Stories for 2016

Monday, June 20th 2016 - 06:15 UTC
Spain heading for another hung parliament, and with no clear possible coalitions

Spain is likely to repeat its indecisive election of December when it returns to the polls next weekend, according to survey results from three major newspapers, signaling that the country‘s political limbo is set to linger.
Monday, June 20th 2016 - 06:00 UTC
Siemens and Spain's Gamesa merge to create global wind energy giant

German industrial megalith Siemens and Spanish wind energy giant Gamesa have announced they will merge their wind energy businesses. Gamesa and Siemens announced Friday that they have signed binding agreements to merge Siemens’ wind business with Gamesa, to create a leading global wind power player.
Monday, June 20th 2016 - 05:46 UTC
Most Argentines believe Cristina Fernandez was “aware” of corruption scheme

A majority of Argentines, 63% believe that former president Cristina Fernandez was “aware” of the corruption actions attributed to her ex Public Works minister Jose Lopez, who was caught handling bags with almost nine million dollars cash in a Buenos Aires suburban convent, while 21% are of the contrary opinion.
Monday, June 20th 2016 - 05:34 UTC
France wants strong immediate action from European Council if UK votes Leave

French economy minister Emmanuel Macron said on Saturday the EU should act quickly and firmly if Britain votes next week to leave the European Union. Britain’s EU referendum will be held on Thursday, with an EU summit set for a few days later on June 28 at which Macron said EU leaders should take a firm stand with regard to the UK.
Monday, June 20th 2016 - 05:22 UTC
Peruvian First Lady charged with money laundering for electoral campaigns

Judge Richard Concepcion ordered Peru's first lady and the president of the ruling Nationalist Party, Nadine Heredia, not to leave the country in order to answer charges of suspected money laundering in the electoral campaigns of 2006 and 2011.
Sunday, June 19th 2016 - 10:08 UTC
Mate and coffee fine to drink as long as they are not hot beverages, says WHO cancer agency

An international Working Group of 23 scientists convened by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), the cancer agency of the World Health Organization (WHO), has evaluated the carcinogenicity of drinking coffee, mate, and very hot beverages.
Saturday, June 18th 2016 - 09:16 UTC
“K” money funneling scam finally emerging: from 'sweet solidarity' to a convent

Argentine public opinion still hasn't been able to overcome last week's events: a civil engineer who has been working for the Kirchner couple since 1991 and managed some 130bn dollars in public works in that time is locked in a psychiatric ward awaiting charges after he was discovered trying to hide almost 9 million dollars cash and jewels in a rather secretive convent.
Saturday, June 18th 2016 - 07:13 UTC
Rio under “state of public calamity” with seven weeks before the Olympics

Brazil's Rio state authorities have declared a “state of public calamity” over a major budget crisis, in order to release emergency funds to finance the Olympic Games. The decree authorizes the state to “adopt all necessary emergency measures to ration essential public services in order for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games to take place”.
Saturday, June 18th 2016 - 04:34 UTC
Malcorra will present the Malvinas case before C24 next Thursday

Argentine foreign minister Susana Malcorra will be absent from the debate on the Venezuelan situation scheduled for next Thursday in Washington, since that same day she will be attending the UN Special Decolonization Committee when the Falklands/Malvinas issue is to be addressed.
Saturday, June 18th 2016 - 04:23 UTC
Argentina “authorizes” Red Cross assessment mission to the Falklands

Argentina extended an authorization to the International Committee of the Red Cross, ICRC, for a technical assessment mission to the Malvinas Islands at the end of the month, to help with the initiative for the identification of the remains of Argentine Armed Forces members buried in the Argentine cemetery of the Islands, according to a Friday official release from the Foreign ministry in Buenos Aires.