Politics

• Wednesday, May 25th 2011 - 15:33 UTC

  Gibraltar opposition anticipates hostility with a Spanish PP government

  

  Gibraltar’s opposition has signalled unease with the prospect of the conservative PP forming a government in Spain in the near future. In a statement analysing the municipal results the Opposition says that Gibraltarians will feel “extremely nervous” about the prospect of the PP in power.

• Wednesday, May 25th 2011 - 15:27 UTC

  Uruguay the most peaceful country in Latam, says Global Peace report

  

  Uruguay is the most peaceful country in Latin America followed by Costa Rica and Chile according to the latest edition of the Global Peace reported released Wednesday by the Institute for Economy and Peace.

• Wednesday, May 25th 2011 - 07:20 UTC

  Brazil/Argentina agree monthly trade meetings and gradual liberation of licences

  

  Brazil and Argentina agreed to monthly meetings on commerce, Argentina said, as the neighbouring countries try to overcome tensions that flared earlier this month over car imports.

• Wednesday, May 25th 2011 - 07:08 UTC

  UK and US: an essential relationship

  

  British Prime Minister David Cameron and US President Barack Obama have written a joint article for the Times at the start of the US State Visit to the UK.

• Wednesday, May 25th 2011 - 00:27 UTC

  Transparency blasts OECD on poor results from the Anti-Bribery Convention

  

  A new report from the anti-corruption organization Transparency International (TI), shows no improvement in the enforcement of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention in the past year and warns that this could signal a dangerous loss of momentum in the fight against corruption.

• Tuesday, May 24th 2011 - 23:45 UTC

  Paraguay and European MPs address impasse in Mercosur/EU trade talks

  

  The apparent impasse in the European Union/Mercosur trade talks was addressed by the Paraguayan president Fernando Lugo at a meeting on Tuesday with Members of the European Parliament and the EU delegation to Mercosur negotiations.

• Tuesday, May 24th 2011 - 20:02 UTC

  HMS Edinburgh leaves for South Atlantic, Falklands and South Georgia patrolling

  

  HMS Edinburgh leaves Wednesday for a seven months patrol of the British South Atlantic Islands, including the Falklands and South Georgia. She will be conducting maritime security patrols, policing and protecting Islanders living in the British Overseas Territories.

• Tuesday, May 24th 2011 - 19:39 UTC

  France says China supports Lagarde as next IMF chief given Euro zone situation

  

  China would support Finance Minister Christine Lagarde as the next IMF chief the French government said backing which would put her firmly in pole position to succeed Dominique Strauss-Kahn.

• Tuesday, May 24th 2011 - 19:37 UTC

  Labour MP Dobbin new chairman of All Party Gibraltar Group

  

  British Labour MP Jim Dobbin is the new chairman of the All Party Gibraltar Group in the Commons. Mr Dobbin, elected at a meeting of the group Monday, takes on the position held by Eleanor Laing MP who resigned to take on the role of the Coalition Government’s special Gibraltar envoy with the MOD.

• Tuesday, May 24th 2011 - 19:29 UTC

  Royal 41-gun salute for the US President Obama at Buckingham Palace

  

  US President Barack Obama received a royal 41-gun salute at Buckingham Palace Tuesday to begin a two-day state visit aimed at ensuring the United States and Britain keep the “special” in their relationship.