Argentina

• Thursday, July 13th 2017 - 08:27 UTC

  Argentine court confirms phone calls to Falklands/Malvinas must be billed as domestic

  

  Argentine justice confirmed that phone calls to the Falklands/Malvinas Islands must be billed as local calls and not long distance. Argentine telecoms companies Telefonica and Telecom said that this was normal procedure, however a client presented a “consumers' appeal” claiming a call to the Falklands had been labeled as international instead of domestic.

• Wednesday, July 12th 2017 - 04:21 UTC

  Oil and gas production in Argentina has fallen to its lowest in 25 years

  

  Oil and gas production in Argentina has fallen to 1981 levels, the lowest in 25 years, despite a $14 million government subsidy for the first five months of this year. From last year to May 2017, the country has produced 2,311,736 m3 of oil and just under 3.8 billion m3 of gas, which shows a drop of 6% and 1.8% respectively.

• Sunday, July 9th 2017 - 00:08 UTC

  Falklands hopes complete clearance of minefields will be completed at the end of the decade

  

  The Falkland Islands hope that the complete clearance of the minefields, a legacy of the 1982 Argentine military invasion, can be finalized by the end of the decade and in the meantime it is actively considering post-clearance management of those sites that are released, particularly in the area surrounding the capital Stanley.

• Saturday, July 8th 2017 - 10:12 UTC

  Canning House to host round table with UK ambassadors from Southern Cone

  

  British Ambassadors to the Southern Cone countries, Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Chile will be attending Canning House to give round-table briefings on their experiences since their recent appointments to their respective posts. They will present the latest political, economic and business updates from those countries and answer any questions during the closed round-table session.

• Saturday, July 8th 2017 - 01:13 UTC

  Macri-May meeting in Hamburg suspended; rescheduling under consideration

  

  The first day of the G20 summit is nearly over, and on Friday afternoon in Hamburg, British Prime Minister Theresa May canceled her solo meeting with Argentine President Mauricio Macri due to “scheduling problems.”

• Friday, July 7th 2017 - 07:18 UTC

  Under Kirchnerism the Air Force lost more aircraft than in the Falklands' war

  

  Argentine defense minister Julio Martinez criticized the previous government policies towards the Armed Forces saying that during the Falklands/Malvinas conflict the country lost 72 aircraft, but under the administrations of Nestor and Cristina Kirchner over a hundred went out of service or were decommissioned.

• Friday, July 7th 2017 - 06:00 UTC

  UK will fund 21 projects from Argentine government agencies and civil society

  

  The British Embassy in Argentina has selected 21 project bids submitted by government agencies and civil society organizations which will award almost 10 million pesos worth of funding during the second half of 2017. The initiative follows on the spirit of the 2016 September Joint Statement.

• Wednesday, July 5th 2017 - 15:28 UTC

  Icebreaker Almirante Irizar expected in Puerto Belgrano for high seas trials

  

  The emblematic Argentine navy icebreaker Almirante Irizar, responsible for the country's Antarctic effort left Buenos Aires on Tuesday for high sea trials. The Atlantic incursion was its first in ten years, since in 2007 the icebreaker suffered a major fire that almost destroyed the vessel, originally built in Finland.

• Wednesday, July 5th 2017 - 08:11 UTC

  Argentine destroyer damaged as she leaves for international exercise

  

  Destroyer “La Argentina” was damaged when it rammed its bow against a jetty at the Punta Alta naval base while attempting to make it to the high seas. She is scheduled to join an international naval exercise in the Pacific and bring several helicopters on her return trip from Peru.

• Wednesday, July 5th 2017 - 07:43 UTC

  Macri expects to talk Falklands with PM May at the G20 summit in Hamburg

  

  Argentine president Mauricio Macri is scheduled to meet in Hamburg with British Prime Minister Theresa May to reinforce cooperation and joint efforts but with the “difference” resulting from the dispute over the Falklands/Malvinas Islands remaining on the table, according to government sources in Buenos Aires.