Tag: Montevideo

• Wednesday, May 18th 2011 - 16:57 UTC

  European Parliament stresses ‘desirability’ of EU/Mercosur balanced trade agreement

  

  Current trade negotiations between the European Union and Mercosur dominated the opening speeches at of Eurolat (Europe/Latin America Parliaments) Fifth Plenary Session which is taking place in Montevideo.

• Wednesday, May 4th 2011 - 18:32 UTC

  Montevideo apartment prices surged 22% over the year, says Global Property Guide

  

  With Uruguay’s economy growing at 8.5% in 2010 and managing to skip the 2009 slowdown with a 2.86% expansion, the housing market in the capital Montevideo is going through an excellent moment according to Global Property Guide based on info from local appraisers.

• Friday, April 29th 2011 - 05:10 UTC

  French Navy state of the art space tracking floating lab calls in Montevideo

  

  A French navy vessel equipped with state of the art systems for tracking missile launchings and other space objects called in Montevideo as part of its tour of the South Atlantic.

• Monday, April 18th 2011 - 06:23 UTC

  Mercosur organized joint program to combat dengue

  

  Mercosur will consider next June adopting a regional joint program to combat the mosquito transmitted dengue disease, which has become endemic in the group with the exception of Uruguay, and which has forced landlocked Paraguay to declare a national emergency.

• Thursday, March 24th 2011 - 20:37 UTC

  Montevideo received almost a million tourists in 2010

  

  Uruguay received 2.4 million tourists during 2010, 34% of which the capital Montevideo and if the cruise visitors are added the final number jumps to 930.000, according to Luis Polakof, head of the city’s Economic Development Department.

• Monday, February 28th 2011 - 01:16 UTC

  Tourism injected record 535 million USD to the Uruguayan economy in January

  

  Foreign tourism in Uruguay during January injected 535 million US dollars to the economy, which is higher than the first two months of a year ago (515 million US dollars), according to the latest release from the Ministry of Tourism.

• Friday, February 25th 2011 - 03:48 UTC

  Spain ‘closely following’ fishing companies difficulties in port of Montevideo

  

  The Spanish embassy is closely following the difficulties faced by Spanish fishing companies in the port of Montevideo, some of which have decided to stop operating in Uruguay.

• Friday, February 11th 2011 - 06:45 UTC

  Tourist influx to Uruguay during January soars 40%

  

  During January (summer high season) Uruguay received 413.780 tourists, 40% more than a year ago, with the Argentines leading the inflow, according to the latest figures released by Migration Office and the Ministry of Tourism.

• Saturday, November 20th 2010 - 21:06 UTC

  Random and surprise inspections of fishing vessels docked in Montevideo

  

  Uruguayan authorities begun this week surprise and random safety inspections of fishing vessels docked in the port of Montevideo following a succession of fire incidents, mostly involving Korean flagged vessels which were described as “suspicious”.

• Wednesday, September 29th 2010 - 00:15 UTC

  Argentine blockade expected to boost Falklands fishing industry local activities

  

  A Spanish flagged trawler that operates in Falkland Islands waters and was heading to Montevideo to unload 700 tons of fish was denied “innocent pass” through Argentine waters and had to steam an additional 17 hours at a cost of 7,000 litres of fuel before it finally unloaded its cargo in the Uruguayan port.