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Montevideo, December 23rd 2025 - 21:38 UTC

Politics

  • Monday, August 10th 2015 - 06:38 UTC

    “Spain acting as an aggressor and not a European partner” with Gibraltar

    MEP Ashley Fox said ”border problems like this are fast becoming an annual event and enough is enough”

    Gibraltar’s Conservative MEP Ashley Fox is compiling a dossier of constituent complaints and experiences of crossing the border in and out of Gibraltar. Mr Fox will hand the dossier to the EU Commission and says it will show Spain is acting “as an aggressor and not a European partner”, according to a report from the Gibraltar Chronicle.

  • Monday, August 10th 2015 - 06:21 UTC

    UK calls 'outrageous' and 'unlawful', Spanish incursions in Gibraltar waters

    “It is completely unacceptable and unlawful under the international law of the sea to enter our waters without notifying us”, said minister Swire.

    Spain has been accused of an “outrageous” and “unlawful” violation of British sovereignty after boats entered UK waters in Gibraltar on Sunday. Helicopters were also flown over a beach on the British territory as Spanish police chased criminals on the water, a move branded extremely dangerous by the Government of Gibraltar.

  • Monday, August 10th 2015 - 06:05 UTC

    Scotland to ban growing genetically modified crops

    Richard Lochhead said the Scottish government was not prepared to “gamble” with the future of the country's £14bn food and drink sector.

    Scotland is to ban the growing of genetically modified crops, the country's rural affairs secretary has announced. Richard Lochhead said the Scottish government was not prepared to “gamble” with the future of the country's £14bn food and drink sector.

  • Sunday, August 9th 2015 - 14:55 UTC

    US economy adds 215.000 jobs in July; unemployment at seven-year-low of 5.3%

    The Bureau of Labor Statistics said on Friday job gains came in retail trade, health care, professional and technical services, and financial activities.

    The US economy added 215,000 jobs in July, while the unemployment rate held at a seven-year-low of 5.3%. The Bureau of Labor Statistics said on Friday job gains came in retail trade, health care, professional and technical services, and financial activities.

  • Saturday, August 8th 2015 - 10:42 UTC

    Petrobras profits plunge 89% in 2Q; underperforming assets dumped

    Petrobras' quarterly profit fell to 531 million Real ($150.4 million) from 4.96 billion Real a year ago, the company said in a securities filing on Thursday.

    Brazilian state-led oil company Petrobras said its second-quarter net income plunged 89% after a one-time charge for underperforming assets that caught analysts off guard. The 1.28-billion-real charge was taken as Petrobras' new executives and board of directors try to control the company's $132 billion debt, the oil-industry's largest, by preparing up to $15bn of assets for sale by the end of 2016.

  • Saturday, August 8th 2015 - 10:14 UTC

    Germany rocked by debate on freedom of the press and government influence over the courts

    Meister and Beckedahl published classified documents on Netzpolitik, saying German intelligence had plans to expand online surveillance to fight terrorism

    Journalists have been accused of treason; a chief prosecutor fired; and we have witnessed the unedifying spectacle of government ministers scrambling to get out of the firing line after popular outrage. But the scandal rocking Germany's political establishment isn't about sleaze or corruption but rather whether a little-known website can publish documents already publicly discussed.

  • Saturday, August 8th 2015 - 09:44 UTC

    FAO pressing countries to ratify agreement on illegal, unreported, unregulated fishing

    FAO brokered in 2009 the Agreement on Port State Measures to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing.

    A growing number of countries are ratifying an international agreement to combat illegal fishing, fueling interest in how best to implement the instrument. Illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing is estimated to strip between $10 billion and $23 billion from the global economy, and their impacts undermine the way fish stocks are managed to make it a double concern around the world.

  • Saturday, August 8th 2015 - 09:20 UTC

    Brazil's July inflation climbed to 9.56%, powered by electricity bills, up 57.8%

    Inflation remains well above the central bank's target of 4.5% despite seven consecutive interest rate hikes -- most recently to 14.25%.

    Brazil's annual inflation rate climbed to 9.56% in July, the highest level since 2003, official data showed Friday. Prices are being driven higher by the rising cost of electricity -- up 57.8% in the past 12 months -- as well as increasingly expensive housing, food and beverages, and health care.

  • Saturday, August 8th 2015 - 08:54 UTC

    Argentine embassy in US launches website on the struggle with 'vulture funds'

    The website is called “All about the Argentine Debt Case”, and is divided in several sections.

    The Argentine Embassy in the United States has launched a website to explain the conflict between Argentina and holdout investors commonly referred to as “vulture funds”. The website explains the origins of the conflict, its history, and provides documents and expert opinions on the subject. Its virtual library has until now over 200 documents and 100 independent sources.

  • Saturday, August 8th 2015 - 08:30 UTC

    Argentine mandatory primaries on Sunday: 32 million entitled to vote

    Ban on political campaigning 48 hours prior to the elections lasts until polls close on Sunday; the release of electoral surveys is banned until 18:00 hours.

    Electoral silence has started ahead of the PASO primary elections (Open Simultaneous, Mandatory Primaries) that will take place on Sunday when Argentines will cast their ballots to choose their candidates to compete in October’s general run, including the successor of president Cristina Fernandez.