Tag: Buenos Aires

• Wednesday, August 8th 2012 - 18:58 UTC

  Chaos in Buenos Aires City as subway service strike enters sixth day

  

  Chaos in Buenos Aires City traffic as the 600.000 daily subway commuters were again left on Wednesday with no service for the fifth day running and no prospects of a solution in sight as a mediation effort with striking workers collapsed.

• Wednesday, August 1st 2012 - 11:48 UTC

  Argentine construction activity slows down for third month running

  

  Argentine construction activity in Argentina during June dropped for the third consecutive month compared to a year ago. The drop was 1.5% according to the Construction Activity Synthetic Index (ISAC) from the country’s stats office, Indec.

• Monday, July 30th 2012 - 05:14 UTC

  End of blackout to Buenos Aires plazas but now the Obelisk flag was stolen

  

  A good one and a bad one for the government of the City of Buenos Aires: Economy minister Nestor Grindetti announced that an agreement had been reached with power companies to bring light back to several public areas of the city that had remained in the dark for several days due to unpaid bills.

• Friday, July 27th 2012 - 05:29 UTC

  Best looking women cities: Kiev, Stockholm and in the neighborhood Buenos Aires

  

  Travelers Digest's Top Ten Cities With The Most Beautiful Woman says Kiev is 'without a doubt, home to the world’s most beautiful women', closely followed by Stockholm and not so distant Buenos Aires.

• Wednesday, July 18th 2012 - 08:15 UTC

  Jewish community remembers 18th anniversary of bombing in Buenos Aires

  

  Wednesday marks the 18th anniversary of the fatal bombing of the AMIA Jewish community centre in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Eighty-five people were killed by the blast with hundreds wounded.

• Wednesday, July 4th 2012 - 21:32 UTC

  Buenos Aires expects 168 cruise calls this season up from 158 in 2011/12

  

  Buenos Aires expects 168 cruise calls in the 2012/13 season, according to Terminales Río de la Plata, up from 158 calls in 2011/12. National Geographic Explorer is booked as the first arrival, on Oct. 21, with Splendour of the Seas to wrap the season on April 15.

• Wednesday, May 2nd 2012 - 05:58 UTC

  Pre-dawn bomb blast at EU offices in central Buenos Aires

  

  Explosive materials were set off outside the door of the European Union’s branch in Argentina, located in an expensive neighbourhood. Early police reports said the explosion only caused superficial damage and that there were no injuries.

• Friday, December 30th 2011 - 21:34 UTC

  Buenos Aires City becomes 100% smoke-free in public places

  

  The City of Buenos Aires put forth the steps to become 100% smoke-free, after amendments were made to the anti-tobacco laws, totally prohibiting the use of smoking areas in restaurants and bars in Argentina’s capital.

• Wednesday, November 23rd 2011 - 20:29 UTC

  Buenos Aires gains increasing popularity as gay destination by the pink press

  

  Argentina’s capital Buenos Aires has gained increasing popularity as a gay destination, largely due to recent liberalization laws which have supported gay and lesbian lifestyles, reports Pink Choice.

• Monday, November 21st 2011 - 15:31 UTC

  A third of metropolitan Buenos Aires live below poverty line claims Catholic Church

  

  Over a third of metropolitan Buenos Aires, 34.9%, live below the poverty line which is equivalent to 4.4 million people, more than double the official Argentine government estimate, according to a paper from the Argentine Catholic University, UCA, and the local Caritas chapter from the Catholic Church.