Politics

• Monday, September 24th 2012 - 02:33 UTC

  France/Germany celebrate 50th anniversary of post-WWII reconciliation speech

  

  French and German leaders have stressed they will remain committed in tackling European issues on the 50th anniversary of a post-WWII reconciliation speech. Chancellor Angela Merkel and President Francois Hollande made the pledge in the German city of Ludwigsburg.

• Monday, September 24th 2012 - 02:06 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez addressed the UN General Assembly on Tuesday

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernández arrived on Sunday to the United States for a five-day visit, including her participation in the United Nations General Assembly to be held in the city of New York on Tuesday.

• Monday, September 24th 2012 - 01:44 UTC

  Opposition begins to organize to prevent the re-re-election of Cristina Fernandez

  

  Argentine Radical party chairman Mario Barletta said on Sunday that “he is really convinced” that the government of President Cristina Fernandez will advance with a constitutional reform bill and highlighted the petition campaign that the party is carrying out in order to express its discontent.

• Monday, September 24th 2012 - 01:40 UTC

  With 33 days off a year, Argentines enjoy holidays and tourism industry booms

  

  Thousands of Argentines began spilling out of the capital Friday night to make the most of the long weekend, which congress approved just three weeks ago. Monday's Sept. 24th holiday makes for a total of 19 national paid holidays this year. Only Colombia comes close in Latin America, with 18.

• Saturday, September 22nd 2012 - 05:32 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez off to the UN General Assembly to claim Malvinas sovereignty

  

  President Cristina Fernandez leaves this weekend for New York to attend the UN General Assembly where two of the main issues of the Argentine agenda will be the Malvinas Islands claim and AMIA, the terrorist attack on an Argentine Jewish institution in which allegedly Iran could have been involved.

• Saturday, September 22nd 2012 - 05:24 UTC

  Ecuador suggests transferring Assange to its embassy in Sweden so he can be questioned

  

  Ecuador proposed on Friday transferring Wikileaks founder Julian Assange from its embassy in London where he has taken refuge to that in Sweden where he is a suspect of sex related crimes. However this depends on Britain and there has been no official reaction to the proposal.

• Saturday, September 22nd 2012 - 05:22 UTC

  Timerman obtains Colombian support for Malvinas claim and UK/Argentina talks

  

  Foreign minister Hector Timerman thanked the Colombian government for supporting Argentine legitimate claims over the Malvinas Islands and for calling for a resumption of negotiation with the UK to find a peaceful solution to the South Atlantic islands dispute.

• Saturday, September 22nd 2012 - 05:16 UTC

  Norway has contributed with over 12m dollars to demining in Peru/Ecuador border

  

  Norway presented on Friday to the Organization of American States, OAS, a contribution of 600.000 dollars to support the humanitarian demining program along the Ecuadorean/Peruvian border in the Andes in the Condor region.

• Saturday, September 22nd 2012 - 05:08 UTC

  Argentina/Venezuela planning a basic training aircraft for Unasur members

  

  A Venezuelan military delegation is currently visiting Buenos Aires to advance cooperation agreements with Argentina and continue to consider the project for the development of a training jet aircraft for Unasur, Union of South American Nations.

• Saturday, September 22nd 2012 - 05:04 UTC

  Argentine opposition describes budget bill as “inconsistent and false”

  

  The Argentine opposition strongly criticized the budget bill sent to Congress and questioned the real growth of the economy during the current year, wondering who are the real holders of sovereign bonds tied to GDP growth maturing later this year.