoral council to facilitate the holding of legislative and local elections this year.
Saturday, January 18th 2014 - 04:58 UTC
Catalonia lawmakers have asked Madrid for a referendum on the region's future

Lawmakers from the Spanish region of Catalonia voted to seek a referendum on breaking away from Spain on Thursday, setting themselves up for a battle with an implacably opposed central government in Madrid. The Catalan Parliament in Barcelona voted 87 to 43, with 3 abstentions, to send a petition to the national parliament seeking the power to call a popular vote on the region’s future.
Friday, January 17th 2014 - 08:05 UTC
US dollar keeps breaking records in Argentina; central banks reserves fall a further 100 million

The US dollar reached a new record high on Thursday as purchase pressure on the so called “blue” or informal market continues pushing the price which closed 35 cents up at 11.50 pesos for buyers and 11.55 pesos for sellers.
Friday, January 17th 2014 - 07:45 UTC
US consumer inflation in December, 0.3% and in twelve months 1.5%

US consumer inflation spiked in December, driven higher by rising fuel prices. The consumer price index rose 0.3% on a seasonally adjusted basis, the US Labor Department said.
Friday, January 17th 2014 - 07:41 UTC
Vatican questioned by UN child rights watchdog on child sex abuse by priests

The Vatican was Thursday pushed for the first time to provide answers to the UN over its commitment to stamp out child sex abuse by priests. The landmark question-and-answer session before the UN's child rights watchdog in Geneva came as Pope Francis said Catholics should feel “shame”, in an apparent reference to the scandals that have rocked the Church.
Friday, January 17th 2014 - 07:34 UTC
Pope reshuffles the Vatican bank and sacks four cardinals from oversight commission

Pope Francis shook up the scandal-plagued Vatican bank, removing four of five cardinals from an oversight body in a break with the clerical financial establishment he inherited from his predecessor. It was his latest move to get to grips with an institution that has often been an embarrassment for the Holy See and which he has vowed to either reform or close.