Tag: pandemic

• Tuesday, September 14th 2021 - 09:05 UTC

  Paraguayan FM keeps taking steps towards reopening of Argentine borders

  

  Paraguay's Foreign Minister Euclides Acevedo Monday met with the Governor of the Argentine Province of Salta Gustavo Sáenz to further discuss an improvement in bilateral ties which would eventually lead to the reopening of the borders.

• Monday, September 13th 2021 - 09:08 UTC

  Record level of funding for Argentine startup companies despite pandemic

  

  Argentine startup companies have obtained a record level of funding during the first semester of 2021, a study has shown.

• Thursday, September 2nd 2021 - 09:32 UTC

  OPEC and Russia keep steady on original plan; ignore US request to pump more oil

  

  The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries plus a group led by Russia, OPEC+1 ignored requests from United States president Joe Biden and agreed on Wednesday to continue raising oil output in measured steps as originally agreed.

• Monday, August 30th 2021 - 09:17 UTC

  Pandemic, unemployment and inflation increasing Brazilian families debts

  

  The percentage of Brazilian indebted families reached 72,9% in August, considered a new record and a direct consequence of the economic hardships because of the pandemic, unemployment and inflation, according to a release from the National Confederation of Retail, Services and Tourism, CNC.

• Thursday, August 26th 2021 - 08:33 UTC

  Celebration in Ushuaia: cruise season authorized to begin on 20 October

  

  It's official, Argentina announced the opening of the 2021/2022 bi-oceanic and Antarctic cruise season next 20 October. The administrative resolution 834/2021 was published in the Official Gazette, triggering immediate satisfaction from Tierra del Fuego province whose governor contacted the Tourism and Sports minister Matías Lammens.

• Thursday, August 26th 2021 - 07:17 UTC

  C24 Caribbean Regional Seminar at Saint John, Dominica

  

  The Special Committee on Decolonization is holding the 2021 Caribbean Regional Seminar in the Parish of Saint John, Dominica, from Wednesday 25 to 27 August 2021, within the framework of the start of the Fourth International Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism (2021-2030). The Seminar, initially scheduled for 19 to 21 May, was postponed due to the situation relating to the coronavirus pandemic.

• Thursday, August 19th 2021 - 08:40 UTC

  Reopening Paraguayan border up to President Fernández, Argentina's ambassador to Asunción says

  

  The reopening of land borders with Paraguay might take place sometime before the end of 2021, Argentina's Ambassador to Asunción Domingo Peppo said Wednesday.

• Thursday, August 19th 2021 - 08:35 UTC

  Five cases of Delta variant spotted in Buenos Aires with no link to foreign travel

  

  Argentine Health authorities Wednesday announced the detection of three new cases of the Delta variant of coronavirus which could not be linked to any foreign traveller, thus raising the question of whether community circulation could be confirmed.

• Wednesday, August 18th 2021 - 08:00 UTC

  Paraguayan FM to broker gradual reopening of Argentine borders later this week

  

  Paraguay's Foreign Minister Euclides Acevedo is to travel to Buenos Aires this coming Thursday to discuss with local authorities the reopening of land borders with Argentina which have been closed since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.

• Tuesday, August 17th 2021 - 08:26 UTC

  Germany to sell its Lufthansa shares acquired during the pandemic

  

  The German Finance Agency has announced that in the coming weeks it will proceed to the sale of the state's 20% stake in the flag carrier Lufthansa, which it acquired in the midst of the pandemic to help impede the collapse of the company.