Pretoria - International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Christine Lagarde has welcomed the Eurogroups' commitment to support Spain financially.
Cape Town - The Minister of Trade and Industry Rob Davies says a joint Saudi Arabian-South African Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) would help create jobs in South Africa and new opportunities for South African businesses in Saudi Arabia.
Athens - Greece's coalition government easily won a parliamentary confidence vote on early Monday, which clears the way for talks with international creditors for a review of bailout agreements to overcome the country's debt crisis.
Pretoria - Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson has been bestowed the Knight of the National Order of Merit Agricol by France.
Pretoria - South Africa, India and Brazil, together known as IBSA, have signed an agreement which proposes the creation of an IBSA tripartite Working Group on Decent Work, which will meet at least once a year at the margins of the International Labour Conference.
Pretoria- President Jacob Zuma is in Russia for a meeting on Libya hosted by the International Contact Group on Libya.
Pretoria - The Network of Women Ministers and Leaders in Environment (NWMLE) has adopted a Declaration on Gender and Climate Change that will be presented during COP18 in Doha, Qatar.
Los Angeles - An oil pipeline rupture beneath the Yellowstone River has prompted temporary evacuation of residents in south-central Montana, authorities said on Saturday.
Sochi - President Jacob Zuma and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Monday exchanged views on a possible peaceful solution to the Libyan crisis.
Durban - Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has got behind Annecy's bid to host the 2014 Winter Olympics, which will be decided this Wednesday.
