International

• Monday, April 30th 2012 - 09:17 UTC

  Hollande anticipates victory over Sarkozy-Merkel and their strict austerity plan

  

  Socialist candidate Francois Hollande has claimed his campaign for the French presidency has forced German chancellor Angela Merkel to shift her thinking and accept the need for new measures to boost economic growth.

• Monday, April 30th 2012 - 07:15 UTC

  Japanese deep-sea drilling vessel sets new record at 7.740 metres

  

  Japanese maritime research agency announced that its deep-sea scientific drilling vessel has reached a point at 7,740 meters below the ocean surface, setting the world's record for such drilling.

• Monday, April 30th 2012 - 07:12 UTC

  India to complain Argentine trade restrictions, but ‘bilaterally’

  

  India has decided to raise its concerns over Argentina's recent import restrictions bilaterally, instead of joining the US and European Union who have taken the country to the World Trade Organization, reports the Economic Times from India.

• Monday, April 30th 2012 - 04:11 UTC

  New YPF management says gas supply is guaranteed, in spite of Repsol

  

  The current managers of YPF accused Spain’s Repsol of deliberately delaying or ignoring contracts to supply Argentina with liquid natural gas, following the seizure of a majority stake in the company belonging to the Spanish corporation.

• Saturday, April 28th 2012 - 06:05 UTC

  Argentine imports’ policy again accused of protectionism at a WTO committee

  

  Argentina was accused once more of “protectionism” at the meeting of the Imports License Committee of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in what can lead to a trade dispute with forty countries.

• Saturday, April 28th 2012 - 06:01 UTC

  Spain faces a “crisis of huge proportion” with “terrible figures”

  

  Spain's sickly economy faces a “crisis of huge proportions” said Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo as unemployment hit its highest level in two decades and Standard and Poor's weighed in with a two-notch downgrade of the government's debt.

• Saturday, April 28th 2012 - 05:41 UTC

  Forty countries worldwide celebrated Malbec Day, Argentina’s emblematic grape and wine

  

  Wine enthusiasts across the globe gathered to celebrate World Malbec Day, a great opportunity for novices and connoisseurs alike to sample some of Argentina’s flagship varietal.

• Friday, April 27th 2012 - 23:30 UTC

  Royals celebrate with British personnel re-edition of South Pole Scott-Amundsen race

  

  The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge celebrated on Wednesday the achievements of British Service personnel who recreated the famous Scott-Amundsen race to the South Pole.

• Friday, April 27th 2012 - 23:11 UTC

  World Bank Food Price Watch jumped 8% in four months to March

  

  Global food prices increased by 8% from December 2011 to March 2012 due to higher oil prices, adverse weather conditions, and Asia’s strong demand for food imports, according to the World Bank Group’s latest Food Price Watch.

• Friday, April 27th 2012 - 11:30 UTC

  Timerman replies to De Gucht rejecting “unacceptable” arguments and “tone”

  

  Argentine Foreign Minister Héctor Timerman said the recent criticism from the European Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht regarding the YPF expropriation is “unacceptable,” and assured that it “surprised him due to his tone and approach”.