24/04/2012 | Argentina

Polar front hits Buenos Aires and provinces

24/04/2012 | Argentina

Randazzo: YPF expropriation 'will favour future generations'

Interior Minister Florencio Randazzo assured that the consequences of the expropriation of Repsol YPF will be “absolutely favourable for the country’s development,” adding that they will be seen “by future generations.”

24/04/2012 | Argentina

Shopping mall sales soar 2.7% in March

Shopping mall sales slightly climbed in March, reaching to 2.7 percent year-on-year, according to the Indec national statistics bureau.

24/04/2012 | Argentina

Spain expects Argentina doesn’t fall into international isolation

Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo said today Spain historically had very good relations with Argentina and expected the country doesn’t fall into international isolation.

24/04/2012 | Argentina

Spain to fight for YPF 'fair compensation', willing to maintain good relations with Argentina

Spain's Industry Minister José Manuel Soria said today the Spanish government wants to sustain “good relations” with Argentina but vowed to do everything in their power to assure a “fair compensation” for the expropriation of shares held by Spain-based oil energy company Repsol.

24/04/2012 | Argentina

Subway D line service resumed after unexpected protest

The D line subway line service resumed yesterday at 1.50 pm after being brought to a halt for nearly three hours while workers carried out an unexpected union protest. Earlier, workers pertaining to the AGTSyP union opened turnstiles between 9 am and 11 am allowing passengers to travel for free on their morning commute.

24/04/2012 | Argentina

'We need to maintain our hydrocarbon sovereignty,' CFK says

President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner vindicated her decision to expropriate YPF, assuring that her Government “remains convinced that all Argentines should be in control of the country’s natural resources.”

25/04/2012 | Argentina

Aníbal Fernández: 'Today's debate will go down in history'

National senator Aníbal Fernández, affirmed that “today's session will go down in history," referring to the debate on the YPF expropriation bill which starts at 10am and is expected to be passed by a wide margin. The bill calls for the expropriation of a 51 percent of YPF’s shares, currently owned by Spanish oil company Repsol.

25/04/2012 | Argentina

Boxer Jorge 'Hiena' Barrios to be released on bail within 48 to 72 hours

Boxer Jorge “La Hiena” Barrios – sentenced to four years in prison for causing a car accident in which a pregnant woman died in January 2010 – is to be released on bail in 48 to 72 hours, his lawyer Laura Solari said today.

25/04/2012 | Argentina

Buenos Aires stocks move down

Buenos Aires stocks fell today, with the Merval benchmark stock index moving down by 1.5 percent to 2,277.08 points.